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
their best friends offered moral support and came to the house. and one of them noticed something on the floor. we just said, oh my god. we walked in and she was bending over pulling it out of the carpet. we knew it was embedded in the carpet. it wasn t just laying there. she pulled out and said, sharon isn t this one of her earrings. so then? then eventually we found the another one. and then the third one. ground into the carpet? oh yes, we had to pull them out. they also notice swamp the small palm tree in the front yard had been damaged along with the decorative bricks surrounded. and then there were tire tracks. across the line? yes. how close did those tire tracks come to the house? it was in a big yard but it went up to the
i know my child. how frustrated were you? i owe so, very frustrated. veronica, not quite 14, remember she was terrified. why wasn t anybody taking action and figuring out where she was? keith and sharon called everybody they knew in town. their best friends offered moral support and came to the house. and one of them noticed something on the floor. we just said, oh my god. we walked in and she was bending over pulling it out of the carpet. we knew it was embedded in the carpet. it wasn t just laying. there she pulled out and said, sharon isn t this one of her earrings. so then? then eventually we found the another one. and then the third one. ground into the carpet? oh yes, we had to pull them out. they also notice swamp the