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>> i did, yes. we started getting people following our page. >> where was she? what was behind this? far from home early. >> i saw the tattoo and i said, thats her tattoo, isnt it? >> and three caught on camera clues. someones in her car. someones at her back. but, most jaw-dropping of all, someone is up onstage with a song turned sinister. >> i couldnt believe what i was hearing and seeing. >> could karaoke be a key to this case? >> my heart was pounding and pounding. >> i was sweaty ...

whole community. >> it hit her town like a lightning bolt. the strange disappearance of carrie olson. >> it was scary. everyone loved carrie. >> it was so painful. >> you reach out to dateline. >> i did, yes. >> we saw young people following our page. >> where was she? what was behind this? far from home, a lead. >> i saw the tattoo, and i said, thats your tattoo, isnt it? >> and three caught-on-camera clues. someone is in her car. someone is at her bank. but most jaw-dropping of all, ...

thats your tattoo, isnt it? >> and three caught on camera clues. someone is in her car. someone is at her bank. but most jaw-dropping of all, someone is up on stage with a song turned sinister. >> i couldnt believe what i was hearing. insane. >> could karaoke be a key to this case? >> my heart was pounding and pounding. >> i was sweaty and nervous. we need to figure this out, fast. hello, and welcome to dateline. 29 year old carrie olson was the girl next door, bubbly and bright, with ...

Official explanation for how carrie died, the state presented something called, birkin, a method of suffocation designed to leave no marks, like sitting on someones chest, and covering their nose and mouth. >> to support that scenario, the state called one of mcvays ex girlfriends, katie smitty. >> why are you nervous? >> im scared of him. >> katie described an incident one night in 2013. she said she was startled awake by mcvay sitting on her chest. >> i couldnt breathe. he cut off my air. he i...

Search warrant that tim had a beige carpet role in his house. >> but they also knew that carrie worked in a store that sold carpeting, so it might not mean anything. still, the carpeting in carries hair, and the carpet into mcvays house were sent to the lab for analysis. >> how long did it take you to get your answer? >> it takes a while. it doesnt come back after the commercial break, like on tv. >> while detectives waited for results, they explored the most tantalizing clue they have received,...

He used her debit card, and her body was found just minutes from where he parked her car at his girlfriends house. and the prosecution had the test results for the carpet fibers found in carries hair. they matched that rolled up carpet in mcvays house. >> how does a piece of carpet get launched in someones hair, and remain in her hair? her head must have been on teams floor at the time of her death. >> the prosecutor also used mcvays internet searches to show how he was constantly checking the w...

Three and a half months after carries was found, and seven months after she went missing, tina noe and the other two detectives went to a construction site where mcvay was working. >> tim was up on a ladder, and i said, we have a warrant for first degree murder for, you concealing a homicide. >> tina also brought a longer signature accessory, pain cant go. being handcuffed >> -- how did it feel seeing him in pink handcuffs? >> good. >> was it an extra little job? >> yes. >> 14. for dina. >> tim ...

They had to tie mcvay to the very spot where carries was found. they did have one long shot clue, just a few feet from carries body, investigators discovered this four-dollar price tag. a google search showed the tag was for a kids shovel, sold at the discount chain, big lots. detective thomas found a big lots store in la crosse, wisconsin, where that kind of shuttle was bought on the same day mcvay drove to minnesota. la crosse its about two thirds of the way between the quad cities and hasting...

Get a ride to minnesota. i think its laughable. >> you didnt have a cause of death, so how do you point the finger at somebody? >> the defense did not produce any witnesses of their own. instead, they aggressively challenged the states witnesses, like that former girlfriend. the defense tried to show mcvay was more playful than violent. >> you said, when i finally did get him off me, he said he was playing around. but you did not find it funny. he >> has. he >> wasnt striking you, right? >> no, ...

>> so, you knew exactly what time tim had been here? >> exactly. >> correct. >> the big lots in la crosse as a three hour drive of highway 61 from the tobacco outlet, and it turns out, the shovel was purchased exactly three and a half hours after mcvay block that cigar. >> that was huge for us. you leave the tobacco outlet, which is the exact amount of time to get to la crosse, wisconsin. >> but detectives still needed something more concrete to connect mcvay to the purchase of the shuttle. >> s...