Tom Henderson

Todd, now 24, has fond memories of those early years with Joe.

Over their 15-year marriage, Tina and Joe enjoyed a lifestyle filled not just with cars, but also cruises and casinos.

Pastimes they shared with fellow Corvette Club members, Gary and his wife, Pat.

And how were they as a couple?

Joe accompanied Tina most everywhere, behavior that could seem doting, but to friends, it was peculiar.

More time with Joe meant less time with Tina's mother, Clara Murphy.

I could see a change in Tina, you know, after she married Joe.

Eventually, mother and daughter were completely estranged, a rift stemming from an argument over thousands of dollars that Clara said Joe owed her family.

Clara says she tried communicating with Tina, but her daughter refused until she received a surprising email.

And Tina writes to you, I guess as long as I'm married to Joe, and I pray that we stay married as long as you and Dad did, we will never, ever get to work things out.

I know how you feel about him.

That's exactly right.

While the message may not have seemed hopeful, it did end with the words, I will always love you, Mom.

One month later, Tina was dead.

Friends gathered at the Corona home to support a distressed Joe.

Joe told friends and police he believed Tina may have been murdered in a gang-related carjacking gone bad.

Is it conceivable that people might have said, hey, you know, she was carjacked or it was a random act of violence?

The carjacking theory would immediately be called into question when it was revealed how Tina's body was found.

She was in the backseat of her Chevy Avalanche, partially nude, her hands loosely bound together with duct tape.

And thousands of dollars worth of jewelry had been left on her body.