Carol Daly
Appearances
48 Hours
A Tragic Journey
This was a brutal, brutal slaying. My name is Carol Daly, and back in 1980, I was assigned as a detective in the homicide unit with Sacramento County Sheriff's Department. Sabrina Gonsalves and John Riggins were college co-eds, 18 years old. They were just bright, lovely, young couple, carefree, and not a worry in the world. The disappearance was at Christmas time, 1980.
48 Hours
A Tragic Journey
It was sickening, the horrificness of what we were seeing and what they must have gone through. They had duct taped around their eyes and around their mouth. Looking at them, we knew their throats had been cut. And they were dumped, just like trash. Whoever was responsible for that was a cold-hearted animal, thoughtless, senseless in taking a life just for pleasure.
48 Hours
A Tragic Journey
Anybody that had done such a horrific crime, somebody was going to know who did it, and somebody was going to send in a tip. And I really thought the case was going to be solved within weeks. And as the case went on, and on and on. I think we had lost hope.
48 Hours
A Tragic Journey
32 years later, it turns out there was a critical piece of evidence in the van that would end up solving the case. It was Sabrina's birthday present to Andrea.
48 Hours
A Tragic Journey
There was nothing inside the van to indicate that something horrible had happened at that point. We were hoping to find them alive.
48 Hours
A Tragic Journey
It was so traumatic to see them and their bodies disposed of the way that they were. I've just never been able to forget it.