going to spend the rest of my life in jail. phil barr said something similar, because peewee is talking about, well i ve only seen the body. is not against the law to see the body. and barr tells him, hey, shut up were going all way to end up in prison. somebody with credibility? better than what we had before. yes. overall, a key problem remained. terrible witnesses. really? detective sport with other people who had also heard the men talking about the murder. but they were not the type a jury would like to believe much of what they say. so, drug and blue so gossip. it was an enough, certainly, to support charging peewee. but thought the prosecutor, maybe he could find a way to go after barr and mcmannis. and he had an idea. bring some of the key witnesses before a grand jury, just to see who passed credibility tests. and who didn t. i ve prosecuted over 100 homicide cases and the complexity and amount of
talking about, well, i ve only seen a body. it s not against the law to see a body. and barr tells him, hey, shut up. we re all gonna end up in prison. and it was somebody with credibility? better than what we had before, yeah. reporter: but overall, a key problem remained. terrible witnesses. reporter: meaning detectives spoke with other people who d also heard the men talk about the murder, but they were not the type a jury would likely believe. like drug and booze soaked gossip. there wasn t enough certainly to support charging peewee. but, thought the prosecutor, maybe he could find a way to go after barr and mcmannis. and he had an idea. bring some of the key witnesses before a grand jury just to see who passed the credibility test and who didn t. i ve prosecuted over 100 homicide cases and the complexity, and the amount of information that we had to review to determine if we could prosecute this case was the most
reporter: meaning detectives spoke with other people who d also heard the men talk about the murder, but they were not the type a jury would likely believe. much of what they d say sounded like drug and booze soaked gossip. there wasn t enough certainly to support charging peewee. but, thought the prosecutor, maybe he could find a way to go after barr and mcmannis. and he had an idea. bring some of the key witnesses before a grand jury just to see who passed the credibility test and who didn t. i ve prosecuted over 100 homicide cases and the complexity, and the amount of information that we had to review to determine if we could prosecute this case was the most i d ever seen. reporter: the idea worked. the grand jury indicted both phil barr and dave mcmannis for tara s murder. they were arrested in late 2012, 11 years after tara vanished from her home. dave mcmannis was arrested in maryland, where he grew up, while u.s. marshals mounted a
up. we re all gonna end up in prison. and it was somebody with credibility. be better than what we had before, yeah. reporter: but overall, a key problem remained. terrible witnesses. reporter: meaning detectives spoke with other people who d also heard the men talk about the murder, but they were not the type a jury would likely believe. much of what they d say sounded like drug and booze soaked gossip. there wasn t enough certainly to support charging peewee. but, thought the prosecutor, maybe he could find a way to go after barr and mcmannis. and he had an idea. bring some of the key witnesses before a grand jury just to see who passed the credibility test and who didn t. i ve prosecuted over 100 homicide cases and the complexity, and the amount of information that we had to review to determine if we could prosecute this case was the most i d ever seen. reporter: the idea worked. the grand jury indicted both phil barr and dave mcmannis for
wal-mart receipt. a minor purchase except the time stamp cast serious doubt on phil barr s alibi. it caught him in a significant lie. that s how detailed they were getting. they happened to run into a guy who said he knew and mcmahonis and pee wee. he overheard them talking about killing the girl. he said we shouldn t have done that girl that way. if i don t get out of town, i will spend my live n jail. pee wee is talking about i only have seen a body. it s not against the law to see a body and barr said shut up or we will end up in prison. somebody with credibility. better than what we had before, yeah. a key problem remained. terrible witnesses. meaning detectives spoke with other people who heard the men talk about the murder, but they were not the type a jury would