Unsolved murders: Heartbreaking reality in Stockton
An unsolved, unpunished murder of a loved one has been an 11-year grief sentence for Tina Montoya.
Montoya's only daughter, Sophia Ulloa, was a 20-year-old mother returning home from last-minute shopping on Christmas eve, 2000, when she was stabbed to death as she got out of her car.
"I woke up when I heard her screaming," Montoya said. "She was in the street, holding her side, and pointing down the street screaming, 'Go get them. Go get them.'"
Montoya didn't see anyone and ran back inside the house to call 911. It was ultimately a decision she regrets, because she never got the chance to talk to her daughter again.
"I wish I had gone back to her and asked her questions," Montoya said as she choked back tears. "Ask her who did it. We wouldn't be here today; the case would be solved."
Montoya praises the work of the Stockton Police Department in her daughter's case, but without witnesses or any motive for the attack, the investigation froze.