20 years after disappearance of Tina and Bethany Sinclair, family still has hope
Investigators believe mother, daughter died under suspicious circumstances
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Updated: 6:46 PM EST Feb 4, 2021
Investigators believe mother, daughter died under suspicious circumstances
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Updated: 6:46 PM EST Feb 4, 2021
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TINA’S MOTHER ABOUT THE CASE. >> I FEEL LIKE IT IS TEARING MY HEART APART. I MISS THEM SO MUCH. KRISTEN: MARY LEWIS SAYS HER HEART HAS BEEN ACHING SINCE HER DAUGHTER, TINA SINCLAIR, AND GRANDDAUGHTER BETHANY DISAPPEARED IN FEBRUARY 2001. >> I JUST WISH THEY WOULD WALK THROUGH MY DOOR, YOU KNOW? IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, AN TIME -- I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING. KRISTEN: POLICE SAID ON THE WEEKEND OF FEBRUARY 3, TINA HAD AN ARGUMENT WITH HER BOYFRIEND EUGENE VAN BOWMAN WHO SHE WAS LIVING WITH. SHORTLY AFTER, TINA AND BETHANY DISAPPEARED. >> I ALWAYS HAVE HOPE. I HAVEN’T GIVEN UP YET. I PRAY FOR THEM ALL THE TIME KRISTEN: POLICE SAY THEY LEFT THEIR CAR, BELONGINGS AND CAT BEHIND AT THEIR RIVER FRONT HOME IN WEST CHESTERFIELD. TINA AND BETHANY LAST REPORTED FOR WORK AND SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 2. >> TINA WAS 36 YEARS OLD. BETHANY WAS JUST 15 AT THE TIME. KRISTEN: ON FEBRUARY 5, AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN CALLED KEENE HIGH SCHOOL TO REPORT BETHANY WOULD NOT BE IN CLASS. A KEY DETAIL TO THE POLICE INVESTIGATION. >> AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED ON LAND AND ON WATER TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY HAVE BOTH GONE. KRISTEN: IN 2014, DIVE TEAMS ALSO SEARCHED A HALF MILE AREA AROUND THE VERNON DAM IN VERNON, VERMON >> SINCE IT HAPPENED TO BE DOWNSTREAM FROM WEST CHESTERFIELD WHERE THEY WERE STAYING AT THE TIME. KRISTEN: AUTHORITIES BELIEVE TINA AND BETHANY DIED UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. INVESTIGATORS ARE ASKING ANYONE WHO MAY HAVE INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD. MARY IS HOPING THAT ONE DAY THE CASE WILL BE SOLVED. >> I WOULD PROBABLY FALL ALL APART, BUT IN A WAY, I THINK I WOULD CALM DOWN AND THINK AT LEAST THEY FOUND THEM, YOU KNOW, BEFORE I L