Coincidence. There had to be a connection between all that had happened and cathys death. She was a targeted victim. A neighbor, so close to cathys family, thought so too. I know shes had a lot of problems in the past with boyfriends. A theory, but 20 years later, there was little else. We had no witness. We had no confession. We had no dna. What investigators did have was her. And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with the promise. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for the last 21 years, that particular time has s
There had to be a connection between all that had happened and cathys death. She was a targeted victim. A neighbor, so close to cathys family, thought so too. I know shes had a lot of problems in the past with boyfriends. A theory, but 20 years later, there was little else. We had no witness. We had no confession. We had no dna. What investigators did have was her. And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with the promise. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for the last 21 years, that particular time has stabbed her in
There had to be a connection between all that had happened and cathys death. She was a targeted victim. A neighbor, so close to cathys family, thought so too. I know shes had a lot of problems in the past with boyfriends. A theory, but 20 years later, there was little else. We had no witness. We had no confession. We had no dna. What investigators did have was her. And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with the promise. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for the last 21 years, that particular time has stabbed her in
Still had to keep looking for what i had lost. Kathy had her, she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. And the killer, he never had a chance. In the small hours of the morning while the world is fast aleve, mary beth is awake, not because she wants to be but because some things stay with you whether you want them to or not, and for mary beth it is the time, 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. It is embedded in my brain. That particular time stabbed her in the heart and pulled her awake, an internal clock permanently set to the worst day of her life that began with a phone call and a knock on the door and news of something that never should have happened to this family and girl. When she came inside the house, im home. Whats for dinner. She would still ask whats for dinner. Kathy torres grew up in a small town nestled amongst the sprawling cities of california. Even as a baby, she was a good baby. Mary beth is her mother. Always happy and running and always very loud and a
Reporter 20 years went by. I still had to keep looking for what i had lost. Reporter but cathy had her. And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Hello and welcome to dateline extra. Im craig melvin. Cathy torres, the honor student was working two jobs to put herself through college and still made time for friends and family. But in the blink of an eye cathy would disappear. Her case grew cold but cathys mother never gave up. And neither did the tenacious detect who promised to find her killer. Here is josh mankowitz. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you, whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for more than two decades