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
reporter: but that song was played frequently at the bar and knew it didn t prove anything. with no physical evidence connecting tim to carrie s disappearance, there was nothing she could do. the investigation had hit a wall. it was a mystery. we felt something wasn t right and something was going on and we need to figure this out fast. carrie was still missing. winter was settling in and it would be a long one. coming up, a brand-new clue. this tattoo. i e-mailed the man. there s a definite match. when dateline continues. lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. rybelsus® isn t for people with type 1 diabetes. don t take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2,
i did. i saw a clash. then just three weeks after justin moved in, there was a problem and it was a big one. carrie suddenly disappeared. it was a monday, december 30th, 2013. the start of a workweek. carrie didn t show up at the store and didn t call in. not like her at all. something was wrong. right. i called her and i could tell her phone was off. it was going straight to voicemail. and i thought about calling hospitals. i just was scared. not home. not at work. not in touch. where was carrie? coming up it was in the news, it was on facebook. i even contacted dateline. a frustrating search for carrie. it s traumatic and it s overwhelming. it just felt like a needle in a haystack. and maybe signs of trouble. stomping out, slamming the door. carrie was upset. when dateline continues.
no emotion and just as stoic when the judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison. i believe you killed her. and sh saddest part is you killed her for her car and some money. for justin mueller, the cloud of suspicion finally lifted for carrie s family and friends, the verdict meant justice and bitter sweet relief. i just bowed my head and started crying. and it felt just like this huge weight was gone. but justice for carrie still couldn t explain the why. if it was over a ride to minnesota, a car and money, it s not a very good why. what will you miss most about carrie? what i ultimately miss is she s not there pulling in that driveway honking. you know, announcing that she s here.
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.