them he had no idea where she was. justin didn t have any answers. justin said him and carrie had a fight and he stormed out of the house and he hadn t seen her in two days. what did she say to him? being stupid. carrie s ex-tim mcvay was in las vegas on vacation when he was told she was missing. tim said he wanted to help. he talked to carrie s father, dave, where to look. tim told him, hey, she could be over at my place. go over and look. there is a window open, you can go over and search the house. dave went through and searched, did he see anything? nope. no carrie at tim s. no carrie anywhere and one thing left behind at her house was a sure sign something was terribly wrong. her beloved dog, colby. everything was colby, just like a little kid. if she did go somewhere colby
her and take her car to just get a ride to minnesota is laughable. didn t have a cause of death, so how do you point the finger at somebody? the defense didn t produce any witnesses of their own. instead, they aggressively challenged the state s witnesses, like the former girlfriend. the defense tried to show mcvay was more playful than violent. you said he was just playing around. but you didn t find it funny. yes. he was not striking you, right? no, he was not striking me. he never struck me. defense attorneys also attacked bill thomas who traced that shovel to a bit lots store in wisconsin. you have no video of that transaction? no. you have no evidence of a receipt with tim s name on it? no, it was paid by cash. police confronted justin mueller. he was found in the town where carrie was last found.
did you get a response? no. now it s sunday night at 8:10. were you starting to get worried then? yes. although there was no evidence presented about mcvay s motive for murder, in closing arguments the prosecutors offered their theory. he killed carrie in a twisted fit of rage because he demanded his car to get to the airport and she had said no. we see it all the time that people are murdered for sometimes the smallest little things. and you re just surprised that another human being can do this to another human being. but that s what happened. mcvay s attorneys aaron dyer, dan dalton and jon ruud argued it was perposterous. the idea that he could take
when justin and tim took the lie detector tests they both passed and then both went back to their lives. still, detectives kept an eye on them hoping one might slip. one night later that winter, tim mcvay, the karaoke king of the quad cities was back singing in front of a crowd. he sang i used to love her by guns n roses. a woman at the bar who was aware of the case knew mcvay was a suspect shocked by her performance and shot this video to document it and then gave it to detective. i used to love her and i had to kill her and put her six feet under. six feet under tim knew what he was doing and to get up there and sing that song, it was sickening.
tim mcvay s murder trial started in june of 2015. there was no jury, judge michael meersman would decide. mcvay s defense attorneys believed they held the winning hand. he passed the polygraph. we thought this could be truly innocent accused here. prosecutor john mcgehee knew he was facing a tough test. you had no cause of death, no weapon, no iron clad forensic evidence. i did feel that it could be an uphill battle and a real challenge. as the trial began, mcgehee presented the prosecution s theory as to how tim did it. even though no offense