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Her. and thinking about her where she would have been at my age, now. >> and the defendants now on trial -- phil barr owned a septic type repair business. david mcmannis was his helper. the detectives had learned that barr use his business as a cover for stealing from the homes of unsuspecting customers. and here's what happened, said the state, that 1st of october, 2001. towers landlord asked for barr repair estimate. barr and his helper mcmannis began their work day by smoking crack. around noon, for hours before verona cartwright home from school, the men most likely knocked on the door and...

This after all the time to make sure the bad guy goes away. >> david but mcmannis's attorney said those detectives focus on the wrong. man and said phil barr's accomplice must of been peewee st. john. the man who turned in jewelry three days after tehran went missing. >> there's enough circumstantial evidence to believe that he was involved. if not in the murder, but definitely in the complicity to govern it up. >> the only thing that dave mcmannis was guilty of, was being a sarcastic guy. >> the majority of the statements that were made were sarcasm at best. >> that's kind of an easy out for ...

Were over, the prosecutors, detectives and their spouses got together for dinner with sharon and keith and veronica. detective mehl made a presentation. >> she was a fighter and she kept us fighting for her, for you and your family. >> dave had the picture hanging in their office for a very long time. and they passed it on to me. i can look at it now and go, we did it. we did it. >> you've given us a new chapter to our life. >> the family gave the cold case detectives and the prosecutors gifts as well. each was engraved, justice for tara. >> here's to tara. cheers. >> they put in so much hard ...

The verdicts: guilty. both men were sentenced to life in prison without parole. mcmannis has filed an appeal. barr lost his. >> i think everybody would agree that but for sharon, neither trial would've taken place. she fought and fought and fought for justice. >> reporter: tara's little sister veronica has two children of her own now. >> they know their aunt tara. and they have necklaces with her pictures on it. and my daughter, you would think that she had met her. she dreams about her. >> never met her, but they love her. that warms my heart. >> reporter: a few weeks after the trials were ov...

Hair ribbons came loose as they were driving away or putting her there or something? >> that would be a pretty good explanation. >> well, well, well. this makes it all the more real when you see how close this must have been. >> reporter: the woman said she didn't actually see what the men were doing, because the cab of the truck blocked her view. but still, this was way more than they had before. finally, 14 years after tara vanished, barr and mcmannis were going on trial for her murder. >> what had happened at the house that day? a jury finally hears the story. coming up. >> we believe she c...