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
and this is dateline. i was robbed of my sister. i had to grow up without one. in an instant, she was gone. and it changed everything. she dreamed of a career solving crimes but crime came for her first. i prayed, my daughter, please don t 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. don t mess with a mother bear. hello and welcome to dateline. tara was just 19 with a beautiful young wo
And here s 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 couldn t 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 to people with impaired minds do things that normal people wouldn t do.
Dan feinberg was joined by a co- prosecutor named jennifer garczewski trials began. dan feinberg was joined by a cool prosecutor name jennifer, 14 years almost through the day since tires life ended. she s only a year younger than me. 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.
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 buddy 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 didn t 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.