In this special episode of Crime Beat, you will meet Janine Madera, a fierce advocate for justice who works as a homicide prosecutor in the Orange County District Attorney's Office. She has tried 72 trials and won 57 convictions without hearing a word of testimony. Madera is deaf and operates in the courtroom with strategically placed sign language interpreters. But her deafness isn't the most important part of her story. Janine Madera was raped as a child, and she decided as a pre-teen that she...
Sep 06, 2020•47 min
The "Crime Beat" team offers insight into Season 2 at a Coast Conversation event, and we wrap the season with updates on what is going on with key people you met along the way.
Jan 16, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Xavier Lopez gave a final statement that proved truth still wasn't part of his defense strategy.
Jan 09, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 13
You will hear the entire interview with Sam Lopez from the day Cathy Torrez's body was found.
Jan 02, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Detective Daron Wyatt takes us on a tour of Placentia to show where and how Cathy's murder took place.
Dec 26, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Was Cathy Torrez pregnant? One of the witnesses makes an incredible revelation.
Dec 19, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 10
After 13 years, police arrest four suspects in the murder of Cathy Torrez.
Dec 12, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 9
The Cathy Torrez murder investigation is dead. No one is investigating. Mary Bennett and Daron Wyatt can't seem to find anyone who cares.
Dec 05, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Rebecca Lavoie, host of "Crime Writers On," talks with Crime Beat host Keith Sharon about podcasting, journalism and some of the best true crime podcasts of all time.
Nov 27, 2019•33 min
Police finally find a fingerprint and some DNA evidence, but neither belongs to Sam Lopez.
Nov 21, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 7
WARNING: This episode includes details from Cathy Torrez's autopsy report that might disturb some listeners. Skip to 9:40 to avoid those details. Police believe Sam Lopez is lying about his movements on the night Cathy disappeared. But they can't arrest him because they don't have probable cause.
Nov 14, 2019•45 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Cathy doesn't come home after working a shift at Sav-On. People from her family and the community send out search parties trying to find her.
Nov 07, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In the months before she died, Cathy was dating Albert Rangel, who wanted more from the relationship than Cathy could give him.
Oct 31, 2019•33 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Sam Lopez takes Cathy on a date, and she comes home drugged with slashed tires and no panties.
Oct 24, 2019•28 min•Season 2Ep. 3
We reveal the content of 18 letters between Cathy and Sam. The letters were discovered after Cathy died.
Oct 17, 2019•29 min•Season 2Ep. 2
We meet Cathy Torrez, Mary Bennett and the people in their neighborhood. The last person we meet is Sam Lopez, who lives across the street. About Season 2: On Feb. 12, 1994, Cal State Fullerton honor student Cathy Torrez didn't come home after working the evening shift in the photo department at Sav-On. A week later, her body was discovered stabbed to death in the trunk of her own car. “Crime Beat,” Season 2 focuses on Cathy's mother, Mary Bennett, and her extraordinary quest for justice. It too...
Oct 10, 2019•37 min•Season 2Ep. 1
After Cathy Torrez was murdered in 1994, Girl Scouts planted a tree to honor her. To Cathy's mother, Mary Bennett, that tree only served one purpose.
Oct 03, 2019•3 min
The body of 20-year-old honor student Cathy Torrez was found in the trunk of her car. For more than 20 years, her mother fought for justice. And for most of that time, the suspected murderer lived across the street. Would justice ever be served?
Sep 18, 2019•1 min
A former getaway driver and the writer who captured his story have a big week. And find out what a master thief thinks of the movie about the biggest bank heist in U.S. history.
Mar 21, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Master thief Amil Dinsio loses his edge late in his career ... and his freedom. One of the stars of the movie based on the heist, Rachael Taylor, chokes up about the real story. And “Crime Beat” becomes the podcast the Nixon people don’t want you to hear.
Mar 14, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 7
The story appears in 2003, and producers from film companies begin to call. You’ll hear the ups and downs of writing a screenplay, and how it took more than 15 years for the movie “Finding Steve McQueen” to get made.
Mar 07, 2019•35 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Getaway driver Harry Barber starts a new life and tries to live without attracting attention to himself. Everywhere he goes, he is surrounded by cops.
Feb 28, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 5
On Feb. 19, 2019, police made an arrest in the cold-case killing of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe, who was strangled in Orange County in 1973. Southern California News Group reporter Keith Sharon tells the true crime story of the pursuit of her killer. Our regular podcast, "Crime Beat," Season One: "Stealing Nixon's Millions" will continue as scheduled with Episode 5.
Feb 26, 2019•19 min
With the bank breached, and the FBI scrambling to find clues, the boys from Youngstown tried to slip away … and one of them got farther than he ever dreamed.
Feb 21, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 4
All that stands between Amil Dinsio’s crew and the President’s secret stash are an alarm system, reinforced concrete and 500 locked safe deposit boxes.
Feb 14, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Meet the team of thieves that flew from Youngstown to Los Angeles. They might have pulled it off without a hitch if they had stuck to the plan. But one of them got another idea.
Feb 07, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Bank heist master Amil Dinsio and his crew were the best around and proved it regularly. Then they were told Richard Nixon had $30 million in dirty money stashed in Southern California and they set out to rip off the President.
Feb 07, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Find out the real story behind the biggest bank heist in American history, the burglary at the heart of the new movie “Finding Steve McQueen.”
Jan 21, 2019•2 min
