cathy s family was stunned when they heard the news. tina included. remember, she was still married to armando, who was sam s brother and javier s cousin. yes. that that was a shock. that was a shock. reporter: you didn t see that coming and police didn t tell you? right. that was part of their investigation, and we had no knowledge of that. reporter: but they were relieved. at last the case was moving forward. daron wyatt was confident he had enough evidence to prove javier lopez had killed cathy torrez. but once again, the orange county district attorney did not agree. the d.a. decided not to charge? correct. reporter: and so javier s set free? javier walks. a detective who refuses to quit i said i have a cold case i need you to take a look at. reporter: now has a reason not to. my first daughter was born. and i remember going to mary shortly after that looking in the eye and saying i know.
investigation, and we had no knowledge of that. reporter: but they were relieved. at last the case was moving forward. daron wyatt was confident he had enough evidence to prove javier lopez had killed cathy torrez. but once again, the orange county district attorney did not agree. the d.a. decided not to charge? correct. reporter: and so javier s set free? javier walks. a detective who refuses to quit i said i have a cold case i need you to take a look at. reporter: now has a reason not to. my first daughter was born. and i remember going to mary shortly after that looking in the eye and saying i know. i know now how you feel. detective daron wyatt never believed javier lopez acted they adapt at the waist, legs and bottom for all the freedom to move their way pampers show your gut some love. only activia has billions of our live and active probiotics. a delicious way to enjoy probiotics every day. with 20 years of devotion to gut health. activia. like no other.
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remember, she was still married to armando, who was sam s brother and javier s cousin. yes. that that was a shock. that was a shock. reporter: you didn t see that coming and police didn t tell you? right. that was part of their investigation, and we had no knowledge of that. reporter: but they were relieved. at last the case was moving forward. daron wyatt was confident he had enough evidence to prove javier lopez had killed cathy torrez. but once again, the orange county district attorney did not agree. the d.a. decided not to charge? correct. reporter: and so javier s set free? javier walks. a detective who refuses to quit i said i have a cold case i need you to take a look at. reporter: now has a reason not to. my first daughter was born. and i remember going to mary shortly after that looking in the eye and saying i know. i know now how you feel.
nearly four years after cathy s death, he was booked into the orange county jail. cathy s family was stunned when they heard the news. tina included. remember, she was still married to armando, who was sam s brother and javier s cousin. yes. that that was a shock. that was a shock. reporter: you didn t see that coming and police didn t tell you? right. that was part of their investigation, and we had no knowledge of that. reporter: but they were relieved. at last the case was moving forward. daron wyatt was confident he had enough evidence to prove javier lopez had killed cathy torrez. but once again, the orange county district attorney did not agree. the d.a. decided not to charge? correct. reporter: and so javier s set free? javier walks. a detective who refuses to quit i said i have a cold case i need you to take a look at. reporter: now has a reason not to.