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
we saw a spacious person in this area. or there is buzzwords over here. we were always doing a search. we do have a couple of different times where we use dogs in certain areas. four weeks after tara vanished, she turned 20. and they try to stay positive. you had a birthday party? had to. and we had the presidents. and i ll never forget this, i went to open one and my son said you re not opening that. he said, she s coming back. and i didn t open it. months went by. they couldn t accept what their heads kept telling them. that tara had been snatched away and murdered. but nobody was telling them. the investigation seemed to have stall. wasn t going anywhere. something needed to happen. and it didn t feel like it is happening? exactly. not at all. so, out of sheer desperation, about six months after tara
keith morrison (voiceover): tara s family s struggled. as time went on without answers and without their tara. veronica ord: it was hard. i was robbed of my sister. this time went on without answers and without their tara. it was hard. i was robbed of my sister. i had to grow up without one. in 2003, after six years together, sharon and keith finally got married. when i was getting ready to walk down the aisle, it was very sad. because my baby girl wasn t going to be in that wedding party. but she was there. we made sure she was there. we had a 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 towers murder, sharon appeared in a crime stoppers video.