. >> the apartment belonged to christine hildreth, a registered nurse who worked at the local hospital. when investigators spoke with her, she was able to identify the victim as her 17-year-old daughter florence. >> it is rough. it's one of the hardest things to do in the job. but it's a -- it's a necessary thing to do sometimes. you have to get this identification so you can proceed backwards, backtracking this victim to track down the individual that's responsible, the suspect. >> what i can remember being is shocked. i was shocked that something like that had happened to her. and i was shocked that something like that had happened in delano. >> florence was a high school senior, president of the student union, and member of the honor roll. her dream was to study medicine. >> this was not one of those juvenile delinquents. she was a cheerleader. and she was well-liked. she had everything going for her in the world. everything. and she was not involved with any type of drugs that we ever found out about. everything became very clear that she was just a really good kid. the beautiful s