concerned about the jewelry and cash that appeared to have been taken, not sharon s missing daughter. they were concentrated on the burglary. reporter: they didn t seem to hear what she was saying, didn t understand her panic. they just weren t getting us or it wasn t sinking in. what was going on. they were trying to say, well, maybe she s at a football game. and then they reporter: there was a football game that night? both: yeah. and then, they went through her friends. and then actually they called one friend. and this person was dating a tara. reporter: sharon almost shouted, it wasn t her tara. the officer tried a different tactic. we ll put a b.o.l.o. out. reporter: b.o.l.o? both: yes. be on the look out. reporter: tara s family knew if she had gone to the football game, if she had gone anywhere, she would have told them. deputies said since tara was an adult, they would wait 24 hours before calling her a missing person. maybe she just left on
ord, then almost 14 years old, and her younger brother, paul. and i remember halfway down the road, remembering that i forget my key. but the closer we got to the house, i had seen my sister s car. so i said, oh, okay, cool. you know, i don t i don t need the key. you know, she s home. reporter: then she noticed the door wasn t quite closed. it was closed, but it wasn t latched. like you could just pull on it and the door would open. i remember walking in and oprah was on the tv. what did you assume when you saw the door open and the tv on? i thought maybe she left in a hurry. maybe she went with a friend, you know, and she just didn t close the door all the way. reporter: she was tara, veronica s older sister, not quite 20 then. veronica called out. no answer. she walked through the house, bathroom light was on. i went and looked in the bathroom and then i went in our bedroom and i d seen her purse and everything on top of her dresser. so then, i m like, where wo
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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: we means veronica ord, then almost 14 years old, and her younger brother, paul. and i remember halfway down the road, remembering that i forget my key. but the closer we got to the house, i had seen my sister s car. so i said, oh, okay, cool. you know, i don t i don t need the key. you know, she s home. reporter: then she noticed the door wasn t quite closed. it was closed, but it wasn t latched. like you could just pull on it and the door would open. i remember walking in and oprah was on the tv. what did you assume when you saw the door open and the tv on? i thought maybe she left in a hurry. maybe she went with a friend, you know, and she just didn t close the door all the way. reporter: she was tara, veronica s older sister, not quite 20 then. veronica called out. no answer. she walked through the house, bathroom light was on. i went and looked in the bathroom and then i went in our bedroom and i d seen her purse and everything on top of her