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'cause that wasn't usual. so that's when i had called keith. >> reporter: "keith" was keith mcphillips, her mom's fiance. he was just leaving work, told veronica he was thinking of stopping for coffee with a friend on his way home. then veronica told him about tara, that her purse was home, but she wasn't. what did you think when she told you that? >> well, just something wasn't right. because if tara was gonna go somewhere, i knew she wouldn't leave her stuff or her car. she woulda said, "i won't be here when the kids get here." that's how responsible she was. >> sure. >> reporter: keith canc...

>> reporter: "keith" was keith mcphillips, her mom's fiancã . he was just leaving work, told veronica he was thinking of stopping for coffee with a friend on his way home. then veronica told him about tara, that her purse was home, but she wasn't. >> what did you think when she told you that? >> well, just something wasn't right. because if tara was gonna go somewhere, i knew she wouldn't leave her stuff or her car. she woulda said, "i won't be here when the kids get here." that's how responsible she was. >> sure. >> reporter: keith canceled the coffee plan, drove straight home. >> as soon as...

The closer we got, i had seen my sister's car. i said cool, i don't need the key. she's home. >> then she noticed the door was not quite closed. >> it was closed, but not latched. you could pull on it and the door would open. i remember walking in and oprah was on the tv. >> what did you assume when the door was open and the tv on? >> maybe she left in a hurry or went with a friend and didn't close the door all the way. >> she was tara. veronica's older sister, not quite 20 then. veronica called out and walked through the house. the bathroom light was on. >> i went in the bathroom and our bedr...

So that's when i had called keith. >> reporter: "keith" was keith mcphillips, her mom's fiancã . he was just leaving work, told veronica he was thinking of stopping for coffee with a friend on his way home. then veronica told him about tara, that her purse was home, but she wasn't. >> what did you think when she told you that? >> well, just something wasn't right. because if tara was gonna go somewhere, i knew she wouldn't leave her stuff or her car. she woulda said, "i won't be here when the kids get here." that's how responsible she was. >> sure. >> reporter: keith canceled the coffee plan,...

Veronica called out, no answer. she walked through the house. bathroom light was on. >> i went and looked in the bathroom, then i went in our bedroom and i seen her purse and everything on top of her dresser, so then i'm like where would she be without her purse because that was unusual. that's when i called keith. >> keith was keith mcphillips, her mom's fiance. he was just leaving work, told veronica he was thinking of stopping for coffee with a friend on the way home. veronica told her about tara that her purse was home but she wasn't. >> what did you think when she told you that? >> someth...