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Occurred and she was found in albuquerque key alone in her free will. >> because the emotional statement tara had been in the previous week we werent sure what may have happened. >> taras case went national and the media got involved. >> did they notice it was broken? the sister may have knocked it over

>> he had been arrested on a trespass kind of charge at taras residents 6 months before she disappeared. this was something we had to look at. >> there was more. >> we had established she had a relationship with a police officer from another jurisdiction. >> that officer was keith bikes. he was the man taras mother asked to check on her daughter that sunday when she failed to show up for lunch? >> anything unusual about him at all. >> no. >> you dont suspect him of anything? >> no. i have known ...

>> we had a forensic team coming in. >> the circumstances were such that the behavior did not match tara. it was clear there was a problem. that said we couldnt eliminate the possibility she had gone off on her own was upset or left for some other reason. >> i think a lot of people in the beginning that knew she had been upset about the situation between her and marcus thought maybe she decided to get away for a while. >> i assumed she needed alone time. >> this happened on the heels of the infa...

He doesnt want to see me any more. it has been difficult. >> saturday october 22nd, 2005, still in emotional turmoil tara nevertheless had a whole day of activities planned. >> she had been helping students get ready for the pageants8fkyñh is the sweet potato pageant. doing her hair and makeup at her house. >> that evening after the pageant she went to a friends house to a southern barbecue. she seemed on the up swing. >> when tara walked in the door that night she was smiling and seemed happy....

For criminal trespass at taras house. >> anthony received a phone call and it was hard to understand the person. he thought it was tara calling. he called the police and maybe the gbi and everybody got involved. they were able to track down the person who made the call and it was somebody from another town and it was a wrong number. >> then something which shocked everybody in 2009 four years after tara was last seen. >> we received notice somebody made a u tube posting and blocked her face out ...

Albuquerque key alone in her free will. >> because the emotional statement tara had been in the previous week we werent sure what may have happened. >> taras case went national and the media got involved. >> did they notice it was broken? the sister may have knocked it over two weeks ago. >> it only raised more questions. >> epic music] ♪ introducing aleve pm...

What was done with the glove ultimately resulted in the recovery of dna evidence as well as finger print evidence inside the glove. we had fingerprints and dna. >> we were surprised we were able to receive those pieces of information. >> any one we thought they had potential viability for taras disappearance we had swabs of their dna and on many they obtained major finger print information. rat last count 200 people had been swabbed for the dndna. >> the fact sha hee had taught school for 8 year...

What was done with the glove ultimately resulted in the recovery of dna evidence as well as finger print evidence inside the glove. we had fingerprints and dna. >> we were surprised we were able to receive those pieces of information. >> any one we thought they had potential viability for taras disappearance we had swabs of their dna and on many they obtained major finger print information. rat last count 200 people had been swabbed for the dndna. >> the fact sha hee had taught school for 8 year...

Did not recognize. i dont think that they have been able to track down the driver of the black truck. we dont have any knowledge of who it could be. >> a black pickup truck in rural georgia is exceptionally common. we didnt have any better descriptors than that. that was something we kept in contact and attempted to identify but werent able to conclude anything based on that. >> any one have that happen kind of vehicle? >> marcus had a truck at that time. >> some people wanted to say it was him....

But she was crying and was upset about something. she was very irrational. she told me that if she found out i was dating someone she would commit suicide. >> i didnt want to think that, but in the back of my mind i think its possible for anybody. >> there were rumors going around town that tara possibly had committed suicide. i think that started because everybody knew she was upset about the situation with marcus. i have never believed for one minute that tara committed suicide. >> we reached ...