veronica he was thinking of stopping for coffee with a friend on the way home. veronica said tara s purse was home, but she wasn t. what did you think when she told thaw? something was not right. if tara was going to go somewhere, she wouldn t leave her stuff on her car. that s how responsible she was. keith canceled the coffee plan and drove straight home. there was all kinds tracks on the floor and i said what are these marks and she said i don t know. tracks? muddy footprints. in the living room and master bedroom. and something else. something only those who lived there would know. in the med room, our tv would be turned a certain way because when you lay in bed you want to see it. i noticed it was straight and jewelry and money was gone.
the closer we got, i had seen my sister s car. i said cool, i don t need the key. she s home. then she noticed the door was not quite closed. it was closed, but not latched. you could pull on it and the door would open. i remember walking in and oprah was on the tv. what did you assume when the door was open and the tv on? maybe she left in a hurry or went with a friend and didn t close the door all the way. she was tara. veronica s older sister, not quite 20 then. veronica called out and walked through the house. the bathroom light was on. i went in the bathroom and our bedroom and i had seen her purse and where would she be without her purse? that was unusual and i called keith. keith mcphillips was her mom s fiance and he told
repair estimate. they began by smoking crack that day. four hours before veronica arrived home, the men most likely knocked on the door and tara let them in, unaware they had robbery, not work on their minds. dave mcmahonis was take the property while barr was distracting her. we believe she heard something or saw something that mr. mcmahonis was doing being in a place she shouldn t have been and she confronted him. two people with impaired minds do things that normal people wouldn t do. their solution to that was to kill her. the woman who had been sitting in the front yard told the jury how the two men were laughing and joking when they arrived, but later when she saw them backing the truck up to tara s front door, breaking that small palm tree in the process it was like they had a
yeah. then they went through her friends and actually they called one friend and this person was dating a tara. sharon almost shouted it wasn t her tara. the officer tried a different tactic. we will put a bolo out. be on the look out. tara s family knew if she had gone to the football game or anywhere, she would have told them. since tara was an adult, they would wait 24 hours before calling her a missing person. maybe she left on her own. if my daughter was a run away or a troubled child or whatever the case may have been, i would have told you that. i know my child. how frustrated were you? so very frustrated.veronica,
without parole. mcmahonis filed an appeal. barr lost his. i think everybody would agree that but for sharon, neither trial would have taken place. she fought and fought and fought for justice. avatar tara s little sister veronica has two children of her own now. when we last spoke, she said tara is a strong presence in their lives. they know their aunt tara. they have necklaces with her pictures on it. my daughter, you would think 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 were over, the prosecutors, detectives and spouses got together for dinner with sharon and keith and veronica. the detective meatade a