and this is dateline. i was robbed of my sister. i had to grow up without one. in an instant, she was gone. and it changed everything. she dreamed of a career solving crimes but crime came for her first. i prayed, my daughter, please don t let this be true. home alone on a sunny afternoon, she vanished. i said, oh my gosh, is this one of her earrings. earrings in the carpet, ribbons on the ground. tire tracks on the lawn. there was evidence of a violent struggle. what had happened? and who was behind it? everything was a mystery. was she still alive? it tore us apart for years they demanded answers. a struggle each day. then came the cold case file with a new bag of tricks. i always felt that this was a case to be solved. they wanted us justice just as bad as we did. as a mother, she fought and fought and fought. we just never gave up. don t mess with a mother bear. hello and welcome to dateline. tara was just 19 with a beautiful young wo
to be a joke stir and sarcastic. even during the course of the trial, he would say things that were sarcastic. the trials, two of them, dragged on. for more than 15 days. with delays after delay, and a case that had taken more than 15 years to get to. sharon and keeps marriage didn t make it that long. but they attended both trials together. we started this together, we re going to finish it together. no matter what. and after all of that time? in each case deliberations took less than 90 minutes. the verdicts, guilty. both men were sentenced to life in prison without parole. i think everybody would agree that but for sharon, neither travel would have taken place. she fought and fought and fought for justice. tara s little sister veronica has two children of her own now. they know their and tara. they have necklaces with her pictures on it. my daughter, you would think that she had met her. she dreams about her. never met her. but they love her. that warms my heart. a f
case that had taken more than 15 years to get to. sharon and keeps marriage didn t make it that long. but they attended both trials together. we started this together, we re going to finish it together. no matter what. and after all of that time? in each case deliberations took less than 90 minutes. the verdicts, guilty. both men were sentenced to life in prison without parole. i think everybody would agree that but for sharon, neither travel would have taken place. she fought and fought and fought for justice. tara s little sister veronica has two children of her own now. they know their and tara. they have necklaces with her pictures on it. my daughter, you would think that she had met her. she dreams about her. never met her. but they love her. that warms my heart. a few weeks after the trials
so the fact that they are 20 hours in, it s even longer than the george zimmerman case deliberations, which was only about 16 hours. it s much longer than the o.j. simpson verdict, which came in under four hours. and so i think that this jury is really struggling. they are probably hung on one or many counts and that tells me they will come back in, explain to the judge that they are hung and what the judge does in a case like this provides an alan charge. it s like a pep talk and tells me i know you have been working hard but please try to exchange ideas, do the best you can to reach a consensus. i think that perhaps is what we re going to hear today. typically the judge lets them deliberate until about 6:00. we re getting close to 6:00. they have started at 9:00 today. and i think there s some trouble in the jury room. i think they may be hung, don. very interesting. sunny, standby. we re going to be going back to