anywhere to harm her. i don't think she would have put herself in harm's way, no. >> in the course of an investigation, police usually withhold certain information from the public. but in a small town, that's not always easy. and in this case, the gossip actually helped. >> things about this case were already starting to circulate in the community. even though we were keeping a lid on stuff, the community knew where her body had been discovered because they probably saw the law enforcement vehicles out there. >> and because of this information, a neighbor called police with a tip. she said she was driving on cecil avenue, not far from the crime scene around midnight and saw a red pickup truck parked along the side of the road. it was distinctive because it had ski racks. >> delano is a farming town in the middle of the central valley. we don't even have snow in the winter. most pickup trucks are working