well, she seemed depressed at times. still, detectives needed to know more. they executed to search warrants. the first at the house carrie shared with her boyfriend justin. the search warrant that we prepared for carrie s house included everything that justin owned and justin s vehicle. justin s vehicle was checked and photographed, and a sweep was made in the house. it was tidy, undisturbed, didn t look like a crime scene. another search was done at ex-boyfriend tim mcvay s house. we wanted to get into his residence, and see, was she there, was she not there? are there any clues that we need to build on? detective tina noe executed the search on tom s home. we took lots of photographs. you never know what s gonna be important, possibly, later on. tim was in the middle of a major renovation. the house was a mess. but things were strewn everywhere. clothes, construction materials, rolls of carpenting. but nothing looked like a good
he was denied bail and put in the county jail. that s where dateline found him for his first television interview. i did not kill carrie. and i did not dump her body. tim said the wrong guy was behind bars, pointing to the fight carrie told him that she and justin had that saturday morning. did she say what the fight with over? romantic issues, i guess, that would be the best way to put it. of a sexual nature? that was my impression, yes. and then, what happened after that? there was some throwing, a couple of things had gotten broken. there was a little bit of a physical altercation between the two of them. tim said the last time he saw carrie was when he drove her back to her house, just before he went to the airport. she was walking into the garage at her house, alive, happy, as well as could be. tim said he still loved carrie, even though they had broken up. how could he explain the seemingly damning lyric, i used to love her, but i had to kill
guilty of first degree murder, and count two, concealment of a homicide death. i jumped out of my seat. i was so excited and happy. tim mcvay was stoic, showing no emotion. and three months later, he was just as stoic when the judge sentenced him to 45 years in prison. i believe you killed her. and the saddest part is you have killed her for a car and some money. for justin mueller, the cloud of suspicion finally lifted. for carrie s family and friends, the verdict meant justice and bittersweet relief. i just started crying. and it felt just, like, this huge weight was gone. but justice for carrie still could not explain the why. if it was over a ride to minnesota, a car, and money, it s not a very good why. what will you miss most
her, that he sang at the karaoke bar when she was still missing. maybe not the best choice of song, given what s actually happened. i told my brother in law, he was with me that night. i said, why didn t you slap me when i put that song in? it s kind of a bonehead move. had nothing to do with carrie. it has nothing to do with anything, it was a song. but to prosecutors, it was more than a song, it was a look inside the mind of a killer. and they were determined to prove that in court. tim mcvay was about to stand trial for murder. and he was about to face a showdown in court. one boyfriend accusing another on the stand. coming up the way she stormed out of the door, i thought maybe i upset her. what really happened to carrie? when dateline continues. sickness can spread fast. but with lysol, you can go into protect mode. for the things you touch, nothing kills more viruses on more surfaces than
backs. she is the kind of friend where if she called me, i would drop whatever i was doing to help her off, kind of thing. tim said that s why he had taken care of carrie when she came to his house after storming out on justin. and it also wasn t unusual that she lent in her car, and debit card, he said. she gave me her debit card. she said go to the ih mississippi valley atm, and get me out four hundred dollars. then, go up top off the gas tank, whatever it takes to fill it up. can set, she also promised him to drive him to the airport in minnesota that sunday, but then, she changed our mind at the last minute. she says, just take my car, drive yourself up there, drop me off at home. so, according to tim, he goes back up to his house, and he and carrie get into the car, and he takes carrie back to her residence. and when they pulled up to the house, tim said carrie told him she didn t care how how justin reacted to doing him a favor. i walked into the door and said, he