Case and i m thinking, where do i go from here? reporter: might have tossed and turned all night thinking about that. but something inside him said, nope. i m not gonna be able to get any sleep. i might as well go back out there and see what i can find. reporter: wouldn t be his first wild goose chase. he had carter s address. so, wee hours of saturday morning, he drove over there and what do you know? i saw a black infiniti backed in, right in front of their apartment. reporter: but he didn t knock on her door. i was going to go ahead and basically sit here and watch the vehicle to see if it moved. reporter: for more than four hours, he sat in his car, cold but patient. then about 8:00 a.m. saturday morning, he saw the lights of the infiniti flash as if someone was unlocking it remotely. i see the male enter the driver s seat of the vehicle. i then see a female enter the passenger side of the black infiniti. reporter: they drove off. the detective followed. and a
reporter: and, by the way, chris told detective cedillo, carter left american eagle because she was fired. cedillo filed that away and sorted through the crime scene and talked to witnesses. and a day that began at 8:30 that morning didn t end until 1:00 am. did you get any sleep? no, sir, i didn t. reporter: the story about carter cervantez and her black infiniti was just bugging him. well, i m thinkin about the case and i m thinking, where do i go from here? reporter: might have tossed and turned all night thinking about that. but something inside him said, nope. i m not gonna be able to get any sleep. i might as well go back out there and see what i can find. reporter: wouldn t be his first wild goose chase. he had carter s address. so, wee hours of saturday morning, he drove over there and what do you know? i saw a black infiniti backed in, right in front of their apartment. reporter: but he didn t knock on her door. i was going to go ahead and basically si
Drove? and he mentions that it s a black one. reporter: what was that like, to hear that? well, it beats hearing the color red or white. reporter: and, by the way, chris told detective cedillo, carter left american eagle because she was fired. cedillo filed that away and sorted through the crime scene and talked to witnesses. and a day that began at 8:30 that morning didn t end until 1:00 am. did you get any sleep? no, sir, i didn t. reporter: the story about carter cervantez and her black infiniti was just bugging him. well, i m thinking about the case and i m thinking, where do i go from here? reporter: might have tossed and turned all night thinking about that. but something inside him said, nope. i m not gonna be able to get any sleep. i might as well go back out there and see what i can find. reporter: wouldn t be his first wild goose chase. he had carter s address. so, wee hours of saturday morning, he drove over there and what do you know? i saw a black in
But something inside him said, nope. i m not gonna be able to get any sleep. i might as well go back out there and see what i can find. reporter: wouldn t be his first wild goose chase. he had carter s address. so, wee hours of saturday morning, he drove over there and what do you know? i saw a black infiniti backed in, right in front of their apartment. reporter: but he didn t knock on her door. i was going to go ahead and basically sit here and watch the vehicle to see if it moved. reporter: for more than four hours, he sat in his car, cold but patient. then about 8:00 a.m. saturday morning, he saw the lights of the infiniti flash as if someone was unlocking it remotely. i see the male enter the driver s seat of the vehicle. i then see a female enter the passenger side of the black infiniti. reporter: they drove off. the detective followed. and after a few minutes the infiniti pulled into, of all places, the hulen mall. there they are. they re going back to the plac
reporter: her name, he said, was carter. carter cervantez, that businesslike assistant manager who worked with ashlea so then i ask him, you know, what color is the g35 that she drove? and he mentions that it s a black one. reporter: what was that like, to hear that? well, it beats hearing the color red or white. reporter: and, by the way, chris told detective cedillo, carter left american eagle because she was fired. cedillo filed that away and sorted through the crime scene and talked to witnesses. and a day that began at 8:30 that morning didn t end until 1:00 am. did you get any sleep? no, sir, i didn t. reporter: the story about carter cervantez and her black infiniti was just bugging him. well, i m thinkin about the case and i m thinking, where do i go from here? reporter: might have tossed and turned all night thinking about that. but something inside him said, nope. i m not gonna be able to get any sleep. i might as well go back out there and see wh