i had to grow up without one. in an instant she was gone. and it changed everything. she dreamed of a career solving crimes, but crime claimed her first. gut wrenching pain! my daughter, please, please don t let this be true! home alone on a sunny afternoon she vanished. we just said, oh my god! isn t this one of her earrings? 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 ord was just 19. a beautiful young woman with bi
and this is dateline. i was robbed of my sister. i had to grow up without one. in an instant, she was gone. and it changed everything. she dreamed of a career solving crimes but crime came for her first. i prayed, my daughter, please don t let this be true. home alone on a sunny afternoon, she vanished. i said, oh my gosh, is this one of her earrings. 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? it tore us apart for years they demanded answers. a struggle each day. then came the cold case file with a new bag of tricks. i always felt that this was a case to be solved. they wanted us 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 and welcome to dateline. tara was just 19 with a beautiful young wo
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
out there. still, sharon continued to ferret out what she could. boy just never gave up. there was no stopping. as did her attorney. she would hear a piece of information from a neighbor or a new source, or detective that was supposed to tell her, and then she would confirm it, run with it, call me. she fought and fought and fought for justice. justice for tara. as showered with say, my tara. she s always said, my tara. but none of these efforts turned up anything useful. and the sheriff s case wasn t going anywhere either. there is no getting around it. justice for tara just was not happening. in fact, the case was going cold. stone cold. eventually mike gandy retired. as did these two cops way up north. retired and move to sunny florida. and got very board. oh, oh. coming up. i always felt that this was a case that could be solved. enter a cold case squad.
walk down the aisle, that was very sad because my baby girl wasn t gonna be in that wedding party. but she was there. we made sure she was there. we had a big, big picture made up of her. but the anger remained and intense frustration as, year after year, sharon demanded answers and didn t get them. in 2008, almost seven years after tara s murder, sharon appeared in a crime stoppers video, and spoke directly to the killers, whoever they were. i want to know how they wake up in the morning. how do they go on with their life knowing that they did this to a person? don t think for a minute that you got away with this. cuz one day, and i truly truly believe this, that one day, there s going to be a knock at that door, and they re going to be in cuffs. and that s what i that s what i want. nothing came of it. the whole world had moved on, forgotten, apparently. but then, a year later, 2009, punta gorda got a new sheriff. and he thought some of the unsolved cases in town needed a new