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Afternoon. She vanished. We just said, oh my god, isnt the one of her earrings. Earrings on the carpet, tire traction on the lawn. There was evidence of a violent struggle. What has happened and who was behind it . Everything was mystery. Was she still alive . You know, was she not . It tore us apart. For years they demanded answers. A struggle each day. Then came the cold case squad with a new bag of tricks. I always felt that this was a case that could be solved. They wanted justice just as bad as we did. As a mother, she fought and fought shnd and fought. We just never gave up. Dont mess wi...

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 . You know . Was she not . It tore us apart. For years, they demanded answers, a struggle each day. Then came the cold case squad with a new bag of tricks. I always felt that this was a case that could be solved. They wanted justice just as bad as we did. As a mother, she fought and fought and fought. We just never gave up. Dont mess with a mother bear. Hello. Welcome to dateline. Tara ord was just 19. A beautiful yo...

The trials began. dan feinberg was joined by a co-prosecutor named jennifer garczewski, 14 years -- almost to the day -- since tara's life ended. >> she's only a year younger than me. so when i think back to where i was in 2001, i was just finishing college and obviously that was a goal of hers. so i did feel a connection to her, thinking about her and where she would've been at my age now. >> and the defendants now on trial? phil barr owned a septic tank repair business, dave mcmannis was his helper the day tara disappeared. the detectives had learned that barr used his business as a cover fo...

>> that's how detailed we were getting. >> but then they just happened to run into a guy who said he knew barr and mcmannis and peewee. >> and he overheard them talking about killing this girl. he heard david mcmannis say, "we shouldn't have done that girl that way. if i don't get out of town, i'm gonna spend the rest of my life in jail. " phillip barr said something similar because peewee is talking about, "well, i've only seen a body. it's not against the law to see -- see a body. " and barr tells him, "hey, shut up. we're all gonna end up in prison. " >> and it was somebody with credibility...

Review to determine if we could prosecute this case was the most i'd ever seen. >> the idea worked. the grand jury indicted both phil barr and dave mcmannis for tara's murder. they were arrested in late 2012, 11 years after tara vanished from her home. dave mcmannis was arrested in maryland, where he grew up, while u. s. marshals mounted a manhunt for phil barr. >> kinda lost track of him. we were actually then able to -- to locate phil in the vermont area, very close to the canadian border, where we think he had fled with the intent possibly of -- of leaving the country. >> but the case again...