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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 claimed her first. >> gut wrenching pain! my daughter, please, please don't let this be true! >> home alone on a sunny afternoon she vanished. >> we just said, "oh my god! isn't 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? was she not? >> it tore us apar...

>> 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? >...

" >> 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? 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. >> don't mess with a mother bear. hello. welc...

This, you know? you just hope and pray everyday that she's alive. but it was her. it was tara. >> enough of the teeth were there to -- to make a positive identification that it was tara. >> by then, sharon and keith were at home, waiting for the results. detective gandy went to tell them. that's never easy, huh? >> hardest thing you ever have to do. >> and then when they come to your door with clergy -- >> you see them coming? >> yeah. then the reality is -- that's it, you're never gonna see her again. it's so devastating. it's the worst pain ever. she didn't belong out there. >> 284 days afte...

A man was killed during a domestic violence incident by a Portland Police officer who fired after the suspect fired a gun.