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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...

Each peopled by witnesses the jury might not think were very credible. people who supposedly heard barr and mcmanis say things. >> "we raped and killed the girl. " >> "they're not gonna find her. " >> "i'm going to kill you like i killed the girl in florida. " "the girl i killed was 20. " >> one witness testified about overhearing a conversation between barr and mcmannis. >> phillip barr was saying to david mcmannis, "i didn't want to kill her. " and she overheard david mcmannis respond, "she had to die. " >> not very believable, said the defense attorneys. just people making things up, said b...

He shouldn't have been. and she confronted him. and to people with impaired minds do things that normal people wouldn't do. and their solution to that was to kill her. >> the woman who had been sitting out in the front yard told the jury how the two men had been laughing and joking when they arrived. but later when she saw them backing their truck up interest front yard, breaking that small palm tree in the process -- >> it was almost like they had a mission. that they had a plan. and one run streak to the tailgate and put the tailgate down on the truck. and the other went straight to the fron...