earrings in the carpet. ribbons on the ground. tire tracks on the lawn. there was evidence of a violent struggle. what had happened? and who was behind it? everything was a mystery. was she still alive? was she not? it tore us apart. for years they demanded answers, a struggle each day. then came the cold case squad with a new bag of tricks. i always felt that this was a case that could be solved. they wanted justice just as bad as we did. as a mother she fought and fought and fought. we just never gave up. don t mess with a mother bear. hello. welcome to dateline. tara was just 19. a beautiful young woman with big dreams. suddenly, she vanished. snatched from the safety of her own home. there was little evidence to go on, no witness to reveal who took tara or why. or so investigators thought. it would take years and a team of determined cold case detectives to uncover that long buried clue and the story that would blow this case wide open. here s k
home. then veronica told him about tara, that her purse was home, but she wasn t. what did you think when she told you that? well, just something wasn t right. because if tara was gonna go somewhere, i knew she wouldn t leave her stuff or her car. she would have said, i won t be here when the kids get here. that s how responsible she was. sure. keith canceled the coffee plan, drove straight home. as soon as i got home, it just didn t look right. there was all kinds of tracks on the floor and i said, what are these marks on the floor? and she said, i don t know. tracks? muddy footprints. muddy footprints in the living room and master bedroom. and something else something only those who lived there would know. in the bedroom, like, our tv would be turned a certain way because when you lay in bed, you wanna see it. but when i looked in, it was straight. and then i notice stuff missing off the dresser. jewelry was gone, money was gone. what was going on in your
and he s sober today. he s 18 months sober, i think? and he s doing good and i m just so proud of him because i know that he overcame a lot of hurdles. i m gonna go somewhere. i ll be there for a while and then, i ll come back. 0k. it ll be ok. i ll be careful, you know? it sounds crazy that i m, you know, more fearful of him relapsing than i am fearful of him getting shot, but that s just addiction and it just tears families apart. what we re going to be doing is going over our dot brief,
because we were afraid he would vomit and choke or even just so he would not sneak out of the house and take the vehicle and drive some place and kill himself or kill others. and he is sober today. and he s sober today. he s 18 months sober, i think? and he s doing good and i m just so proud of him because i know that he overcame a lot of hurdles. i m gonna go somewhere. i ll be there for a while and then, i ll come back. 0k. it ll be ok. i ll be careful, you know? it sounds crazy that i am more fearful of him relapsing
sneak out of the house and take the vehicle and drive some place and kill himself or kill others. and he s sober today. he s 18 months sober, i think? and he s doing good and i m just so proud of him because i know that he overcame a lot of hurdles. i m gonna go somewhere. i ll be there for a while and then, i ll come back. 0k. it ll be ok. i ll be careful, you know? it sounds crazy that i m, you know, more fearful of him relapsing than i am fearful