We had no confession. We had no dna. Reporter 20 years went by. I still had to keep looking for what i had lost. Reporter but cathy had her. And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you, whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for the last 21 years, that particular time has stabbed her in the heart, pulled her awake. Its an internal clock, permanently set 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 she would come inside the house, her favorite thing was, im ho
Dna. Reporter 20 years went by. I still had to keep looking for what i had lost. Reporter but cathy had her. And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you, whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for the last 21 years, that particular time has stabbed her in the heart, pulled her awake. Its an internal clock, permanently set 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 she would come inside the house, her favorite thing was, im home. Whats for dinner . Even if s
We had no confession. We had no dna. Reporter 20 years went by. I still had to keep looking for what i had lost. Reporter but cathy had her. And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you, whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for the last 21 years, that particular time has stabbed her in the heart, pulled her awake. Its an internal clock, permanently set 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 she would come inside the house, her favorite thing was, im ho
Then in 1994, out of high school and a young woman of 20, cathy started to see a boy named albert. A boy shed played with as a child, and was now interested in romantically. Were they boyfriend and girlfriend . She said that they were, you know, seeing each other, but it wasnt anything serious or formal that i knew of. Thats how she explained it to me, you know, he was a nice guy. Reporter cathys plate was full that february of 1994. She was an honors student at cal state fullerton, holding down two jobs one at the local drugstore and another as a college. And now she was also seeing a new guy. Just a few days before february 14th, cathy told sister tina what she wanted for valentines day. She said, tina, i would just like it if somebody gave me a dozen red roses for valentines day. And i said, yeah, thats all you want . She said i would just like a dozen red roses. Reporter she had never received a dozen roses from anyone, but that year she was hopeful. It was saturday, february 12th
Coincidence. There had to be a connection between all that had happened and cathys death. She was a targeted victim. A neighbor, so close to cathys family, thought so too. I know shes had a lot of problems in the past with boyfriends. A theory, but 20 years later, there was little else. We had no witness. We had no confession. We had no dna. What investigators did have was her. And she had him. I put a lot of faith in god. Darren was his tool. And the killer . He never had a chance. This was everything to her. I fulfilled my promise. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with the promise. Reporter in the wee small hours of the morning, while the whole wide world is fast asleep, mary bennett is awake. Not because she wants to be, but because some things stay with you whether you want them to or not. And for mary bennett, its the time 3 40 a. M. Every day i wake up around that time. Its embedded in my brain. Reporter for the last 21 years, that particular time has s