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, that s her tattoo, isn t it? and three caught on camera clues. someone s in her car. someone s at her back. but, most jaw-dropping of all, someone is up onstage with a song turned sinister. i couldn t believe what i was hearing and seeing. 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 close friends and a new man in her life. she had everything ahead of her, and then she vanished. had she just walked away, or did someone take her? was she even alive? here is andrea canning and without a trace. it is a sad fact of american life, family separated from their loved ones, gone without a trace. nationwide, there are almost 100,000 act
found, hastings, minnesota. we knew that s where ten parked his car before he went to the airport. when tim mcvay flew from minneapolis to las vegas, the same weekend carrie disappeared, it turns out he left carrie s car in hastings. why? that s where his girlfriend at the time lived. pretty big coincidence. yeah, that is what we call a clue. but detectives needed more. they had to tie mcvay to the very spot where carrie s body was found. they did have one long shot clue, just a few feet from carrie s 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 shovel was bought on the same day mcvay drove to minnesota. la crosse is about two thirds of the way between the quad cities and hastings. but the store security cameras were broken, no video. so how could detectives tie mcvay to this purchase? they
he said he wasn t in milan, and insisted the fight with carrie was no big deal, but it was about something trivial. there were some burnt eggs. and she had left that day, slammed the door, called him stupid. yes. justin insisted he never saw carrie again after that fight. and in the morning, tim said he dropped her at home, watched her go into the house, justin said that never happened. one guy tells us, i dropped her off here at 6:30 in the morning. and the other guy says, she never came in the door. we know there is a problem. a boyfriend who had a blowout with carrie, and an ex who gave her a shoulder to cry on. one of them was lying. but which one? coming up a caught on camera stunner. who is that using carrie s bank guard? you see him on video trying to get $400 out. when dateline continues. can you do with sensitive skin? cetaphil gentle skin cleanser does more than clean. it actually protects skin by keeping it hydrated. so you re always ready for the un
wasn t telling the truth. and it was time to find out which one. did you ask tim to take a polygraph? we did. did you give justin a polygraph? we did. but when justin and tim took those lie detector tests, they both passed, and then, they both went back to their lives. still, detectives kept an eye on them, hoping one might slip. one night, later that winter, tim mcvay, the karaoke king of the quad cities was back, sinking in front of a crowd. he sent, i used to love her by guns n roses. i used to love her, i had to kill her. a woman at the bar who was aware of the case knew he was a suspect, shocked by his performance. she said she shot this video to document it, then, gave it to the detective noe. he says, i used to love her but i had to kill her. and i put her six feet under. six feet under
one of these two individuals is not telling the truth. detectives were trying to figure out which one. and they came across a significant clue. a trace on carrie s debit card led them to a gas station where they look at security camera video. it was chilling. there was a carrie s car, her debit card was being used. but there was no carrie. instead, the person using the card was tim mcvay. he is seen on video at the pump, trying to enter the number several times. you can tell it is unsuccessful. tim also tried the card at a drive-through atm agatha mississippi valley credit union, but he had problems. that is carrie s bank. he is seen on video there, three separate times, trying to get $400 out. the pin is not working. the pin is not working. why was tim driving carries car, and using her debit card? tim told detective voy there was a simple explanation, even after they broke up, he and carrie always had each other s