people there, and the crime scene van outside. reporter: now deputies were taking tara s disappearance seriously. mike gandy was a captain at the charlotte county sheriff s office back then. sometimes you ll respond to a scene or a call where someone s missing and you can tell from the family interaction that it s not a big deal. this was not the case with tara s mom. it was obvious that we had a serious problem. first thing, find out the last time anyone had seen or spoken with tara. they knew by the time veronica got home just before 4:00 p.m., tara was gone. they learned tara s last phone call began at 11:49 a.m. ended at 12:05. she d talked to a colleague at the mall jewelry kiosk where she worked. she said she d be by, pick up her paycheck, and go shopping. but first, their landlord had arranged for a septic repair company to drop by the house. so, did tara stay and wait? maybe the owner of the repair company knew something. one of our criminal investigation division sergean
people there, and the crime scene van outside. reporter: now deputies were taking tara s disappearance seriously. mike gandy was a captain at the charlotte county sheriff s office back then. sometimes you ll respond to a scene or a call where someone s missing and you can tell from the family interaction that it s not a big deal. this was not the case with tara s mom. it was obvious that we had a serious problem. first thing, find out the last time anyone had seen or spoken with tara. they knew by the time veronica got home just before 4:00 p.m., tara was gone. they learned tara s last phone call began at 11:49 a.m. ended at 12:05. she d talked to a colleague at the mall jewelry kiosk where she worked. she said she d be by, pick up her paycheck, and go shopping. but first, their landlord had arranged for a septic repair company to drop by the house. so did tara stay and wait? maybe the owner of the repair company knew something. one of our criminal investigation division sergeant
stories of these day-to-day interactions. that s right. we heard about the big explosive cases of racial injustice in america but that s not what most black people in america deal with. you deal with what we call microaggressions or a thousand cuts of racism every single day. i m here with elta jackson henry who recently moved from seattle. tell us about your experience with microaggressions in america. very subtle. i thought is there a chip on my shoulder? am i imagining something? but i live in the brooks county area, i like to go out to lancaster to these small areas and go shopping. i noticed when i m finished with my purchases, when i m done with my shopping and i m the only one there and the sales associate is checking me out, when someone comes behind me, i notice that i m looked past or i m asked to step aside and there s an apology given to the person behind me. i m sorry, i ll be right with you. or if someone sees me in line they entertain a question of the next person
the family interaction that it s not a big deal. this was not the case with tara s mom. it was obvious that we had a serious problem. first thing, find out the last time anyone had seen or spoken with tara. they knew by the time veronica got home just before 4:00 p.m., tara was gone. they learned tara s last phone call began at 11:49 a.m. ended at 12:05. she d talked to a colleague at the mall jewelry kiosk where she worked. she said she d be by, pick up her paycheck, and go shopping. but first, their landlord had arranged for a septic repair company to drop by the house. so, did tara stay and wait? maybe the owner of the repair company knew something. one of our criminal investigation division sergeants on his way in to work stopped by this guy s house and asked had he been to tara s home. yes, he had. had he seen tara? yes, he had contact with a female there. and, he said, she was perfectly fine when he left the house
weaver feared for the future of his store. i knew if we didn t do the right things, this business would close its doors. the owner mercantile had to come to harsh reality. its coustomers wouldn t think o shopping for a very long time. knowing what happened after harvey, i needed to act quickly and needed to know if the people of houston would be spending again. and our store front is the bulk of our business. so i just knew things were going to change immediately. time wasn t on man ready s side. food traffic declined fast. and even though the store didn t flood, travis was forced to make a decision, should he risk it and keep the store open or shut it down? hoping he had enough money to survive the sales slump. the immediate change happened to offset what was going on in our surroundings. when we knew the money wasn t coming from the front door, we had to open up other doors.