for the last seven and a half years. but i m not going to anymore. david, i forgive you. i m not going to hold myself to let you ruin my life anymore. but there is a question for which gael will most likely never get a comprehensive answer. why? and how could he ever harm such a nice person? i mean, nici was such a good person. the hardest question always the why. the coldest fact, the young woman gone too soon. that s all for this edition of dateline. i m craig melvin. thank you for watching. hello, i m craig melvin. and this is dateline. it was rough, it was a rough time for the whole community. it hit her town like a lightning bolt. the strange disappearance of carrie olson. it was scary. everyone loved carrie. it was so painful. you reach out to dateline?
worse, they are gonna get bored. [ gasp ] wait look! they figured out a way to keep the internet on. yeah! -nature finds a way. [ grunt ] stay connected when the power goes out, with storm ready wifi from xfinity. grief can sneak in like a and see migration in theaters now. thief and steal your joy. that is what s seemed to happen when carrie olson disappeared.
one of these two individuals is not telling the truth. detectives were trying to figure out which one. and they came across a significant clue. a trace on carrie s debit card led them to a gas station where they look at security camera video. it was chilling. there was a carrie s car, her debit card was being used. but there was no carrie. instead, the person using the card was tim mcvay. he is seen on video at the pump, trying to enter the number several times. you can tell it is unsuccessful. tim also tried the card at a drive-through atm agatha mississippi valley credit union, but he had problems. that is carrie s bank. he is seen on video there, three separate times, trying to get $400 out. the pin is not working. the pin is not working. why was tim driving carries car, and using her debit card? tim told detective voy there was a simple explanation, even after they broke up, he and carrie always had each other s
carrie could imagine a future together. she saw everyone around her getting married, and having children, myself included. and, i know she wanted that. but tim was not interested in having more children, and that was a deal breaker for carrie. so they decide to go their separate ways. carrie soon start dating justin mueller, an iraq war vet with a very different personality than the fun loving tim. he seemed very quiet and pleasant. he was polite, he was nice. he seemed a little awkward. despite his quiet and awkward demeanor, justin looked like a good fit for carrie. he was closer in age, hardworking, loyal, and he seemed to find a place in her heart. so, they moved in together. it was a big step. for carrie, it was the first time she set up house with anyone. but right from the start, it was not the happily ever after kind of life carrie dreamed about. the iraq war left justin with a difficult case of
could solve. tim mcvay declined to take the stand in his own defense, but he maintains that he is a family man who loves his kids, not the violent thug described in court. i m just not that kind of person. i could not inhale. you were accused by katie of well, that was a lie. that was a lie. did you kill carrie? i did not. there s a lot of coincidences going on, terrible ones for you. i agree. what do you say to the people watching who just maybe don t believe you right now? all i can say is what i know. i know that i did not kill carrie. she was a beautiful person, a wonderful friend, a lover, a confidant. she meant the world to me. it is the end of a long trial after more than two weeks of testimony and argument, judge meersman was ready to give his verdict. timothy mcvay, i find you