narrator: sam lopez could see it, too. police had searched after cathy's murder, a search that had turned up nothing. and sam was also moving on with his life. in may 1994, just months after cathy's murder, sam walked into a local restaurant. he walked in with his friend. and i just remember thinking that he was cute. narrator: tina montelongo was a hostess then. so i offered him some free food, and then we started talking. narrator: she felt the spark right away. tina montelongo: i did think i would marry him when i first saw him. that was, like, the words that came out of my mouth. i'm gonna marry that guy. you were taken with him right away? i was, mm-hmm. narrator: sam and tina started dating. but in a small town like placentia, it wasn't long before tina heard the whispered rumors. i found out that my sister went to school with him. and i asked her what she knew about him, what she thought about him. and that's when she told me that he was the one that they suspected. in the murder of cathy torrez? yes. he hadn't told