but the whole family. my son is 25. he first came in contact with alcohol and marijuana when he was a teenager. for him it became a problem, it became an addiction. but it continued to get worse and worse and worse to the point where we were staying up at night with him because we were afraid he would vomit and choke or, even just so he would not sneak out of the house and take the vehicle and drive someplace and kill himself or kill others. and he is sober today. he s 18 months sober, i think. and he s doing good and i am just so proud of him because i know that he overcame a lot of hurdles. i m gonna go somewhere.
where would she be without her purse? cause that wasn t usual. so that s when i had called keith. keith was keith mcphillips, her mom s fiance he was just leaving work, told 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 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 t
cause that wasn t usual. so that s when i had called keith. reporter: keith was keith mcphillips, her mom s fiance. he was just leaving work, told 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 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 woulda said, i won t be here when the kids get here. that s how responsible she was. sure. reporter: 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. reporter: muddy footprints in the living room and master bedroom. and something else, something only those who lived there would know. in the bedroom, li
reporter: keith was keith mcphillips, her mom s fiancã . he was just leaving work, told 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 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 woulda said, i won t be here when the kids get here. that s how responsible she was. sure. reporter: 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. reporter: 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
so that s when i had called keith. reporter: keith was keith mcphillips, her mom s fiancã . he was just leaving work, told 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 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 woulda said, i won t be here when the kids get here. that s how responsible she was. sure. reporter: 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. reporter: 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 tur