relationship with justin. tim went on to tell police that he dropped carrie back home the next morning. i just watched her walk into the garage. he then borrowed her car, and headed to the airport for his trip to las vegas. but when detectives spoke to justin, he said after carrie stormed out, she never came back home. and he hadn t seen her since. and that made a tip called into police all the more intriguing. you all get a tip that there is a man looking for carrie in the milan area. yes. that deserved a close look because two days after she disappeared, her phone which hadn t been connecting to our cell network, suddenly started pinging in the nearby town of milan. the man with a tip set the search or was carrie s boyfriend. did you think it was tim at first? or did you think it was justin? justin. but justin had another story to tell.
wasn t telling the truth. and it was time to find out which one. did you ask tim to take a polygraph? we did. did you give justin a polygraph? we did. but when justin and tim took those lie detector tests, they both passed, and then, they both went back to their lives. still, detectives kept an eye on them, hoping one might slip. one night, later that winter, tim mcvay, the karaoke king of the quad cities was back, sinking in front of a crowd. he sent, i used to love her by guns n roses. i used to love her, i had to kill her. a woman at the bar who was aware of the case knew he was a suspect, shocked by his performance. she said she shot this video to document it, then, gave it to the detective noe. he says, i used to love her but i had to kill her. and i put her six feet under. six feet under
one of these two individuals is not telling the truth. detectives were trying to figure out which one. and they came across a significant clue. a trace on carrie s debit card led them to a gas station where they look at security camera video. it was chilling. there was a carrie s car, her debit card was being used. but there was no carrie. instead, the person using the card was tim mcvay. he is seen on video at the pump, trying to enter the number several times. you can tell it is unsuccessful. tim also tried the card at a drive-through atm agatha mississippi valley credit union, but he had problems. that is carrie s bank. he is seen on video there, three separate times, trying to get $400 out. the pin is not working. the pin is not working. why was tim driving carries car, and using her debit card? tim told detective voy there was a simple explanation, even after they broke up, he and carrie always had each other s
carrie could imagine a future together. she saw everyone around her getting married, and having children, myself included. and, i know she wanted that. but tim was not interested in having more children, and that was a deal breaker for carrie. so they decide to go their separate ways. carrie soon start dating justin mueller, an iraq war vet with a very different personality than the fun loving tim. he seemed very quiet and pleasant. he was polite, he was nice. he seemed a little awkward. despite his quiet and awkward demeanor, justin looked like a good fit for carrie. he was closer in age, hardworking, loyal, and he seemed to find a place in her heart. so, they moved in together. it was a big step. for carrie, it was the first time she set up house with anyone. but right from the start, it was not the happily ever after kind of life carrie dreamed about. the iraq war left justin with a difficult case of
could solve. tim mcvay declined to take the stand in his own defense, but he maintains that he is a family man who loves his kids, not the violent thug described in court. i m just not that kind of person. i could not inhale. you were accused by katie of well, that was a lie. that was a lie. did you kill carrie? i did not. there s a lot of coincidences going on, terrible ones for you. i agree. what do you say to the people watching who just maybe don t believe you right now? all i can say is what i know. i know that i did not kill carrie. she was a beautiful person, a wonderful friend, a lover, a confidant. she meant the world to me. it is the end of a long trial after more than two weeks of testimony and argument, judge meersman was ready to give his verdict. timothy mcvay, i find you