Please dont let this be. True home alone on a sunny afternoon, she vanished. I said, oh my gosh, is this one of her earrings. Earrings in the carpet, ribbons on the ground. Tire tracks on the lawn. There was evidence of a violent struggle. What had happened . And who was behind it . Everything was a mystery. Was she still alive . It tore us apart for years they demanded answers. A struggle each day. Then came the cold Case File with a new bag of tricks. I always felt that this was a case to be solved. They wanted us justice just as bad as we. Did as a mother, she fought and fought and fought. We just never gave up. Dont mess with a mother bear. Hello and welcome to dateline. I tara was just 19 with a beautiful young woman with big dreams. Then suddenly she vanished. Snatch from the safety of her own home. There was no evidence to Go On. No witness to review who took her and why. Force them investigators thought it would take years and a team of determine Cold Case detectives to uncover that long buried clue and the story that would blow this case wide open. Here is Keith Morrison with the knock at the door. It was a monday afternoon. A baking sun. A School Bus made its methodical way around the medical streets of Punta Gorda, florida. Stopped and started, stopped again. It was now. Miles from the harbor, the peace river, the center of town. Who would Warmth Header on them to the golf course. The Bus Stop to in the middle of a quiet neighborhood. The driver opened the door. It was 3 45 pm. We got off the bus and walk home. We, means pharaonic ord, then almost 14 years old. And her younger brother paul. I remember halfway down the road, remembering i had forgotten my key. The closer we got to the house, i saw my sisters car, so i said oh, okay i dont need the key. Shes home. Then she noticed the Door Wasnt quite closed. It was closed but it wasnt latched. You could just pull in the and the door was open. I remember walking in and oprah was on the tv. Why did you assume when you saw the door open and the tv on . I thought, you know, maybe she left in a hurry. Maybe she went with a friend. And she didnt close the door all the way. She was tara, veronicas older sister, not quite 20 then. Veronica called out, no answer. She walked through the house. Bathroom light was on. I went looking in the bathroom and and i went away our bedroom and i saw her purse and everything. A top of her dresser, so im like, where would she be without her purse . Because that was unusual. So thats when i called keith. Keith was keith mike phillips, her moms fiancee. He was just leaving work until veronica he was thinking of stopping for coffee with a friend on his way home. Then veronica told him about tara, that her purse was home, but she wasnt. What did you think when she told me that . That something wasnt right. Because if tara who is going to go somewhere, i knew she wouldnt leave her stuff for her car. Shes would be at home when the kids got here. Thats how responsible she. Was sure. Keith canceled the coffee plan. Drove straight home. As soon as i got home, it just didnt look right. There were these trucks on the floor. So i said what are these marks on the floor . She said i dont. No tracks . Muddy footprints in the living room. And something else. Something only those who live there would know. In the bedroom, it would be turned a certain way. Because when you turn this when i looked and it was straight. And i noticed stuff was missing off the dresser. Jewelry was gone, money was. Gone what was going on in your head when you saw . This because you notice things were missing . I knew something was dramatic. Oh, and it was. What happened to that grew up girl in this modest house in the little city by the sea . On the 1st of october, 2001, . A mystery for so many years. She was such a sweet, loving, kind hearing her whole life. Sharon mcfarland is taras mother. She had dreams and ambitions. He was a cheerleader, a catcher for softball. She loved art. Most of all we were a family. Yes. She left her family and we loved her right back. They were new to Punta Gorda. Had moved recently from scranton, pennsylvania. Tara, almost grown up, told them she would stay behind and make her own life. She didnt want to come down. Im sure it was, you know, its a change. Especially when you are older. And we had a bet going on how long it would be before she got here. Because we are so close. Yeah. Because we are close and i think she lasted three weeks. I will stay here on my own. No im not. Yes. She got a job and make plans to start college. Had already decided that she wanted to be a crime scene investigator. She had the books and everything. Yeah. And those sharons then Fiancee Keith Wasnt officially carat terrorist set that, they had a Father Daughter Sort of 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 didnt know where she was. Right away that afternoon, keith called it sharon, just finishing her workday in her office. Ill never forget that call. I remember saying i have to leave now. It was a 40minute ride. And i cried that whole way home. To please dont let anything be wrong. Please, please. I remember my mother pulling up. How did she look . Oh, panicked. Keith had called 911. 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 wasnt anybody taking action and figuring out where she was . Earrings in the carpet. Ribbons on the ground. Tire tracks on the lawn. 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Not sharons missing daughter. They were concentrating on the burglary. They didnt seem to hear what she was saying. Didnt understand her panic. They just werent getting us, what was going on. They were trying to say maybe shes out at a Football Game. A Football Game . Yeah. And then they went through her friends. And then actually, they called one friend and this person was dating tara. Sharon almost shouted it was in her tara. The officer tried a different tara. They put a b. O. L. O. Out. B. O. L. O. . Yes, be on the lookout. Tara new family knew if youve gone to the Football Game, if you dont anywhere, she wouldve told them. Deputy 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 trialed, or whatever the case may have been, i would have told you that. I know my child. How frustrated were you . I owe so, very frustrated. Veronica, not quite 14, remember she was terrified. Why wasnt 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 wasnt just laying. There she pulled out and said, Sharon Isnt 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 small Palm Tree in the Front Yard had been damaged along with the decorative bricks surrounded. And then they retire. Trucks across the line . Yes. How close did those Tire Tracks come to the house . It was in a big yard but it went up to the they found to ribbons, the Kind Tower War in her here, outside the front door. And scoff marks on their bedroom dresser. Tell me about what those scoff marks look like . Like somebody moved it or run something against it . If you took your shoe and you kick something and you left a mark. Like if it was on the Dresser Drawers in our bedroom. One of the missing pieces of jewelry was a Ring Tower had given to. Keith that ring she bought me. I didnt care about anything else but that. The officers left the house with nothing learned, nothing resolved, and still no tara. Sharon and keith didnt sleep a wink that night. What goes on in here . When youre sitting Up All Night . Gut wrenching pain. Praying that please, please dont let this be true. Before the sun came up, sharon called 911 again. And a new officer arrived. A woman deputy, ill never forget that. She came and i remember saying to her, please help me. And she did. She got the ball rolling. She listened to me. The deputy called and crime scene investigators. Remember my Mom Or Mother waking Me And My Brother Up and we remember seeing so many people there. And the crime Scene Van outside. Now deputies were taking Towers Disappearance seriously. Mike gandy was the captain of the Charlotte County Sheriffs Office back then. Sometimes you respond to a Scene Or Call where someone is missing and you can tell from the Family Interaction that it is not a big deal. This was not the case with terrorism. It was obvious that we had a serious problem. First thing, find out the last time anyone had seen or spoken to tara. They knew by the time veronica got home, just before 4 pm, tara was gone. They learned that towers last Phone Call began at 11 49 pm and ended at 12 05. She had talked to a colleague at the Mall Jewelry Kiosk where she worked. Said she would be by to pick up her paycheck and go shopping. But first, their landlord had arranged for a Septic Repair Company to drop by the house. So, had terrence stayed and wait . Maybe the owner of the Repair Company knew something. One of our criminal investigation sergeants on his way to work stopped by this Guy South and ask him had he been to taras home. Yes he had. Yes he had contact with a female there. And he said she was perfectly fine when she he left the house for the afternoon. So, assuming that was true, Who Else came to that Little House on the afternoon of October 1st . And took away their tara . Coming up something needed to happen. A frustrated family reaches out to someone you. If you met sharon, you wouldnt tell her. No i looked around in the eye and i told her i would do everything to try to help them. A turn in the case was coming. When dateline continues. In business, its never just another day. Its the big sale, or the big presentation. The day where everything goes right. Or the one where nothing does. 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Meanwhile, Sharon And Keith pushed through their fear and anxiety. And did what they could. We looked in garbage bags. We will go everywhere and anywhere. You dumpsters. I would do it every day. We will go In The Woods so far we didnt even know where to come out have the time. Captain gandys investigators search for terror as well. Deputy searching 500 acres of pasture. Someone called and said hey we saw a spacious person in this area. Or there is buzzwords over here. We were always doing a search. We do have a couple of different times where we use dogs in certain areas. Four weeks after tara vanished, she turned 20. And they try to stay positive. You had a Birthday Party . Had to. And we had the President S. And ill never forget this, i went to open one and my son said youre not opening that. He said, shes coming back. And i didnt open it. Months went by. They couldnt accept what their heads kept telling them. That tara had been snatched away and murdered. But nobody was telling them. The investigation seemed to have stall. Wasnt going anywhere. Something needed to happen. And it didnt feel like it is happening . Exactly. Not at all. So, out of sheer desperation, about six months after tara vanished, they hired a civil attorney. A woman named amanda downing. What do they want you to do . They wanted anyones help. A lawyers help. The medias help. Civilians. Help neighbors help. Anybodys help in finding their daughter. And i think by hiring a lawyer they believed that i could somehow assist them in fact finding. Finding their daughter, searching for her. Anything. They were grasping. What did you tell them . I let her eye in the eye, i look to keep in the eye, i told them i would do everything i could possibly could to try to help them. You know, you would be perfectly within the rights to see look, im sorry. But thats not what i do. If you met sharon you wouldnt tell her no. [laughs] well, did they want you to sue somebody . Or just get information . I dont think that their goal was to sue anyone. I think their goal was to find tara. And then, nine months after tara disappeared, a man traveling on a desolate road on the outskirts of Punta Gorda, pulled over for a pit stop. Walked Into The Woods and saw not a girl, bones. We actually sat on the steps of the crime Scene Van. Out there at the scene . Yes, we did. We want to find her. But not like this. You dont want it to be like this. You know . You just hope and pray every day that shes alive. But it was her. It was tara. Enough of the teeth were day there to make a positive identification that it was terror. Biden, Sharon And Keith were at home waiting for the results. Detective gandy went to tell them. Its never easy . Its the hardest thing you have to do. And then when they come to your door, with clergy you see them coming . Yes. And then the reality is. That is it. Youre never going to see her again. It was devastating. It was the worst pain ever. She didnt belong out there. 284 days after tara vanished, they knew finally she was never coming back. But there 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. Isnt that your connection . It was a great connection. And new questions for someone who had been at the house that day. Its been very stressful. But otherwise the police are doing their jobs and looking into things. But nonetheless, i do feel like i have been, you know, harassed. When dateline continues. Continues namaste. Surprise parties. Aww, you guys. Dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks. For 3 . So i can du more of the things i love. Dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its an addontreatment for specific types of Moderatetosevere Asthma that can improve Lung Function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. And can reduce, or even eliminate, oral steroids. And Heres Something important. 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Nine months after tara met disappeared. Her Woods Bones were found In The Woods just outside time. As her family absorb the news, detectives began to calm the site searching for any clue that could lead them to tears killer. Here again is Keith Morrison with the knock at the door. In the end, bones, and a few teeth, were all they found. There was every reason to think tara was murdered and then dumped In The Woods. But murdered how . By whom . Sharons attorney called her as soon as she heard the news. She was obviously distraught, devastated, hysterical. Crying. Now what . Find out the colors and make them pay for the crime. Prosecutor Dan Feinberg got the autopsy results. They were not helpful. Only half of the bones in her body were recovered. And some of the more important bones like the which would show whether or not they right have been a choking or strangulation, were not recovered. The medical examiner though found evidence that four of towers ribs were fractured. A perry more turn fracture, he at the time of desk. So there is a big slam into her ribs somehow . . The medical examiner in their found there was evidence of a violent struggle. There was evidence of blunt force trauma. And that would contribute to her death. Detectives scoured the woods, looking for anything that might tell them something. They found a Belly Button Ring in the bones. The kind terror war, sharon confirm. And the remnants of only one piece of clothing that belonged to her. A pair of panties. But no here, no fiber, no dna of any kind at the scene that would help them i. D. The color. It was frustrating for the family. It was frustrating for the detectives. And it was frustrating for the prosecutors that worked on the case, including myself. So, detectives went back to the beginning. They reviewed all the witness statements they had taken over the course of the nine Months Tara had been missing. And there was a note about a man who turned in some jewelry three days after tehran went missing. A ring and a bracelet. Which turned out to belong to taras family. It had been in the possession of st. John. Took a couple pieces of jewelry to his probation officer. Glenn saint john, who went by peewee, was on probation for fabric felony burglary. So, did he kill tara . He insisted no. And he didnt take the jewelry either. He said somebody gave it to him. We told him that he received him from Phil Barr. And Phil Barr told him it came from the missing girls. From Phil Barr . He was the owner of the Septic Repair Business that had been at Taras House the day she went missing. But was peewee telling the truth . Would he ever tell the truth . He told multiple different stories. What did he say . He said a little more each time he was interview. And he changed his story to the point where it made him an and credible witness. He admitted that he had seen the body at some point. I was a little interesting in that particular area. Terror spoons were recovered within a couple hundred yards of one of these favorite fishing spots. Isnt that your connection . That was a great connection. But mr. St. John was a very incredible witness. That story about getting stolen jewelry from Phil Barr no jewelry from Towers Home was found in the possession of Phil Barr. Anyway, barr Investigators Tower was fine when he and the his help her left her house that afternoon. The questions went on and on. And Phil Barr with, the business to run, didnt appreciate that kind of attention. Complain to a local Nbc Reporter its been fiery stressful. I realize the police are doing their job and looking into things. But nonetheless he himself confronted the detectives, insisted he was innocent. All the talk was unfair. I am telling you the truth. I have nothing to do with this girls disappearance. Im getting the out of here. It was a problem. Detective certainly had their suspicions but, evidence, there was none. And most everyone they questioned knew barr was, well, a bit shady. Hard to believe. Prosecutor feinberg concluded he simply didnt have enough to make a charge stick. Dna evidence in this case that was collected from the residents either came back to the family, or was not relevant to this case. There was no indication that the perpetrators had left blood or a Body Fluid at the home. So cases typically go cold when you run out of leads and information. And you run out of ideas. Taras mother, sharon, the again and again demanded to know what, if anything was going on. Prosecutor feinberg had no choice, he said, he couldnt tell her. The frustration was clear. You could see it on her face. Here it in her voice. The family was devastated. And they wanted answers. And i can understand that. You cant as a prosecutor just say detective, give all those answers. You cant put that information out there. Still, sharon continued to ferret out what she could. Boy just never gave up. There was no stopping. As did her attorney. She would hear a piece of information from a neighbor or a new source, or detective that was supposed to tell her, and then she would confirm it, run with it, call me. She fought and fought and fought for justice. Justice for tara. As showered with say, my tara. Shes always said, my tara. But none of these efforts turned up anything useful. And the Sheriffs Case Wasnt going anywhere either. There is no getting around it. Justice for tara just was not happening. In fact, the case was going cold. Stone cold. Eventually Mike Gandy retired. As did these two Cops Way up north. Retired and move to sunny florida. And got very board. Oh, oh. Coming up. I always felt that this was a case that could be solved. Enter a Cold Case squad. Could they do what No One else had . How important was that . Extremely important. When dateline continues. 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And intense frustration. As year after Year Sharon demanded answers and didnt get them. In 2008, almost seven years after towers murder, sharon appeared in a Crime Stoppers video. Spoke directly to the killers, whoever they were. I want to know how they wake up in the morning . How do they Go On with her life knowing that they did this to a person . Dont take it for a minute that you got away with this, because one day, and i truly believe this, one day there is going to be a knock at their door. And they are going to be with incarcerated. And that is what i want. The whole world had moved on. Forgotten, apparently. But then, a year later, 2009, Punta Gorda got a new sheriff. And he thought some of the unsolved cases in town needed a new look. And he called upon the retired detective, Mike Gandy. And these two, who have been detectives up north before they to retired and move to Punta Gorda. Mike vogel and kurt mehl. I moved to florida and came down here to hurt, hunt, fish and play golf, and go boating, and go to the beach. And just relax. And that lasted a couple months. Got very board. So, three Board Ex Detectives Put on badges again to form the sheriffs very first official called case unit. They decided early on they would work on taras case. Prosecutor feinberg was finally optimistic. Sort of. I always felt that this was a case that could be solved. If it had a new set of eyes and had somebody that could put the case together, connect all of the dots. What requests did you make of them . We wanted to know more about every piece of evidence. We had to rule out every piece of dna in that house. So, it was closing doors and excluding other people. Youre going to learn from looking in these files so, that is what these three did. As a large photo of tara kept watch. Again, there was no danny to help. All they had really or lingering suspicions about the Work Men who went to towers house the day she vanished. Phil barr, the guy who owned the septic time tank business. His helper that Day David Mcmannis and their Body Peewee St. John. But nothing in this huge trove of Investigative Material proved anything. He organized it in such a way that it was easier to understand. What happened in difficult understand . It was confusing to the point where you didnt know what we were able to get in court. So the context was in there but. You can figure it out because it was a mess. The majority of the majority of it was. We have to track the analysis, that was what took so long. An awful lot of Detective Work amounts to Reading Thousands of pages of reports and witness statements. And this in that. All were followed up, every one of. Them Detective Mehl chased down a 2001 Walmart Literacy and found a purchase, except the times now are the Receipt Cast serious doubt on Phil Barrs alibi. Didnt exactly rocket. But cocked him in a significant lie. Thats how detailed we are getting. And then, they just happened to run into a guy who said he knew him Barr And Mcmannis and peewee. And he overheard them talking about killing this girl. He heard them ask say we shouldnt have done that girl that way. If i dont get out of town im going to spend the rest of my life in jail. Phil barr said something similar, because peewee is talking about, well ive 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 didnt. Ive prosecuted over 100 homicide cases and the Complexity And Amount of information that we had to review to determine if we could prosecute this case was the most i had ever seen. The idea worked. The Grand Jury indicted both Phil Barr and David Mcmannis for terrorist murder. They were arrested in late 2012. 11 years after tower vanished from her home. David mcmannis was arrested in maryland, where he grew up. A u. S. Marshal not run noted a Man Hunt for Phil Barr. We lost track of him we were actually able to locate fill in vermont area, very close to the canadian border. Where we think he had fled with the intent possibly of leaving the country. But the case against the men needed more. And so, the cold Case Team kept investigating. And in 2014, one of them came across a name. Buried deep in an old file. Right after terry disappeared, the next Door Neighbor told investigators she saw barr and another man at Taras House that they. But she couldnt see much because her view was blocked by a fence. So, that went nowhere then. Except the neighbor happened to mention that her sister in law had been visiting that day. But No One had ever her, found her name and said whos this person. Mike said, oh i, know someone by that name. So mike then went out and located her spoke to her. Why does she have to say . She floored me. Why . That visitor was not blocked by the fence like her relatives were. She had been sitting in full view, not more than 15 yards from towers front door. And she saw a lot. She did see the vehicle pull out a couple different times. And then the second time that she saw the vehicle, it was backed up to the front door. And two guys, open to tailgate a walking back inside the front door. Wow. How important was that. Extremely important. She identified David Mcmannis as being at the house with barr. She identified him there at the time the Pick Up Truck was backed up to the front door. What are the reason was the Pick Up Truck backed up to the front door then to take terror outhouse. We went up to the house to get a better idea of where this woman was sitting. What she couldve seen. So she is sitting right here. While. So thats one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten maybe a dozen steps away where the structure is parked. That is close. Yes, very close. So if the back of the truck how far from the door would it have been. In this in this general area on the outside track, tire track, was found the hair ribbons. Way out here . Right out here. Okay. So, suggesting that they put her in the back of the truck and the here ribbons came loose as they were driving away. Putting it in their. Or something . That would be a pretty good explanation. Well, well, well. This makes it all the more real when you see how close this must have been. The woman said she didnt actually see what the men were doing. Because the cab of the truck blocked her view. But still, this was way more than they had before. Finally, 14 years after tara vanished, Barr And Mcmannis were going on trial for her murder. What had happened in the house that day. A jury finally heres the story. Coming up we believe she confronted them. A Mothers Perseverance had brought the case this far. She fought and fought and fought. Would a verdict bring justice at last . When dateline continues. Ateline continues. Now, Simparica Trio simplifies protection. Ticks and fleas . See ya Heartworm Disease . No way Simparica Trio is the first chewable that delivers all this protection. And Simparica Trio is demonstrated safe for puppies. Its simple go with Simparica Trio. 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So when i think back to where i was in 2001, i was just finishing college. And obviously, that was a goal of hers. So i did feel a connection to her. And thinking about her where she would have been at my age, now. And the defendants now on trial Phil Barr owned a Septic Type Repair business. David mcmannis was his helper. The detectives had learned that barr use his business as a cover for stealing from the homes of unsuspecting customers. And heres what happened, said the state, that 1st of october, 2001. Towers landlord asked for barr repair estimate. Barr and his Helper Mcmannis began their Work Day by smoking crack. Around noon, for hours before Verona Cartwright Home from school, the men most likely knocked on the Door And Tara let them in. Unaware they had a robbery, not work, on their minds. Dave mcmannis was taking the property while barr was couldnt 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 shouldnt have been. And she confronted him. And to people with impaired minds do things that normal people wouldnt do. And their solution to that was to kill her. The woman who had 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 Interest Front Yard, breaking that small Palm Tree in the process it was almost like they had a mission. That they had a plan. And one Run Streak to the tailgate and put the tailgate down on the truck. And the other went straight to the front door. All business . All business. That said the prosecutor is when they cleaned up, took Taras Body individually and loaded into a truck and waited for dark. When one or both of them dumped her body In The Woods. But to tell that story took too long trials. Each people to buy witnesses the jury might not think are credible. People who supposedly heard Barr And Mcmannis say things like we raped and killed the girl. They are not going to find her. I am going to kill you like i did the girl in florida. The girl i killed was 20. One witness testified about overhearing a conversation between Barr And Mcmannis. Philip barr and with saying two mcmannis i didnt want to kill her. And she overheard David Mcmannis respond, she had today. Not very believable, said the defense attorneys. Just people making things up said Barrs Lawyer Mark de sisto. We contended that these conversations never took. Place some of these witnesses were inmates to. Sketchy. Ive never met a convict just because he wants to be a nice guy or nice citizen. Theres always something in it for. And that woman the, Star Witness found by the cool Case Team who said he she saw the truman coming going from terrace house. She made herself believe this after all the time to make sure the Bad Guy goes away. David but Mcmanniss Attorney said those Detectives Focus on the wrong. Man and said Phil Barrs accomplice must of been Peewee St. John. The man who turned in jewelry three days after tehran went missing. Theres enough circumstantial evidence to believe that he was involved. If not in the murder, but definitely in the complicity to govern it up. The only thing that Dave Mcmannis was guilty of, was being a sarcastic guy. The majority of the statements that were made were sarcasm at best. Thats kind of an easy out for saying terrible things. Isnt it . Well, it was an inappropriate statement. If said at all, david is known to be a Joke Stir and sarcastic. Even during the course of the trial, he would say things that were sarcastic. The trials, two of them, dragged on. For more than 15 days. With delays after delay, and a case that had taken more than 15 years to get to. Sharon and keeps marriage didnt make it that long. But they attended both trials together. We started this together, were going to finish it together. No matter what. And after all of that time . In each Case Deliberations took less than 90 minutes. The verdicts, guilty. Both men were sentenced to life in prison without parole. I think everybody would agree that but for sharon, neither travel would have taken place. She fought and fought and fought for justice. Taras Little Sister Veronica has two children of her own now. They know their and tara. They have necklaces with her pictures on it. My daughter, you would think that she had met her. She dreams about her. Never met her. But they love her. That warms my heart. A few weeks after the trials were over, the prosecutors, detectives and their spouses got together for dinner with Sharon And Keith and veronica. Detective mehl made a presentation. She was a fighter and she kept us fighting for her, for you and your family. Dave had the picture hanging in their office for a very long time. And they passed it on to me. I can look at it now and go, we did it. We did it. Youve given us a new chapter to our life. The family gave the Cold Case detectives and the prosecutors gifts as well. Each was engraved, justice for tara. Heres to tara. Cheers. They put in so much hard work and time, and respect, compassion. So, we wanted to give a little token of our Appreciation And Love for everything they have done. They gave Terror Peace and justice. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im craig melvin. Thank you for watching. Im craig melvin. And im natalie morales. And this is dateline. She was there. She walked into the building and you just brighton. And then she wasnt. My next reaction was, oh my gosh, whats happening. Mother the adored. Missing. And her place, a trail of blood. My biggest fear was what we are going fine. Police found instead was a puzzle. My 28 years, ive never seen it before. A missing woman. A mystery with new clues. Did you find any fingerprints . No