ignore it. reporter: i mean, was this like the hatfields and the mccoys? what happened? there was no communication, no associations with them, you know. that that was basically it. that they became estranged. reporter: which made it difficult for tina, who was still married to sam s older brother, armando. police continued to work the case, but the fact was, they had no solid leads. they weren t even close to arresting anyone. but then two years after cathy torrez was murdered, an unexpected meeting put this investigation in the fast lane. an explorer scout with a familiar last name inspires a renewed search for a killer. that is a weird convince coincidence. we don t believe in coincidences. in terms of treating sensitivity, 3 days is really fast.
cathy s older sister was married to sam s older brother. reporter: they had this long on again/off again relationship in which what, he couldn t let go of her or she couldn t let go of him? i think a lot of it was mutual. reporter: even after cathy started dating albert and sam had another girlfriend, too, they continued to see each other. and daron found evidence that in sam s mind, his relationship with cathy was far from casual. mary gave me a shoe box full of letters that were written between sam and cathy, and the content of these letters showed a very jealous guy. a guy who would get angry any time somebody flirted with cathy. reporter: sam didn t try to hide the fact that he was prone to jealousy. she knows, every time she mentions some guy s name, i get pissed off, okay? reporter: that led the detective to take a fresh look at those bizarre events the week before cathy disappeared when she came home impaired and then had her tires slashed. she never regained ful
sam s cousin javier was also arrested and charged with murder. police also arrested sam s older brother, armando, who was once married to cathy s sister tina, and had helped search for cathy. it s just a tragic loss. it hurts. everybody loved cathy. reporter: armando was charged with being an accessory after the fact for allegedly helping cover up the murder. we believe that he was telling people who had information that could help convict sam not to cooperate with the police. reporter: cathy s sister had to ponder what that might mean about her former husband. betrayal of the worst kind. reporter: betrayal of her, betrayal of you. exactly, everything. reporter: your family. my family. trust, betrayal, everything s broken beyond belief. reporter: sam and his wife had also separated by this point. she was at work when her sister called her and told her police had once again come for sam.
no. no. he would try to tell me to ignore it. reporter: i mean, was this like the hatfields and the mccoys? what happened? there was no communication, no associations with them, you know. that that was basically it. that they became estranged. reporter: which made it difficult for tina, who was still married to sam s older brother, armando. police continued to work the case, but the fact was, they had no solid leads. they weren t even close to arresting anyone. but then two years after cathy torrez was murdered, an unexpected meeting put this investigation in the fast lane. an explorer scout with a familiar last name inspires a renewed search for a killer. that is a weird convince coincidence. we don t believe in coincidences.
arrested and charged with cathy s murder, but he wasn t alone. just as prosecutors now believed he wasn t alone the night he stabbed cathy to death. sam s cousin javier was also arrested and charged with murder. police also arrested sam s older brother, armando, who was once married to cathy s sister tina, and had helped search for cathy. it s just a tragic loss. it hurts. everybody loved cathy. reporter: armando was charged with being an accessory after the fact for allegedly helping cover up the murder. we believe that he was telling people who had information that could help convict sam not to cooperate with the police. reporter: cathy s sister had to ponder what that might mean about her former husband. betrayal of the worst kind. reporter: betrayal of her, betrayal of you. exactly, everything. reporter: your family. my family. trust, betrayal, everything s broken beyond belief.