is now on trial. phil bar owned a septic tank repair business. dave mcmannis was his helper the day tara disappeared. bar used his business a cover for stealing from the homes of unsuspecting customers. and here is what happened, said the state, that 1st of october 2001. tara s landlord asked bar for a rea pair estimate. bar and his helper mcmannis began their work day by smoking crack. around noon, four hours before veronica arrive 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 bars was sdrathing 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 where he shouldn t have been and she confronted him. and two people with impaired