who endured to make it in hollywood. but she made headlines instead, when she vanished. one day she was gone, her pets were gone. i knew that something had happened. did something drive her away? or maybe someone? there was that old friend. turned enemy. they seem to be very panacea about hating each other. there was the new kid, young, handsome, a man of mystery. he said i m not what people think i am. and i thought, i wonder what that means? i told her this could end up killing you. a brother and sister desperate to learn the truth. it s just chilling for me to think about that. hello, and welcome to dateline. she was a woman who lived life on her own terms. brittany tavar, was generous, opening her life to anyone she thought needed help. whether that meant pets are people. but after, she disappeared without a trace, her family discovered that her nature exposure to more danger than she realized. here is keith morrison with, the stranger. they
she was scared. she really, really was afraid. and i don t really know why. she was a son, a free spirit. who had yard to make it in hollywood. but, she made headlines instead when she vanished. one day she was gone, her pets were gone. i knew that something had happened. it s something drive her away, or maybe someone? there was that old friend. turned enemy. they seem to be very panacea about hating each other. there was the new kid, young, handsome, a man of mystery. he said i m not what people think i am. and i thought, i wonder what that means? i told her this could end up killing you. a brother and sister desperate to learn the truth. it s just chilling for me to think about that. hello, and welcome to dateline. she was a woman who lived life on her own terms. brittany tavar, was generous, opening her life to anyone she thought needed help. whether that meant pets are people. but after, she disappeared without a trace, her family discovered
anybody, up and vanished. part of a big story, obviously, people come and go around st. augustine. but july 2010, heat ratcheting up. no time to head north maybe. as the weeks went on, it got a little more strange. a little bit strange? in fact, the disappearance of brittany tavar was about to become the biggest and perhaps strangest story of justine griffin s young career. not just did brittani just appear, but she vanished on such an important day for her. the day that she was due to appear in the st. augustine court and bring charges against a bitter enemy. she had enormous amount of anxiety. this is britney s sister pat bellemont, pat made clear across the country in portland, oregon. so she couldn t do much about her sister s worries. couldn t help her confront her nemesis in court. but pat had been aware that britney was pretty good at
looking at her herself. we were polar opposites. i was more academically oriented than she was. and was more state, and analytical. she was very agile, and athletic. and i was not. so i spent my childhood following her up trees, and jumping into creeks. and she could do it. i couldn t. five siblings in all, angelo, one of brittani s three brothers took track of her from his place up in the northeast. she was an expert. she marched to the beat of her own drum. so, when they heard she was messing. pat and andrew had to consider the possibility that britney had decided to try something new. she very much had a sense of inventing herself, her whole life. like the time she went to hollywood, years ago. wanted to be a movie star. she wanted certain things in life, and she just thought of she believed in herself, and went out and tried, she would get those things. did not get those things.
without collars. just roaming the streets. and they were both found separately. how did they managed to collect two dogs in south carolina to her? she had microchips implanted in the dogs with her information on them. so the vet nurse were able to scan them, and figure out these dogs were from florida. and belong to brittani? yeah. now, all of a sudden the case broke loose. because one of the dogs is found, two or three states away. no tags. now finally there is probable cause. there is no question, that was a key break. that was enough to get the police involved, but unfortunately, at that point it was 11 days after she had disappeared. finally, said august in police, they took over from the ban of amateur sleuths. pat flew to florida to do what you could to help. met with the police, did the rounds of local media. try to keep the search for her sister front and center in the florida mind.