Ginger Ventura was Sarah Connor's roommate and best friend, the two of them were extremely close. She and her boyfriend Matt Buchanan were killed the night of May 13, 1984, when the Terminator came to their apartment looking for Sarah. After the Terminator had killed Ginger, Sarah called and their answering machine allowed him to know he hadn't killed Sarah Connor. After finding Sarah's ID, he then had an image of the "real" Sarah Connor, and proceeded to hunt her only.