you ll find cathy. it had become practically a family motto. so when another officer arrived hours later, the torrez family was waiting for what they had dreaded all week. my mom asked him what had happened. did you find cathy? and then he looked at my mom, and he said, i m sorry. and all i remember were the flyers that were on my mom s table in the living room and feeling so much pain. i was yelling, not my cathy. not cathy. reporter: mary bennett had been right all along. cathy s toyota corolla had been spotted in a hospital parking lot. a plastic bag was peeking out of the trunk. officers opened it, and cathy
i was yelling, not my cathy. not cathy. reporter: mary bennett had been right all along. cathy s toyota corolla had been spotted in a hospital parking lot. a plastic bag was peeking out of the trunk. officers opened it, and cathy torrez was missing no longer. she had been stabbed multiple times. all about the upper chest and neck. reporter: detective sergeant daron wyatt. you know, there s no way to time the death. but i think it s pretty safe to assume that she had been dead since she disappeared on that saturday night on the 12th. reporter: it was devastating not just for the torrez family but for all those in placentia who d been searching so tirelessly for cathy. she was a vibrant, very intelligent young girl. this is truly a tragedy. reporter: detectives went to work trying to find cathy s killer. they set up a hotline.
and then he looked at my mom, and he said, i m sorry. and all i remember were the flyers that were on my mom s table in the living room and feeling so much pain. i was yelling, not my cathy. not cathy. reporter: mary bennett had been right all along. cathy s toyota corolla had been spotted in a hospital parking lot. a plastic bag was peeking out of the trunk. officers opened it, and cathy torrez was missing no longer. she had been stabbed multiple times. all about the upper chest and neck.
and he left. reporter: find the car and you ll find cathy. it had become practically a family motto. so when another officer arrived hours later, the torrez family was waiting for what they had dreaded all week. my mom asked him what had happened. did you find cathy? and then he looked at my mom, and he said, i m sorry. and all i remember were the flyers that were on my mom s table in the living room and feeling so much pain. i was yelling, not my cathy. not cathy. reporter: mary bennett had been right all along. cathy s toyota corolla had been spotted in a hospital parking
reporter: find the car and you ll find cathy. it had become practically a family motto. so when another officer arrived hours later, the torrez family was waiting for what they had dreaded all week. my mom asked him what had happened. did you find cathy? and then he looked at my mom, and he said, i m sorry. and all i remember were the flyers that were on my mom s table in the living room and feeling so much pain. i was yelling, not my cathy. not cathy. reporter: mary bennett had been right all along. cathy s toyota corolla had been spotted in a hospital parking lot.