hopeful. it was saturday, february 12th, when cathy went off to her job at the drugstore. how was she that morning? she was fine. just routine. nothing out of the ordinary. reporter: tina was trying to catch up with cathy that day before she went to work, but just missed her at home, only to see her moments later in traffic. we saw each other and she gave me the biggest smile that i will always remember. she saw me. we looked at each other. it was a beautiful smile. reporter: that smile, that moment, burned into her memory. cathy s shift ended at about 8:00 that night. she was supposed to come straight home. but mary didn t see her. so 9:00, 10:00 comes, you re not worried? no, i wasn t worried. reporter: saturday night she probably went out after
everything, see if she s there. but mary didn t get a chance to call wendy s. they called us first wanting to know if she was coming to work. was that a big moment for you? yeah. a few minutes later, there was another big surprise. a call from sheila. she said she had to tell me the truth. i said, well, what truth? she said, we snuck out last night. mary s heart fell. skylar had done that once before, gone on a late-night joyride with rachel and sheila. that time they were caught for being out after the town curfew. now here was a worried sheila saying they had done it again. i said, where did you go? where is skylar? she said skylar insisted they drop her off at the end of the street so we wouldn t hear her sneaking back in. now that missing screen and bench outside skyler s window made sense. skylar had put it there to boost herself up so she could get back in. but it left them with a
just routine. nothing out of the ordinary. reporter: tina was trying to catch up with cathy that day before she went to work, but just missed her at home, only to see her moments later in traffic. we saw each other and she gave me the biggest smile that i will always remember. she saw me. we looked at each other. it was a beautiful smile. reporter: that smile, that moment, burned into her memory. cathy s shift ended at about 8:00 that night. she was supposed to come straight home. but mary didn t see her. so 9:00, 10:00 comes, you re not worried? no, i wasn t worried. reporter: saturday night she probably went out after work. yeah. reporter: but then sunday morning came, and still no cathy. cathy s family launches a search.
work at 4:00. i said, we re not going to worry. i ll call them about 10 after 4:00, give her time to clock in, everything, see if she s there. but mary didn t get a chance to call wendy s. they called us first wanting to know if she was coming to work. was that a big moment for you? yeah. a few minutes later, there was another big surprise. a call from sheila. she said she had to tell me the truth. i said, well, what truth? she said, we snuck out last night. mary s heart fell. skylar had done that once before, gone on a late-night joyride with rachel and sheila. that time they were caught for being out after the town curfew. now here was a worried sheila saying they had done it again. i said, where did you go? where is skylar? she said skylar insisted they drop her off at the end of the street so we wouldn t hear her sneaking back in. now that missing screen and bench outside skyler s window
we looked at each other. it was a beautiful smile. reporter: that smile, that moment, burned into her memory. cathy s shift ended at about 8:00 that night. she was supposed to come straight home. but mary didn t see her. so 9:00, 10:00 comes. you re not worried. no, i wasn t worried. reporter: saturday night she probably went out after work. yeah. reporter: but then sunday morning came, and still no cathy. coming up. cathy s family launches a search. i drove into the parking lot, i said let me just see her car. let me just see her car. and the fear and frustration grow. you didn t want it to be dark because you want to keep looking. when the looking. when th