i know my child. how frustrated were you? i owe so, very frustrated. veronica, not quite 14, remember she was terrified. why wasn t anybody taking action and figuring out where she was? keith and sharon called everybody they knew in town. their best friends offered moral support and came to the house. and one of them noticed something on the floor. we just said, oh my god. we walked in and she was bending over pulling it out of the carpet. we knew it was embedded in the carpet. it wasn t just laying. there she pulled out and said, sharon isn t this one of her earrings. so then? then eventually we found the another one. and then the third one. ground into the carpet? oh yes, we had to pull them out. they also notice swamp the
relationship. we were very close, yes. always hung up together. she would make her famous jelly, triple decker sandwiches. we would have them. she was my buddy. and now he didn t know where she was. right away that afternoon, keith called it sharon, just finishing her workday in 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 anything be wrong. please, please. i remember my mother pulling up. how did she look? oh, panicked. keith had called 9-1-1. an officer was there when she arrived. my first thing was you need to do something. my daughter is not here. i just knew. coming up. what had happened to tara? why wasn t anybody taking action and figuring out where
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. why wasn t anybody taking action and figuring out where she was? reporter: keith and sharon called everybody they knew in town. their best friends offered moral support, came to the house, and one of them noticed something on the floor. we just heard, oh, my god! and we walked in and she was bending over, pulling it out of the carpet like it was embedded in the carpet. yeah, it wasn t just laying there. she pulled it out and she said, sharon, isn t this one of her earrings? and she said, yeah. reporter: so then? then eventually we found the we found another one. yeah. and and then the third one. reporter: like, ground into the carpet? yeah, right oh, yeah, just we had to pull them out.
why wasn t anybody taking action and figuring out where she was? reporter: keith and sharon called everybody they knew in town. their best friends offered moral support, came to the house, and one of them noticed something on the floor. we just heard, oh, my god! and we walked in and she was bending over, pulling it out of the carpet like it was embedded in the carpet. yeah, it wasn t just laying there. she pulled it out and she said, sharon, isn t this one of her earrings? and she said, yeah. reporter: so then? then eventually we found the we found another one. yeah. and and then the third one. reporter: like, ground into the carpet? yeah, right oh, yeah, just we had to pull them out. reporter: they also noticed a small palm tree in their front yard had been damaged along with the decorative bricks around it. and then there was tire tracks. reporter: what, across the lawn? across the lawn. reporter: how close do those tire t
reporter: how frustrated were you? oh, so very frustrated. reporter: veronica, not quite 14, remember, was terrified. why wasn t anybody taking action and figuring out where she was? reporter: keith and sharon called everybody they knew in town. their best friends offered moral support, came to the house, and one of them noticed something on the floor. we just heard, oh, my god! and we walked in and she was bending over, pulling it out of the carpet like it was embedded in the carpet. yeah, it wasn t just laying there. she pulled it out and she said, sharon, isn t this one of her earrings? and she said, yeah. reporter: so then? then eventually we found the we found another one. yeah. and and then the third one. reporter: like, ground into the carpet? yeah, right oh, yeah, just we had to pull them out. reporter: they also noticed a small palm tree in their front yard had been damaged along with