had been nothing but trouble. she couldn t tell me what had, happen she was so upset. it was about to get much worse. my mom would say, if you find, the car you will find kathy. he did not want to be, dark because you wanted to keep looking. she had been stabbed multiple times, there was blood in the interior of the car. she was a targeted victim. who killed kathy? we had no witness, no confession, no dna. 20 years went by. they still had to keep looking for what i had lost. but, kathy had her, and she had him. i put a lot of faith in god. and the killer, he never had a chance. this was i fulfilled my promise. in the wee small hours of the morning, while it s a whole wild world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake, not because she wants to be, but because something stay with you, whether you want them to or not. and for mary bennett, it is a 80 3:40 a.m.. every day i wake up around the time, it is embedded in my brain. for more than two
that kathy was not someone who just disappeared. they went to reporters. mary spoke to knbc in los angeles. this is one thing that nobody should have to go through. and took the search into her own hands. the police was not receptive, so i told my mom, okay, give me a picture. was in charge of flyers, working the and younger brother kept watch in front of soon, it was not just the tourist family searching for kathy, police did jump on the, case and it seemed as if all of that as well. we had strangers, people coming to the house, asking what can we, do we or can we take the, flyers can we have some flyers to pass out. tina drove to the school where kathy, worked all the while, mary s mantra echoed through her mind, find the car, and you will find kathy. when i drove into the
were not even close to resting anyone. but then, two years after kathy torres was murdered, an unexpected meeting with this investigation in the fast lane. coming up. as a with a familiar last name, who inspires a renewed search for a killer. we do not believe in coincidences. and then, a tip that catches when investigators attention. sit up straight? it did. when dateline continues. teline continues t s just say she bundled her dream house and her dream car for round-the-clock protection with progressive. oh. she has another house in malibu. she s been an astronaut, an architect, a ceo. we re in front of her house, dude. i d love to tell you who her boyfriend is, but i don t think i ken. i d love to tell you, but i don t think i barbie only in theaters july 21st.
murdered, and stuffed into the trunk of her car. police were considering what role her new boyfriend howard and his attempted suicide may have played. but for now, they were left with unanswered questions, and a town shaken by a murder. kathy had so much to live for, and was a very happy person, a people person. that was armando lopez speaking back in 1994, armando was kathy s brother in, tina smith and husband. but, that wasn t the only connection between the two families. it turned out, kathy had dated armando s younger brother sam off and on. and, the families lived right down the street from each other, you can see one house on the other? exactly. and she was going out with sam, you are made to his older brother, so that house was not just another house of the street, it was family. right, right. police spoke with members of
the morning, while it s a whole wild world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake, not because she wants to be, but because something stay with you, whether you want them to or not. and for mary bennett, it is a 80 3:40 a.m.. every day i wake up around the time, it is embedded in my brain. for more than two decades, that particular time has stamped her in the heart, held her awake. it is an internal clock permanently said to the worst day of her life. it began with a phone call, then, a knock on the door, and news of something that should never have happened to this family, to this girl. when should come inside the house, her favorite thing was i m, home what is for dinner? even if we just finished cleaning the, kitchen should still ask what is for dinner. that was kathy. kathy tourist grew up in a small town nestled amongst