family was left to wonder if and how all of this connected to cathy s disappearance. just felt like you were out in this time warp. you know, there was no days and no nights. and you didn t want it to be dark because you wanted to keep looking. reporter: the next big search was planned for saturday morning, february 19th one week since cathy had last been seen. we got all the maps ready, and we had just got another box donated of flyers. and everything was set. reporter: and then around 3:40 a.m. saturday, there was a knock on mary s front door. police find cathy s car. cathy s shoe was on the floorboard and there was blood within the interior of the car. what had happened to cathy? i don t think anything can prepare you to hear those words from a doctor: stage 2 breast cancer.