the decorative bricks around it. and then there was tire tracks. reporter: what, across the lawn? across the lawn. reporter: how close do those tire tracks come to the house? it wasn t a big yard, but no, it wasn t a big yard. reporter: they went up to the door. and they found two ribbons, the kind tara wore in her hair, outside their front door, and scuff marks on their bedroom dresser. tell me about the what those scuff marks look like. like somebody moved it or rubbed something against it? if you took your shoe and you kicked something and you left a mark. reporter: okay. like, if, you know, if you walk on a floor and you drag your feet, it leaves a mark? reporter: yeah. well, that was on the dresser drawers in our bedroom. reporter: one of the missing pieces of jewelry was a ring tara had given to keith. my dad ring she she bought me. i didn t care about anything else but that. reporter: the officers left the house with nothing learned, nothing
more than a week after carol disparks peered, there was disappeared, there was still absolutely no sign of her. and then something strange happened here at the house something very strange. could it be that carol unbeknownst to anyone sneaked back in when nobody else was around? imagine what it was like back then in that little house. mike thinking things over. on a hunch he said he placed tape on carol s dresser drawers, a little trap. one day he took the kids to universal studios, and sure enough, when they returned, he noticed the tape was broken. and some mail on the counter was moved, as well. a few weeks later, it happened again. some of carol s clothes went missing. along with some money from a place no burglar would know to look under the butter dish in the refrigerator where mike said he and carol kept $100 in emergency cash. and now $60 was missing.
say that. i pushed him for some more details. and the details were once again a little different about when and where he last saw her, for example. it wasn t when he went to bed around 10:00 p.m. as he said on one occasion or 5:30 the next morning as he also said. no, this time mike said he last saw carol about 10:30 or 11:00 p.m. in the bathtub. how long was she in the tub? i used the bathroom. then he said maybe around midnight or 1:00 or 2:00, he heard the garage door went up and went to the door and saw carol s car driing away. lights taillights? you re sure it was her car? yeah. also, remember the story about putting tape on the dresser drawers after carol left and later he found it broken? didn t remember that now. the tape i don t know. you don t know what that is? no. as he sat here in 2010, he
then two ribbons, the kind tara wore in her hair and scuff marks on the bedroom dresser. what did the scuff marks look like? like somebody moved it or rubbed something against it. like if you took your shoe and kicked something and left a mark. if you drag your feet on the floor, it left a mark. that was on the dresser drawers. one of the missing pieces of jewelry was a ring tara gave to keith. i didn t care about anything else but that. the officers left with nothing resolved and still no tara. sharon and keith didn t sleep a wink that night. what are goes on as you sit up all night? gut wrenching pain. big hole. praying that oh, please, please don t let this be true.
more details. and the details were, once again, a little different about when and where he last saw her, for example. it wasn t when he went to bed around 10:00 p.m. as he said on one occasion or 5:30 the next morning as he also said. no, this time mike said he last saw carol about 10:30 or 11:00 p.m. in the bathtub. how did you see her in the tub? i used the bathroom. then around midnight or 1:00 or 2:00, he heard the garage door go up and went to the door and actually saw carol s car driving away. you see taillights? yeah. you re sure it was her car? yeah. also remember that story about putting tape on the dresser drawers after carol left and later he found it broken? didn t remember that now. you didn t tape the thing? i didn t. as he said here in 2010, he