home. then veronica told him about tara, that her purse was home, but she wasn t. what did you think when she told you that? well, just something wasn t right. because if tara was gonna go somewhere, i knew she wouldn t leave her stuff or her car. she would have said, i won t be here when the kids get here. that s how responsible she was. sure. keith canceled the coffee plan, drove straight home. as soon as i got home, it just didn t look right. there was all kinds of tracks on the floor and i said, what are these marks on the floor? and she said, i don t know. tracks? muddy footprints. muddy footprints in the living room and master bedroom. and something else something only those who lived there would know. in the bedroom, like, our tv would be turned a certain way because when you lay in bed, you wanna see it. but when i looked in, it was straight. and then i notice stuff missing off the dresser. jewelry was gone, money was gone. what was going on in your
around noon, four hours before veronica arrived home from school, the men most likely knocked on the door and tara let them in, unaware they had robbery not work on their minds. dave mcmannis was taking the property while barr was distracting her in the bathroom. we believe she found out. she heard something or saw something that mr. mcmannis was doing, where he was in a place he shouldn t have been and she confronted him. and two people with impaired minds do things that normal people wouldn t do. and their solution to that was to kill her. the woman who d been sitting out in the front yard told the jury how the two men had been laughing and joking when they arrived, but later when she saw them backing their truck up to tara s front door breaking that small palm tree in the process. it was almost like they had a mission, that they had a plan. and one went straight to the tailgate and put the tailgate down out the truck and
were at home, waiting for the results. detective gandy went to tell them. that s never easy, huh? hardest thing you ever have to do. and then when they come to your door with clergy you see them coming? yeah. then the reality is that s it, you re never gonna see her again. it s so devastating. it s the worst pain ever. she didn t belong out there. 284 days after tara vanished, they knew, finally, she was never coming back. but they were no closer to knowing how she wound up out there in the woods. coming up now what? find the killers and make them pay for the crime. new leads, at last! isn t that your connection? it was a great connection and new questions for someone who d been at the house that day. it s been very stressful. i realize the police are doing their job and looking into things.but nonetheless, i feel like i ve been, you know,
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would have. and she would be going to make them all. she was my buddy. and now he didn t know where she was. right away, that afternoon, keith called sharon, just finishing her work day at her office. i ll never forget that call. i remember saying, i have to leave now. it was a 40-minute ride. and i cried that whole way home to please don t let nothing be wrong, please, please. i remember my mother pulling up. how did she look? oh, panicked. keith had called 911 as sharon rushed home. an officer was there when she arrived. my first thing was, you need to do something. my daughter s not here. i just knew. i just knew. coming up what had happened to tara? why wasn t anyone taking action and figuring out where she was? earrings in the carpet. ribbons on the ground. tire tracks on the lawn. it was obvious we had a serious problem. gut-wrenching pain. please,