what was going on. saying maybe she was at a football game. there was a football game going on? yeah. and then they reporter: there was a football game that night? both: yeah. and then, they went through her friends. and then actually they called one friend. and this person was dating a tara. reporter: sharon almost shouted, it wasn t her tara. the officer tried a different tactic. we ll put a b.o.l.o. out. reporter: b.o.l.o? both: yes. be on the look out. reporter: tara s family knew if she had gone to the football game, if she had gone anywhere, she would have told them. deputies said since tara was an adult, they would wait 24 hours before calling her a missing person. maybe she just left on her own. if my daughter was a runaway or a troubled child or whatever the case may have been, i would have told you that. i know my child. reporter: how frustrated were you? oh, so very frustrated. reporter: veronica, not quite 14, remember, was terrified.
almost 14-years-old and her younger brother paul. i remember halfway down the road remembering i forgot my key. the closer i got to the hour, i seen my sister s car. i said, oh, okay, cool, i don t need the key. you know, she s home. then she noticed the door wasn t quite closed. it was closed, it wasn t latched, like you could fall in and the door would open. i remember walking in and oprah was on the tv. what did you assume you saw the door opened and the tv on? i thought maybe she left in a hurry, went with a friend and didn t close the door all the way. she was tara. veronica s older, the not quite 20 then. veronica called out. noalser, called through the house, the bathroom light was on. i went into the bedroom and saw her purse and everything on top of her dresser. i thought where would she be without a purse. that wasn t usual.