the body was placed there. but the autopsy did offer a possible clue. the doctor had found a chunk of carpet in her hair. we remembered from the january search warrant that tim had a beige carpet rolls in his house. but they also knew that carrie worked in a store that sold carpeting, so it might not mean anything. still, the carpet in carrie s hair, and the carpet into mcvay s house were sent to the lab for analysis. how long did it take you to get your answer? it takes a while. it doesn t come back after the commercial break, like on tv. while detectives waited for results, they explored the most tantalizing clue they have received, and it didn t come from carrie s body. it came from where she was
tim knew what he was doing, and to get up there and sing that song, it was sickening. but that song was played frequently at the bar, and detective noe knew that tim s performance did not prove anything. so, with no physical evidence connecting tim to carrie s disappearance, there was nothing she could do. the investigation had hit a wall. it was a mystery. we felt something just wasn t right, something was going on, and we needed to figure this out, fast. carrie was still missing. winter was settling in, and it would be a long one. coming up a brand new clue. this tattoo. i emailed the man. there is a definite match. when dateline continues. [ ] there s a way to cut your dishwashing time by 50%. try dawn powerwash dish spray. it removes 99% of grease and grime in half the time.
it cost $10, but it was the big pay police had looking for. we found it in the garage of tim s parents house. that was a huge piece to our puzzle. so on july 18th, 2014, 3.5 months after carrie s body was found and seven months after she went missing, tina noe and the other two detectives went to a construction site where mcvay was working. tim was up on a ladder, and i said, we have a warrant for first degree murder for you, and concealing a homicide. tina also brought along her signature accessory, pink handcuffs. you chose to cuff him with your hot pink handcuffs. how did it feel seeing him in pink handcuffs? good. was it an extra little jab? yes. for tina. tim mcvay pleaded not guilty
former president trump leads the field but nearly 30 points according to the final and d.c. news poll. millions across the u.s. are dealing with a cold and winter storms as they began to to conserve electricity as a blow of freezing temperatures are expected to affect the states electric grid. now back to dateline. now back to dateline welcome back to dateline, i m craig melvin. there is an old axiom in homicide investigations. follow the money. police were zeroing in on men in carrie olson s life, when they got a big clue. if carrie was missing, then who used her atm card, and why? here is andrea canning and without a trace. carrie olson s boyfriend and ex-boyfriend have given conflicting stories about the day carrie went missing. and now, police were taking a closer look at both of them. that is kind of a tough thing to have to figure out, when you ve got two potential suspects.
the evidence in prosecutor mcgehee s case was largely circumstantial, but he still felt it was strong. he believed mcvay was the last one to talk to carrie. he had her car. used her debit card, and her body was found just minutes from where he parked her car at his girlfriend s house. and the prosecution had the test results for the carpet fibers found in carrie s hair. they matched that rolled up carpet in mcvay s house. how does a piece of carpet get lodged in someone s hair and remain in her hair? her head must have been on tim mcvay s floor at the time of her death. the prosecutor also used mcvay s internet searches to show how he was constantly checking the website of the newspaper in the distant town where carrie s body was found. he knew that he had concealed her body in hastings. so he started accessing the hastings star gazette in january, wanting to know the