Original subtitles

>> Narrator: TINA McQUAIG

DISAPPEARED ON WEDNESDAY,

MARCH 15, 2000.

WHEN A PERSON DISAPPEARS WITHOUT

A TRACE, OFTEN THE MOST CRITICAL

INFORMATION IS HIDDEN IN THEIR

ACTIONS AND WORDS FROM THE DAYS

BEFORE THEY VANISHED.

TINA McQUAIG'S LAST KNOWN

WHEREABOUTS MAY HOLD THE CLUES

TO WHAT HAPPENED TO HER.

A YOUNG MOTHER IS ABOUT TO

ACHIEVE HER GOAL OF BECOMING A

PHARMACIST.

>> SHE HAD BEEN STUDYING FOR

ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS.

AND THE NEXT MONTH SHE WAS GOING

TO TAKE THE TEST TO GET HER

CERTIFICATION.

>> Narrator: ONE EVENING AFTER

LEAVING WORK IN JACKSONVILLE,

FLORIDA, SHE MYSTERIOUSLY

VANISHES.

>> I SAID, "SOMETHING IS WRONG

HERE.

SOMETHING IS WRONG, AND SOMEBODY

NEEDS TO START DOING SOMETHING."

>> Narrator: WHEN HER ABANDONED

CAR IS DISCOVERED, AUTHORITIES

ARE BAFFLED BY THE LOCATION.

>> TINA'S CAR WAS PARKED AS

THOUGH SHE WAS MEETING SOMEONE

AND LEFT HER CAR AND LEFT WITH

THAT PERSON.

>> Narrator: AS DETECTIVES DIG

DEEPER INTO HER LIFE, TINA'S

SECRETS START SPILLING OUT.

>> AND THIS BEST FRIEND HAD MORE

KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HER THAN I WOULD

SAY HER HUSBAND HAD ABOUT HER.

>> SAID, "WELL, YOU DON'T

UNDERSTAND.

THIS AIN'T LIKE HER.

SHE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE

THIS."

>> Narrator: AN UNEXPECTED TURN

OF EVENTS LEADS THE

INVESTIGATION MUCH CLOSER TO

HOME THAN ANYONE COULD HAVE

IMAGINED.

>> WHAT THEIR THOUGHT AND WHO

THEIR PERSON OF INTEREST WAS, HE

WAS PART OF THE FAMILY.

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>> Narrator: 27-YEAR-OLD

TINA McQUAIG TREASURES HER LIFE

IN BALDWIN, FLORIDA.

JUST OUTSIDE OF JACKSONVILLE,

THE QUIET RURAL COMMUNITY IS AN

IDEAL PLACE FOR TINA AND HER

HUSBAND, OTTIS, TO RAISE THEIR

4-YEAR-OLD SON TYLER.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY THAT

LIVED OUT THERE WITH A LOT OF

KIDS, A LOT OF NIECES AND

NEPHEWS.

SO EVERY EVERY WEEKEND WAS

EITHER A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR A

COOKOUT.

EVERY WEEKEND.

>> HEY!

SOMETHING WAS GOING ON.

AND WE JUST ALWAYS HAD THE

FAMILY TOGETHER.

>> Narrator: FAMILY IS IMPORTANT

TO TINA, HAVING COME FROM A

LOVING HOME HERSELF.

>> TINA WAS BORN THE DAY AFTER

MY BIRTHDAY.

I WENT INTO LABOR ON MY

BIRTHDAY, THE FOURTH OF MAY.

SHE WAS A SWEET LITTLE CHILD.

SHE REALLY WAS.

TINA LOVED EVERYBODY.

SHE WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE

HUGGERS AND SMOOCHERS, YOU KNOW.

JUST LOVED EVERYBODY.

>> Narrator: TINA WAS A

WELL-LIKED CHILD WHO MADE

FRIENDS EASILY.

WHEN SHE WAS 15, SHE CAUGHT THE

EYE OF A LOCAL BOY, AND THEIR

ROMANCE TOOK OFF.

>> SHE MET OTTIS WHEN THEY

WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL.

HE WAS A LITTLE SURFER BOY AT

THE TIME, SO THEY KIND OF HIT IT

OFF, AND IT JUST WENT FROM

THERE.

>> IT WAS MY 16th BIRTHDAY

PARTY, AND I WAS AT MY FRIEND'S

HOUSE, AND I SEEN HER A COUPLE

OF TIMES PAST.

I WOULD TELL HER, "HEY, IT'S MY

BIRTHDAY, GIVE ME A HUG."

AND LAST TIME I PASSED HER,

I SAID, HEY, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY,

GIVE ME A KISS."

AND SHE DID.

AND WE STARTED DATING AFTER

THAT.

>> Narrator: DESPITE SOME ROCKY

TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS,

THE COUPLE DECIDES TO MARRY IN

1995.

>> TINA AND OTTIS' WEDDING DAY

TURNED OUT PERFECTLY.

WE HAD PLANNED EVERYTHING, AND

IT WAS A PERFECT DAY FOR

EVERYONE.

>> WELL, THERE'S A PICTURE THAT

I THOUGHT SHE HAD THE MOST

GORGEOUS LOOK ON FACE WHEN SHE

STARTED TO WALK UP THE STAIRS

AND HER DADDY WAS STANDING AT

THE TOP OF THOSE STAIRS.

I CAN SEE THAT JUST LIKE IT WAS

YESTERDAY.

>> Narrator: AFTER THE WEDDING,

TINA AND OTTIS SETTLE IN BALDWIN

AND SOON AFTER, THEIR SON TYLER

IS BORN.

>> WHEN HE WAS BORN, YOU COULD

JUST SEE IT ON HER FACE SHE

LOVED HIM.

AND THAT WAS THE LIGHT -- THAT

WAS THE JOY OF HER LIFE.

SHE LOVED HIM.

TYLER CAME FIRST.

TYLER WAS NUMBER ONE.

>> TINA, I ALWAYS FELT WAS VERY

RESPONSIBLE.

ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BABY CAME,

SHE EVEN SHOWED IT MORE.

SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOM.

>> Narrator: TINA AND OTTIS

SHARE RESPONSIBILITIES OF FAMILY

AND WORK.

HE IS STARTING HIS TRAINING AS

AN AIR-CONDITIONING MECHANIC,

AND TINA WORKS AS A PHARMACY

TECHNICIAN.

>> TINA WORKED AT A FEW PLACES

UNTIL SHE LANDED A GOOD JOB

WITH A LOCAL HOSPITAL HERE --

SHANDS -- IN JACKSONVILLE.

>> ACTUALLY, WHEN SHE WAS VERY

YOUNG, TINA WANTED TO BE A

NURSE.

WELL, SHE DID END UP WORKING IN

A HOSPITAL, BUT NOT AS A NURSE.

>> Narrator: TINA RECOGNIZES

THAT THE JOB AT THE HOSPITAL IS

A PERFECT FIT, AND SETS A GOAL

FOR HERSELF TO BECOME A

FULL-FLEDGED PHARMACIST.

>> SHE WAS GOOD AT HER WORK.

ALWAYS HAD GOOD COMPLIMENTS FROM

OTHER PEOPLE.

SHE LIKED HELPING PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE ELDER,

AND SHE LIKED THAT SATISFACTION

OF THAT.

>> Narrator: WITH HER

CERTIFICATION EXAM LOOMING

AHEAD, SHE SQUEEZES IN TIME TO

STUDY WHEN SHE CAN.

>> SHE HAD BEEN PROBABLY

STUDYING FOR TWO OR THREE

MONTHS, AND THE NEXT MONTH SHE

WAS GOING TO TAKE THE TEST TO

GET HER CERTIFICATION.

>> Narrator: OTTIS IS ALSO

GETTING READY FOR HIS MECHANICS

TEST.

>> WE WERE BOTH UP AND COMING.

YOU KNOW, ON OUR WAY.

>> Narrator: ON WEDNESDAY,

MARCH 15, 2000, OTTIS FEELS A

TWINGE OF ANXIETY THAT REMINDS

HIM OF HIS HIGH SCHOOL DAYS.

HE'S SCHEDULED TO TAKE HIS

AIR-CONDITIONING MECHANICS EXAM

THAT MORNING,

STILL, HE TRIES TO MAINTAIN

THEIR NORMAL ROUTINE.

>> THE DAY THAT I TOOK MY TEST,

WE GOT DRESSED TOGETHER THAT

MORNING TO GO TO WORK.

WE GAVE EACH OTHER A KISS, SAID

I LOVE YOU, AND SHE WENT ON

TO WORK.

>> Narrator: TINA MAKES HER

WAY ONTO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL IN

DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE.

IT'S SLOW THAT DAY AT THE

PHARMACY, AND SHE SPEAKS TO HER

FATHER A NUMBER OF TIMES TO

DISCUSS THE PURCHASE OF THE

PROPERTY WHERE SHE AND OTTIS ARE

CURRENTLY LIVING.

>> I HAD TALKED TO HER A COUPLE

OF TIMES ON PHONE THAT DAY.

THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEIR

MOBILE HOME WAS ON WAS OWNED BY

OTTIS' BROTHER.

NOW, WE MAY HAVE DISCUSSED A

COUPLE OTHER THINGS, BUT I DO

REMEMBER HAVING THOSE

DISCUSSIONS WITH HER THAT DAY.

>> Narrator: AFTER COMPLETING

HIS EXAM, OTTIS HEADS HOME AT

THE END OF THE DAY TO RELIEVE

HIS SISTER-IN-LAW, WHO IS

BABYSITTING FOR 4-YEAR-OLD

TYLER.

>> I HAD CAME IN FROM WORK, AND

SHE TOLD ME THAT TINA WAS GOING

TO BE LATE THAT DAY, THAT SHE

HAD TO STOP BY, YOU KNOW, THE

GROCERY STORE.

I STARTED DINNER, AND USUALLY

SHE GOT OFF AT 5:00.

SHE WOULD BE HOME MAYBE 5:45,

6:00.

>> WITH DINNER READY TO GO,

OTTIS WAITS FOR HIS WIFE.

HE PUTS TYLER TO BED.

BUT SOON HE BECOMES IRRITATED

AND A LITTLE PUZZLED.

>> OTTIS CALLED US ABOUT 6:00,

6:30, AND HE ASKED ME IF I HAD

SEEN TINA.

I SAID, "NO, I HAVEN'T SEEN

TINA.

WHY?"

"WELL, SHE HASN'T COME HOME FROM

WORK YET," HE SAID.

I SAID, "WELL, MAYBE SHE'S WITH

SOME FRIENDS OR SOMETHING, AND

THEY DECIDED TO STOP OFF AND

HAVE A DRINK OR SOMETHING,

YOU KNOW?

I DON'T KNOW."

>> 7:00 ROLLS AROUND.

I STARTED CALLING SOME OF HER

FRIENDS.

"HAVE YOU SEEN TINA?

HAVE YOU HEARD FROM TINA?"

NOBODY HAS HEARD FROM HER.

>> Narrator: IT'S OUT OF

CHARACTER FOR TINA NOT TO TELL

HER HUSBAND ABOUT HER PLANS, AND

SINCE SHE DOESN'T OWN A

CELLPHONE, HE CAN'T REACH HER.

AROUND 9:00 P.M., OTTIS DECIDES

TO DRIVE IN THE DIRECTION OF HER

WORKPLACE -- SHANDS HOSPITAL IN

JACKSONVILLE.

>> I WANTED TO TRACE HER TRACKS

TO MAKE SURE SHE DIDN'T BREAK

DOWN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I WENT FROM THE HOUSE TO THE

HOSPITAL.

DROVE AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE

PARKING LOT, BECAUSE I COULDN'T

GET IN IT.

>> Narrator: SINCE THE PARKING

GARAGE GATES ARE DOWN, OTTIS

CAN'T TELL IF TINA'S CAR IS

INSIDE OR NOT.

>> FROM THERE I DROVE BACK

TOWARDS THE HOUSE, STOPPED OFF

AT THE STORE WHERE SHE

SUPPOSEDLY HAD GONE.

NOTHING THERE.

AND I CAME BACK TO THE HOUSE.

AND TINA STILL WASN'T THERE.

>> Narrator: AROUND 10:30 P.M.,

OTTIS DECIDES TO CALL THE

POLICE.

BUT THEY TELL HIM THEY CAN'T

OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE.

>> THEY TELLING ME THAT SHE

NEEDS TO BE MISSING FOR 24

HOURS.

I SAID, "WELL, YOU DON'T

UNDERSTAND.

THIS AIN'T LIKE HER.

SHE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING LIKE

THIS."

>> Narrator: OTTIS TRIES TO

STAY AWAKE, WAITING FOR TINA'S

RETURN, BUT EVENTUALLY FALLS

ASLEEP.

THE NEXT MORNING, TO HIS

DISBELIEF, TINA IS STILL NOT

HOME.

OTTIS IS AT A LOSS.

>> EARLY IN THE MORNING,

PROBABLY AROUND 6:30, I GUESS IT

WAS, OTTIS CALLED ME AND TOLD ME

THAT TINA HAD NOT COME HOME.

>> AND WE GOT OUT THERE, AND

THEN OTTIS STARTED TRYING TO GET

AHOLD OF SOMEBODY AT THE

SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TO START SOME

KIND OF AN INVESTIGATION, FIND

OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

>> Narrator: BUT TINA STILL

HASN'T BEEN MISSING A FULL 24

HOURS.

>> AND HE WAS -- HE WAS GETTING

NOWHERE.

SO I JUST FINALLY SAID, "GIVE ME

THE PHONE."

I SAID, "THIS IS HER FATHER.

I KNOW THAT SHE WOULDN'T HAVE

TAKEN OFF."

I SAID, "SHE'S GOT A 4-YEAR-OLD

SON THAT THE SUN ROSE AND SET

ON."

I SAID "SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO START DOING

SOMETHING."

I TOLD THEM WHERE SHE WORKED,

AND BASICALLY HE JUST SAID,

"OKAY, I'M ON IT, AND I'M

HEADING TO SHANDS."

>> Narrator: THE POLICE ARRIVE

AT SHANDS HOSPITAL AND QUESTION

TINA'S CO-WORKERS.

NO ONE HAD NOTICED ANYTHING

UNUSUAL ABOUT HER FROM THE

PREVIOUS DAY.

INVESTIGATORS ALSO PULL

SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE FROM AROUND

THE TIME TINA LEFT WORK.

>> FROM SURVEILLANCE FROM THE

HOSPITAL, THEY WERE ABLE TO

CONFIRM THAT IT WAS TINA ==

THAT SHOWED HER GETTING IN AN

ELEVATOR, GETTING OFF, GETTING

INTO HER CAR BY HERSELF AND

LEAVING UNDER THE ARM THAT LETS

YOU GO OUT WITH NOBODY IN THE

CAR.

>> Narrator: TINA'S FAMILY IS

PUZZLED AND BEGINNING TO PANIC.

THEY CAN'T IMAGINE WHERE SHE

COULD BE.

COMING UP, AS DETECTIVES BEGIN

PROBING INTO THE McQUAIG

MARRIAGE, THEY DISCOVER A

TROUBLED RELATIONSHIP.

>> TINA HAD COME TO ME AND

TALKED TO ME ABOUT SHE WASN'T

HAPPY.

AND IT WAS JUST A SHOCK.

>> Narrator: TINA McQUAIG, A

VIVACIOUS WIFE AND YOUNG MOTHER,

HASN'T BEEN SEEN FOR TWO DAYS.

ON MARCH 15, 2000, SHE CALLS

HER BABYSITTER TO SAY SHE WOULD

BE STOPPING BY THE GROCERY STORE

AFTER WORK.

THAT IS THE LAST ANYONE HAS

HEARD FROM HER.

>> I FIGURED SHE WOULD SHOW UP

THAT MORNING TO GET READY TO GO

TO WORK, AND SHE NEVER DID.

WE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.

>> Narrator: BUT TINA NEVER

COMES HOME.

DETECTIVES SEARCH ALONG THE

VARIOUS ROUTES TINA COULD HAVE

TAKEN TO GET HOME, BUT THEY

DON'T FINE ANY SIGN OF HER OR

HER CAR.

SOON, THE MEDIA GETS HOLD OF THE

STORY.

>> IT WAS A CASE THAT HAD SOME

PROFILE TO IT BECAUSE IT WAS

SOMEBODY WHO WASN'T EXPECTED TO

BE GONE.

I MEAN, SHE WAS -- SHE WAS IN A

PROFESSION.

SHE WAS GOING TO BE TAKING SOME

TESTS TO ADVANCE HER CAREER.

I MEAN, SHE HAD THINGS TO DO IN

HER LIFE.

>> Narrator: TINA'S FAMILY IS

ANXIOUS WITH WORRY.

THEY HUDDLE TOGETHER AT THE

McQUAIG HOME IN BALDWIN.

BUT DAYS PASS AND STILL NO TINA.

>> WELL, THE FOLLOWING DAYS

AFTER TINA CAME UP MISSING,

OTTIS WAS A NERVOUS WRECK.

HE WOULD SIT THERE AND HE WOULD

START TALKING ABOUT HER, AND

HE'D START CRYING.

>> Narrator: ON SUNDAY,

MARCH 19th, FOUR AGONIZING DAYS

AFTER TINA WAS LAST SEEN,

THERE'S FINALLY A BREAK IN THE

CASE.

A FRIEND OF TINA'S FATHER CALLS.

>> AND HE SAID THAT HIS DAUGHTER

HAD FOUND TINA'S CAR.

I SAID, "WHERE IS IT?"

HE SAID, "IT'S AT THE WALMART

ON NORMANDY BOULEVARD."

I SAID, "ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE

THAT IT'S TINA'S CAR?"

HE SAYS, "YEAH, I'M POSITIVE."

>> Narrator: THE FRIEND HAD SEEN

THE STORY IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT

DESCRIBED TINA'S CAR AND THE

LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.

HE TELLS TINA'S FATHER, ELMER,

THAT HE HAS ALREADY CALLED THE

SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

>> WELL, ONCE THEY FOUND THE

CAR, EVERYBODY OUT THERE

NATURALLY WANTED TO GO OVER

THERE, AND I PRETTY MUCH TOOK

CONTROL AND SAID, "I'M GOING

OVER THERE, BUT I WANT EVERYBODY

ELSE TO STAY HERE," AND I

WOULDN'T TELL THEM WHY.

>> Narrator: WHAT ELMER DOESN'T

EXPRESS TO HIS FAMILY IS HIS

OVERWHELMING FEAR THAT THEY WILL

FIND HIS DAUGHTER IN THE TRUNK

OF THAT CAR.

HE RACES TO THE LOCATION.

THE POLICE ARE ALREADY THERE.

>> BEFORE LONG THERE WAS CRIME

SCENE UNITS AND POLICE OFFICERS

EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS LIKE ANTS OUT THERE, IT

SEEMED LIKE.

>> TINA'S CAR WAS PARKED CLOSE

TO THE ENTRY WAY OF THE PARKING

LOT ADJACENT TO NORMANDY

BOULEVARD, AS THOUGH SHE WAS

MEETING SOMEONE AND LEFT HER CAR

AND LEFT WITH THAT PERSON.

>> Narrator: THE POLICE WON'T

LET ELMER TOUCH THE CAR, BUT HE

RUSHES OVER TO AN OFFICER TO

RELAY HIS BIGGEST CONCERN.

>> AND GOT OVER THERE, AND SPOKE

WITH THE OFFICER, AND ASKED HIM

IF HE HAD ANY IDEA WHETHER SHE

COULD POSSIBLY BE IN THE TRUNK,

AND HE SAID, NO, IF SHE WAS IN

THERE AFTER FOUR DAYS, THE ODORS

AND WHAT HAVE YOU, THEY WOULD

KNOW IT.

>> BUT ELMER NEEDS TO SEE FOR

HIMSELF TO BE CONVINCED.

HE VERIFIES THAT THE VEHICLE

BELONGS TO TINA.

IT HAS TYLER'S BABY SEAT IN THE

BACK, AS WELL AS HER LAB COAT.

>> I WAS ON PINS AND NEEDLES.

ALL I COULD THINK WAS, "OH, GOD,

DON'T LET THIS BE HER IN THE

TRUNK OF THIS CAR OR SOMETHING."

>> WHEN THE POLICE FINALLY POP

OPEN THE TRUNK, TO ELMER'S GREAT

RELIEF, THERE IS NO TINA.

HE CALLS BACK TO THE HOUSE WITH

THE NEWS.

>> I WAS RELIEVED WHEN WE FOUND

OUT THAT SHE WASN'T IN THE CAR.

AND THERE WAS STILL HOPE, YOU

KNOW, THAT SHE WAS SOMEWHERE

STILL ALIVE.

>> Narrator: THE POLICE

EXAMINE THE CAR AND DISCOVER

THAT TINA'S KEYS AND PURSE ARE

MISSING.

THEN THEY FINGERPRINT THE

VEHICLE AND TOW IT AWAY FOR

FURTHER PROCESSING.

NO ONE IN TINA'S FAMILY CAN MAKE

SENSE OF THE CAR'S LOCATION.

>> I WONDERED WHY WOULD YOU PARK

AT A WALMART.

IT WAS OUT OF THE WAY, YOU KNOW,

SO THAT'S NOT EVEN ON HER

NORMAL RIDE HOME.

>> NOTHING VANDALIZED.

NO SIGNS OF, YOU KNOW, FORCED

ENTRY IN THE CAR WHERE IT WAS

STOLEN OR ANYTHING.

BUT SHE WAS GONE.

HER PURSE WAS GONE.

THE KEYS WERE GONE.

>> Narrator: POLICE BRING A

CANINE UNIT TO SCOUR THE AREA.

>> THE AREA WHERE THE WALMART IS

LOCATED IS COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS

RESIDENTIAL, BUT ALSO A FEW

SPOTS OF WOODED AREAS THAT COULD

BE SEARCHED BY THE CANINE AND

PATROL.

WE PROCESSED THE WHOLE AREA TO

TRY TO SEARCH AND FIND ANY CLUE

THAT WOULD LEAD US TO TINA.

>> Narrator: BUT NO OTHER TRACES

OF TINA ARE FOUND.

EAGER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE

MISSING WOMAN, DETECTIVES BEGIN

TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE

McQUAIG MARRIAGE.

THEY SOON DISCOVER THAT THE

RELATIONSHIP WAS STRAINED.

>> WHEN WE TALKED TO THE

HUSBAND, YOU GET INFORMATION

THAT THEIR MARRIAGE WASN'T

THE BEST OF MARRIAGES,

AND YOU GO FROM THERE.

>> Narrator: THREE MONTHS

BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED, TINA HAD

ASKED FOR A DIVORCE.

OTTIS TELLS POLICE THIS CAUGHT

HIM BY COMPLETE SURPRISE.

>> TINA HAD COME TO ME AND

TALKED TO ME ABOUT SHE WASN'T

HAPPY.

AND, UH, THAT WAS JUST A SHOCK.

SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

SHE DID ASK FOR A DIVORCE.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

AND I DIDN'T WANT HER TO GO.

>> OTTIS AND TINA STILL HAD

THEIR LITTLE ARGUMENTS AND STUFF

LIKE THAT, BUT I JUST NEVER -- I

NEVER THOUGHT THAT OTTIS AND

TINA WOULD GET A DIVORCE.

>> Narrator: OTTIS SAYS HE

ASKED TINA TO STAY WITH HIM AT

LEAST THROUGH CHRISTMAS.

SHE AGREED AND SAID SHE WOULD

MOVE OUT IN JANUARY 2000.

BUT THE MONTH PASSED, AND TINA

DISCOVERED SHE HAD HAD A CHANGE

OF HEART.

>> HER PARENTS EVEN ASKED HER

AT THAT TIME.

"I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO

LEAVE."

AND SHE TOLD THEM, "NO, I LOVE

OTTIS, AND I WANT TO STAY

THERE."

AND I DID EVERYTHING THAT I

COULD, YOU KNOW -- SENT HER

FLOWERS, BRING HER FLOWERS HOME,

ANYTHING I COULD TO KEEP HER

THERE, BECAUSE I LOVED HER.

>> Narrator: LIFE SEEMED TO BE

BACK TO NORMAL FOR THE McQUAIGS.

>> AND THEN WE STARTED CHECKING

IN ABOUT BUYING THE PROPERTY

THAT WE WERE ON.

AND THAT WAS IN THE WORKS.

AND MY CERTIFICATION WAS COMING

UP.

IT WAS LIKE, EVERYTHING WAS ON

TRACK, ON ITS WAY.

>> Narrator: BUT THREE MONTHS

LATER ON A SEEMINGLY ORDINARY

WEDNESDAY IN MARCH, TINA McQUAIG

DISAPPEARS.

ALTHOUGH OTTIS MAINTAINS HE AND

TINA GOT THROUGH THEIR ROCKY

STRETCH, DETECTIVES WANT TO KNOW

MORE ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

>> BASED ON THE WITNESSES WE

TALKED TO, THEIR TESTIMONY AND

STATEMENTS SAYING THAT THEIR

MARRIAGE WAS ESTRANGED, WE HAD

TO FOLLOW UP ON IT.

>> Narrator: WHAT OTTIS SLOWLY

COMES TO REALIZE IS THAT THE

DETECTIVES ARE FOCUSED ON HIM AS

A POTENTIAL SUSPECT.

>> I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHERE

TINA WAS AT.

THE QUESTIONS WERE AT

THAT TIME IRRELEVANT, WHAT HE

WAS ASKING.

>> Narrator: COMING UP, TINA

IS NOWHERE IN SIGHT, AND OTTIS

FEELS THE GLARE OF SUSPICION

INTENSIFYING.

>> I EVEN HAD NEWS CREWS ASK

ME, "OTTIS, DID YOU DO ANYTHING

TO YOUR WIFE?"

>> Narrator: 27-YEAR-OLD

TINA McQUAIG INEXPLICABLY

DISAPPEARS ONE SPRING DAY IN

2000.

THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE IS

GRIPPED BY THE STORY OF THE

YOUNG MOTHER WHO NEVER CAME HOME

TO HER YOUNG SON.

THE MOST PROMISING BREAK COMES

WHEN HER CAR IS LOCATED IN A

WALMART PARKING LOT, BUT IT

LEADS DETECTIVES NOWHERE.

INVESTIGATORS LEARN THAT THE

McQUAIG MARRIAGE IS NOT AS ROCK

SOLID AS THEY ORIGINALLY

THOUGHT.

THEY BRING HER HUSBAND, OTTIS,

IN FOR QUESTIONING.

>> SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT

THEY WERE ASKING WERE, IT

STARTED TO COME TOGETHER IN MY

HEAD LIKE THEY WERE INSINUATING

THAT I HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH

IT.

>> OTTIS WAS LOOKED AT AS A

SUSPECT BASED ON THE INFORMATION

WE RECEIVED FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

THERE WERE PROBLEMS IN THE

MARRIAGE, WANTING A DIVORCE.

>> THEY HAD ME BAWLING IN THERE.

THEY HAD EVEN AT ONE TIME

STARTED IN A SLOW-TONE QUESTION

AND ENDED INTO A YELLING AT ME,

"AND THAT'S WHY YOU DID IT,

DIDN'T YOU?"

AND I WAS LIKE, "NO!"

>> MR. McQUAIG VOLUNTEERED TO

TAKE THE POLYGRAPH.

HE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE.

AND THE RESULTS OF HIS POLYGRAPH

WERE VERY POSITIVE.

NO DECEPTION.

>> Narrator: WITH THE POLYGRAPH

RESULTS AND CORROBORATION FROM

OTTIS'S EMPLOYER THAT HE WAS, IN

FACT, AT WORK THE DAY TINA

DISAPPEARED, OTTIS IS ELIMINATED

AS A SUSPECT.

>> I WAS ANGRY ABOUT THAT.

BUT, I'M LIKE, "I DIDN'T HAVE

ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

YOU NEED TO BE OUT THERE FINDING

OUT WHERE SHE IS FIRST."

>> Narrator: TINA HAS NOW

BEEN MISSING FOR WEEKS.

HER FAMILY IS OVERCOME WITH

DESPAIR.

>> THE WEEKS THAT FOLLOWED WERE

VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME

PERSONALLY.

I JUST -- I JUST BROKE DOWN.

>> Narrator: POLICE MONITOR

TINA'S BANK RECORDS FOR ANY

ACTIVITY.

>> THEY CHECKED HER BANK

STATEMENT AND EVERYTHING.

AND THEY KEPT AN EYE ON IT FOR

SO LONG, AND NOTHING -- THERE

WAS NO ACTION OR ANYTHING ON

THERE.

>> Narrator: DESPERATE TO

FEEL THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING TO

HELP FIND TINA, HER FAMILY

PAPERS THE CITY WITH FLIERS IN

HOPES THAT SOMEONE WILL

RECOGNIZE HER.

>> SO WE HAD FLIERS MADE, AND

THEN WE FOUND OTTIS' UNCLE WAS

WORKING FOR A PRINTING COMPANY,

AND HE DID A BUNCH OF THEM FOR

US IN A BIG YELLOW -- MY

GOSH, I THINK IT WAS 11x24

SHEETS.

THEY WERE VERY LARGE SHEETS AND

VERY BIG PICTURES THAT WE COULD

USE.

AND HE PRINTED UP PROBABLY

15,000 OF THOSE FOR US.

>> IT IS A DAUNTING TASK TO MAKE

THEIR WAY AROUND JACKSONVILLE,

A SPRAWLING CITY THAT STRETCHES

OVER 750 SQUARE MILES.

>> IN JACKSONVILLE AND

THE SURROUNDING AREA, THERE'S A

LOT OF RURAL AREA.

THERE'S A LOT OF WOODS.

THERE'S A LOT OF WATERWAYS.

THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES WHERE

THINGS CAN DISAPPEAR AND CAN BE

MADE TO DISAPPEAR.

>> Narrator: MEANWHILE, THE

DETECTIVES CONTINUE TO PRESS

THEIR INVESTIGATION FORWARD.

AFTER INTERVIEWING TINA'S

FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS, THEY

DISCOVERED THAT TINA HAD A CLOSE

FRIEND NAMED TAMMY WHO SEEMED TO

KNOW MORE ABOUT TINA McQUAIG

THAN ANYONE ELSE.

>> DURING OUR INVESTIGATION WITH

THE EMPLOYEES AT SHANDS

HOSPITAL, EVERYONE SAID THAT

SHE HAD A BEST FRIEND.

TALKING TO THIS BEST FRIEND, WE

LEARN THAT HAD TINA AND HER

WOULD GO OWN AND DRINK.

THEY PARTIED TOGETHER.

THEY HUNG OUT.

THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS.

SHE HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS THAT

HER HUSBAND NEVER KNEW ABOUT.

>> Narrator: A FEW DAYS LATER

TAMMY VISITS THE McQUAIG HOME IN

BALDWIN.

WHEN DETECTIVES CALL AND LEARN

THAT SHE'S THERE, THEY SUMMONS

OTTIS DOWN TO THE STATION.

THEY TELL HIM TO BRING TAMMY.

>> SO THEY GET US DOWN TO THE

POLICE STATION AND TURNED TO

TAMMY AND ASKED, "WHAT ABOUT

THIS AFFAIR SHE WAS HAVING?"

AND I WAS LIKE, "A WHAT?"

IT FLOORED ME.

I WAS FLOORED.

SHE DROPPED HER HEAD AND STARTED

TO CRY.

>> DURING OUR INVESTIGATION A

BEAST FRIEND OF MISS McQUAIG

TOLD US ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP

WITH A CO-WORKER THAT TINA HAD.

TINA AND THIS CO-WORKER BECAME

FRIENDS, AND FROM FRIENDS TO

A RELATIONSHIP.

>> Narrator: OTTIS IS STUNNED.

HE HAD NO CLUE THAT TINA HAD ANY

KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH

ANOTHER MAN.

>> THEY TOOK HER INTO ANOTHER

ROOM AND TALKED TO HER FOR ABOUT

A HALF HOUR AND THEN COMMENCE

TO TELL ME THINGS THAT I REALLY

DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR.

SO THEY HAD ME UPSET.

I WAS UPSET.

>> IT WAS HEARSAY AS FAR AS I

WAS CONCERNED.

YOU KNOW, AND I SAYS, "YOU DON'T

KNOW THAT."

I SAYS, "YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW."

AND SO THAT KIND OF CALMED HIM

DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

>> Narrator: TAMMY TELLS

DETECTIVES ABOUT A SPECIFIC

INCIDENT BETWEEN TINA AND HER

CO-WORKER.

>> HE SHOWED UP AT ONE OF

THEIR FAMILY FUNCTIONS, WHICH

MADE HER UNCOMFORTABLE, AND

THAT RESULTED IN A VERBAL

ALTERCATION.

>> Narrator: WITH THIS NEW

INFORMATION, DETECTIVE SMITH

BEGINS TO WONDER IF THIS MAN

COULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH

TINA'S DISAPPEARANCE.

COULD SHE HAVE ENDED THE

RELATIONSHIP TOO ABRUPTLY?

DID HE WANT MORE THAN SHE WAS

WILLING TO GIVE?

SMITH BRINGS THE MAN IN FOR

QUESTIONING.

>> WE TALKED TO THE CO-WORKER A

NUMBER OF TIMES.

HE WAS COOPERATIVE FROM THE

BEGINNING, BUT BECAME

UNCOOPERATIVE AS THE

INVESTIGATION WENT ON.

HE WAS ASKED TO DO A POLYGRAPH,

IN WHICH HE DID SAY HE WOULD,

BUT LATER REFUSED, AND THEN GOT

A LAWYER, WHICH WE CANNOT TALK

TO HIM ANYMORE.

>> DETECTIVE SMITH CHECKS OUT

HIS ALIBI.

WHEN HIS EMPLOYER CONFIRMS THAT

HE WAS OUT ON AN ELECTRICAL

CONTRACTING JOB AT ANOTHER

LOCATION THE DAY TINA

DISAPPEARED, HE IS CLEARED.

DETECTIVE SMITH IS BACK AT

SQUARE ONE.

MEANWHILE, OTTIS IS LEFT ALONE

TO GRAPPLE WITH A MIX OF

EMOTIONS.

HE MISSES TINA DESPERATELY, BUT

HE'S HURT ABOUT WHAT HE'S HEARD

ABOUT HER STRAYING FROM HIM.

HE WANTS SO BADLY TO CONFRONT

HIS WIFE.

BUT AS THE DAYS AND WEEKS PASS,

HE DOESN'T KNOW IF HE'LL EVER

GET THE CHANCE.

>> WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT

THE AFFAIR, I WAS TOTALLY

SHOCKED.

THE SHOCK WENT TO ANGER.

FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND

IS I WANT TO TALK TO HER AND

FIND OUT WHY.

>> Narrator: COMING UP, WILL

A STUNNING DISCOVERY BRING

CLOSURE TO TINA'S CASE?

>> I TOLD HER, "I BET YOU THAT

WAS TINA."

AND HE SAYS, "I BET SO, TOO."

>> Narrator: GET MORE

"DISAPPEARED" ONLINE AT

investigationdiscovery.com.

>> Narrator: 27-YEAR-OLD

TINA McQUAIG LEAVES HER JOB AT A

HOSPITAL PHARMACY ONE EVENING IN

MARCH 2000 AND IS NEVER SEEN

AGAIN.

REVELATIONS ABOUT HER PERSONAL

LIFE LEAVE HER FAMILY STUNNED.

DETECTIVES QUESTION A CO-WORKER

ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH

TINA, WONDERING IF THIS WAS

AN AFFAIR GONE AWRY.

BUT WHEN THIS LEAD COMES TO A

DEAD END, THE INVESTIGATION

STARTS TO FALTER.

>> IT STARTED GOING COLD.

THE LEADS THAT WERE COMING IN

WERE LEADS WITH NOTHING OF

VALUE.

>> Narrator: FOR TINA'S FAMILY,

TRYING TO GET THROUGH DAY AFTER

DAY WITHOUT ANY ANSWERS IS

EXCRUCIATING.

>> WE WERE PRETTY MUCH BASKET

CASES, I MEAN AS FAR AS NEITHER

ONE OF US COULD WORK.

I BURNED UP ALL MY VACATION

AND WOUND UP TAKING LIKE A

30-DAY LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

>> ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT,

I HAD TAKEN OFF OF WORK.

SO I WENT BACK TO WORK, TRYING

TO, YOU KNOW, JUST LIVE A NORMAL

LIFE, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY

HARD BY MYSELF.

I MEAN, THE FAMILY HELPED OUT

WITH TYLER WHEN I HAD TO WORK

OR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST -- IT

WAS REALLY HARD WHEN YOU HAVE A

4-YEAR-OLD AND HIS MAMA IS NOT

THERE ANYMORE, AND ALWAYS ASKING

WHERE HIS MAMA IS.

WHEN IS SHE COMING BACK?

>> HER SON DOESN'T KNOW WHAT'S

GOING ON YET.

HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE TOLD

SOMETHING.

WE JUST WANT HER HOME.

WE WANT HER HOME.

WE WANT HER WELL.

>> HE WAS ALSO STARTING T-BALL.

TINA HAD BEEN TAKING HIM TO

PRACTICE FOR ABOUT A MONTH.

IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT, BECAUSE

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.

AND WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW, THEN

YOU WONDER WHY.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST EATS YOU.

IT EATS YOU UP.

>> Narrator: TINA'S MOTHER,

LINDA, CAN COPE ONLY BY STAYING

BUSY AND TRYING TO KEEP HER

DAUGHTER'S STORY ALIVE.

>> THE ONLY THING WE COULD

CONCENTRATE ON WAS GETTING THE

FLIERS OUT AND TRYING TO KEEP

THE MEDIA INVOLVED.

>> Narrator: LINDA CONTACTS

OTHER FAMILIES IN THE AREA WHOSE

ADULT CHILDREN HAVE ALSO GONE

MISSING.

>> WE WERE COMING UP WITH IDEAS

OF WHAT WE COULD DO TO BRING

AWARENESS IN JACKSONVILLE

BECAUSE OUR KIDS WERE MISSING,

AND WE WANTED THIS CITY TO

REMEMBER THAT.

WE DIDN'T WANT THEM FORGOTTEN.

SO WE DID THAT.

>> TINA'S MOM, SHE STARTED A

FOUNDATION FOR MISSING FAMILIES,

AND PROMOTED THAT A LOT, AND

KEPT UP WITH US, AND SHE'D

CALL AND SAY, "WE'RE DOING THIS,

WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE PUTTING

UP BILLBOARDS" AND THAT SORT OF

THING.

>> Narrator: MONTHS TURN INTO

A YEAR, AND THEN ANOTHER YEAR.

FOR DETECTIVE SMITH IT IS A RARE

CASE WHEN HE CAN'T PRODUCE

RESULTS.

>> THIS CASE THAT I WORKED WITH

TINA, IT WAS HARD AT TIMES.

AT TIMES IT JUST MADE YOU ANGRY

BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T GO FORWARD

WITH IF INVESTIGATION BECAUSE OF

CERTAIN ASPECTS OF IT.

>> Narrator: BUT IN DECEMBER

2002, ALMOST THREE YEARS AFTER

TINA WENT MISSING, EVERYTHING

CHANGES.

A DISCOVERY IN THE WOODS AT AN

OLD NAVY BASE REIGNITES TINA'S

CASE.

>> THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS WE

WERE WATCHING ON TV, AND THEY

SAID THAT A BODY HAD BEEN FOUND

OUT AT CECIL FIELD.

>> CECIL FIELD, A FORMER NAVAL

BASE, IS LOCATED JUST EIGHT

MILES FURTHER ON THE SAME ROAD

WHERE TINA'S CAR WAS FOUND.

>> AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT

WAS INSTINCT OR WHAT IT WAS,

BUT WHEN I HEARD THAT, I JUST

KNEW THEY HAD FOUND HER.

>> WHEN POLICE LEARN THAT A

LAND SURVEYOR WALKING THROUGH

THE WINDS FOUND SOMETHING THAT

LOOKED LIKE IT COULD BE HUMAN

REMAINS, THEY SEND FORENSIC

TEAMS TO COMB THROUGH THE AREA.

>> WHEN THEY SAID REMAINS WERE

FOUND, I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND

OF STRANGE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT

TOO FAR FROM WHERE HER CAR WAS

FOUND.

I FELT LIKE THEY WERE PROBABLY

GOING TO BE TINA'S, ALTHOUGH WE

DIDN'T KNOW YET.

JUST A DAY OR TWO LATER THE

DETECTIVES CALLED US.

THEY WANTED TO COME OUT AND

SPEAK WITH US.

THEN I KNEW WHY THEY WERE

COMING.

>> PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE REMAINS

WERE TAKEN OF CERTAIN ITEMS AT

THE SCENE.

THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE SHOWN TO

MY VICTIMS' PARENTS TO SEE IF

THEY COULD IDENTIFY ANY PORTION

OF THEM.

>> THE FIRST ONE THAT THEY

SHOWED US WAS THE WEDDING RING

THAT I BOUGHT HER.

THE SECOND ITEM WAS THE WATCH

THAT HER MAMA BOUGHT HER FOR

CHRISTMAS -- THAT CHRISTMAS

BEFORE, JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO.

AND THAT WAS DEVASTATING.

WE KNEW THEN THAT THAT WAS HER.

>> Narrator: TO CONFIRM THE

REMAINS ARE TINA'S, DNA SAMPLES

ARE SENT TO A LAB TO BE TESTED.

IN MARCH 2003, THE THREE-YEAR

ANNIVERSARY OF TINA'S

DISAPPEARANCE, THE RESULTS COME

IN.

>> SO AFTER 13 WEEKS THEY TOLD

US THAT THERE WAS A MATCH, THAT

THESE WERE DEFINITELY TINA'S

REMAINS.

MY WORLD CRUSHED.

NOW I KNEW.

ALL MY HOPE IS GONE.

IT'S OVER NOW.

>> WE WERE ALL HOPING THAT SHE

WAS STILL ALIVE.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST LEAVE.

AND FOR MY SON'S SAKE, I WAS

HOPING THAT ONE DAY SHE WOULD

COME BACK.

>> Narrator: THE YEARS OF

WONDERING AND WAITING FOR NEWS

ABOUT TINA'S WHEREABOUTS HAVE

COME TO AN END.

>> THERE WAS SOME COMFORT IN

KNOWING THAT AT LEAST SHE HAD

BEEN FOUND.

NOT TOTAL CLOSURE, BUT SOMEWHAT

OF CLOSURE.

THE NEXT STEP WAS JUSTICE.

>> Narrator: COMING UP, TINA'S

FAMILY IS PLAGUED BY MORE

QUESTIONS.

HOW DID SHE DIE?

AND WHO TOOK HER LIFE?

>> WHEN THEY TOLD ME WHO THEY

THOUGHT IT WAS, I SAID, "NO.

THERE'S NO WAY."

>> Narrator: TINA McQUAIG'S

REMAINS WERE DISCOVERED ON A

CLOSED NAVAL BASE IN

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, IN

DECEMBER 2002.

IT WAS NEARLY THREE YEARS SINCE

SHE WENT MISSING.

AFTER IDENTIFYING PIECES OF THE

JEWELRY FOUND WITH HER REMAINS

AND RECEIVING A DNA

CONFIRMATION, THE MYSTERY OF

WHERE SHE HAS BEEN ALL THESE

YEARS HAS FINALLY BEEN PUT TO

REST.

BUT NOW TINA'S FAMILY FACES A

HOST OF NEW AND PAINFUL

QUESTIONS.

>> NOW I KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO.

THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST THINGS

THAT EAT AT YOU, YOU KNOW?

WHY?

>> Narrator: FOR DETECTIVE SMITH

AND HIS TEAM, THERE IS MUCH WORK

TO BE DONE.

>> WE REINVESTIGATE FROM THE

BEGINNING STARTING ALL OVER

AGAIN AND LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT

ANGLE AT THE CASE.

>> Narrator: THE MEDICAL

EXAMINER BEGINS THE PAINSTAKING

TASK OF INSPECTING TINA'S

REMAINS FOR CLUES TO HELP THE

INVESTIGATORS DETERMINE HOW SHE

DIED AND PERHAPS LEAD THEM TO

HER KILLER.

>> DURING THE INVESTIGATION AND

ALSO THE AUTOPSY IT WAS REVEALED

THERE WERE NO TRAUMA TO HER

BONES THAT WOULD SAY HOW SHE

DIED -- WAS SHE SHOT OR BEATEN

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

>> BUT AFTER NEARLY THREE

YEARS OF EXPOSURE IN THE WOODS,

IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND

THE EXACT CAUSE OF DEATH.

>> GOING BACK TO THE SCENE

WHERE HER REMAINS WERE FOUND,

BASED ON THE TIME, THE ANIMAL

ACTIVITY, HER BONES BEING

SCATTERED ABOUT, EVIDENCE BEING

SCATTERED ABOUT, AND THE

WEATHER, IT WAS KIND OF

INCONCLUSIVE OF HOW SHE DIED.

>> Narrator: STILL,

DETECTIVE SMITH AND THE MEDICAL

EXAMINER BELIEVE THAT THE

CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING TINA'S

DISAPPEARANCE POINT TO A

HOMICIDE.

>> WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD DO

SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

HOW CRUEL WOULD SOMEBODY BE TO

DO THIS TO ANOTHER PERSON?

THE AUTOPSY REPORT INDICATED

THAT IT WAS A HOMICIDE BY

VIOLENCE.

THAT'S ALL WE KNOW.

THEY COULDN'T TELL US ANYTHING

ELSE.

WE DON'T KNOW IF SHE SUFFERED OR

NOT.

>> Narrator: ALTHOUGH

DETECTIVE SMITH ISN'T ABLE TO

GET ANY REAL ANSWERS FROM TINA'S

REMAINS, THE LOCATION WHERE SHE

WAS FOUND TRIGGERS AN IMPORTANT

RECOLLECTION FROM EARLY ON IN

THE INVESTIGATION.

>> WHEN REMAINS OF TINA McQUAIG

WAS FOUND OUT AT CECIL FIELD, IT

REALLY SPARKED AN INTEREST IN

THE INVESTIGATION FOR ME,

BECAUSE THERE WAS A PERSON THAT

WE TALKED TO THAT WAS BROUGHT

INTO THE INVESTIGATION BY A

CLOSE FRIEND.

THIS PERSON HAPPENED TO BE AN

EMPLOYEE OF THE AREA.

>> Narrator: HE IS ALSO TINA'S

NEIGHBOR, AND ACCORDING TO HER

FRIENDS, THEY WERE ROMANTICALLY

INVOLVED.

WHEN THE DETECTIVE SMITH

REMEMBERS THAT THIS MAN

WORKED AT CECIL FIELD AT THAT

TIME, ALARMS GO OFF.

>> IT WAS JUST TOO COINCIDENTAL.

IT'S TOO EASY TO PUT THE TWO

TOGETHER AND SAY "THIS

COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN."

>> Narrator: AT THE TIME OF

TINA'S DISAPPEARANCE, CECIL

FIELD WAS NOT FULLY OPEN TO THE

PUBLIC, BUT EMPLOYEES OF THE

NAVAL BASE HAD EASY ACCESS.

>> THERE WAS POSTED GUARDS WHO

WROTE YOUR NAME IN AND OUT FOR

ACCESS, BUT EVEN AN EMPLOYEE,

YOU WERE LIKE WAVED ONTO THE

BASE WITHOUT QUESTION.

>> Narrator: SMITH REMEMBERS

BEING BOTHERED BY THE NEIGHBOR'S

DEMEANOR DURING THE

INVESTIGATION.

>> WHEN WE FIRST INTERVIEWED

THIS PERSON THAT WORKED OUT AT

CECIL FIELD, HE WAS

UNCOOPERATIVE TO A CERTAIN

EXTENT, AND THEN HE BECAME

DECEIVING.

IT MADE ME ANXIOUS TO TALK TO

HIM AGAIN AND TRY TO GO AT THEM

HARD TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANYTHING

TO DO WITH HER DEMISE.

>> Narrator: SMITH BRINGS THE

MAN IN FOR QUESTIONING AGAIN,

AND A POLYGRAPH TEST.

BUT SMITH SAYS THE MAN IS

EVASIVE.

SMITH HAS ALSO GOTTEN A TIP THAT

THE MAN PLANNED TO SABOTAGE THE

INVESTIGATION WITH PRODUCTS HE

THINKS WILL INFLUENCE THE

RESULTS OF THE POLYGRAPH.

>> THINGS SUCH AS

ANTIPERSPIRANT ON THE

FINGERTIPS, NYQUIL TO TAKE TO

DECEIVE US ON A POLYGRAPH.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

THOSE THINGS WERE VERIFIED

LOOKING INTO HIS VEHICLE WHILE

HE WAS BEING INTERVIEWED.

>> Narrator: SINCE POLYGRAPH

TESTS MEASURE HEART RATE AND

SKIN CONDUCTIVITY, OR

PERSPIRATION, SMITH SURMISES

THAT THE NEIGHBOR BELIEVES HE

CAN FOOL THE POLYGRAPH.

HE VOLUNTARILY SUBMITS TO A

TEST.

>> THE RESULTS OF THIS PERSON'S

INTERVIEW WERE VERY DECEPTIVE.

THERE NOTHING TO SAY IT WAS A

TRUE STATEMENT.

HE WAS VERY DECEPTIVE.

>> Narrator: DETECTIVE SMITH

BELIEVES HIS SUSPICIONS ARE

STRONG ENOUGH TO ALERT TINA'S

FAMILY.

ALTHOUGH OTTIS WAS TOLD THAT

HIS WIFE MAY HAVE HAD AN

EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONSHIP WITH

THIS MAN, HE DID NOT KNOW HE WAS

ALSO UNDER SUSPICION UNTIL NOW.

>> WE NEVER PUT TWO AND TWO

TOGETHER UNTIL THE POLICE CAME

TO US AND GAVE US THAT

INFORMATION.

I WAS IN SHOCK.

>> IT WAS JUST SO HARD FOR ME TO

BELIEVE.

>> I SAID, YOU'RE ON THE WRONG

PAGE.

I JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT THAT

THAT COULD BE A PERSON OF

INTEREST IN THIS CASE.

THEY GAVE ME SOME, SOME THINGS

THAT LED THEM IN THAT PERSON'S

DIRECTION, VERY FEW, AND I

STILL -- I STILL SAID, "NO.

I JUST DON'T -- JUST DON'T

BELIEVE IT."

>> Narrator: BUT WHEN TINA'S

HUSBAND OTTIS THINKS BACK TO

WHEN TINA FIRST DISAPPEARED,

SOMETHING DOESN'T SIT RIGHT WITH

HIM.

WHEN THE INVESTIGATION FIRST

STARTED, FRIENDS AND FAMILY

MEMBERS ALL GATHERED AT THE

HOUSE, AND WE THOUGHT BACK ON

WHERE IS HE AT?

HE NEVER CAME AROUND.

THAT WAS A STRANGE FEELING.

>> AND THEY WERE ALWAYS OVER AT

THE HOUSE.

THEY WERE COMING AND GOING, BUT

HE NEVER CAME AROUND WHEN TINA

COME UP MISSING.

>> HE HAD TOLD THE POLICE THAT

THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS ROCK

SOLID, HIM AND HIS WIFE'S.

WITHIN A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER THE

INVESTIGATION, THEY'RE DIVORCED,

THEY HAD MOVED OUT.

SHE WENT TO DAYTONA.

HE MOVED UP INTO GEORGIA.

THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE STRANGE.

NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.

>> Narrator: AND YET DESPITE

THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING

THIS INDIVIDUAL, POLICE CAN ONLY

THEORIZE ABOUT A MOTIVE FOR THE

KILLING.

THEY HAVE NOTHING PHYSICAL

TYING HIM TO TINA'S MURDER.

>> WE ONLY HAVE ONE-HALF OF THE

STORY, BASICALLY.

AND THAT PERSON DENIED ANY

INVOLVEMENT WHATSOEVER WITH THE

VICTIM.

I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE

PERSON THAT I THINK DONE IT IS

THE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY DID

THE HOMICIDE.

BUT WITHOUT ANY PHYSICAL

EVIDENCE OR SOMETHING TO

INCLUDE HIM TO THIS

INVESTIGATION, THERE IS REALLY

NOWHERE TO GO AT THIS TIME.

>> Narrator: AS FRUSTRATING

AS IT IS FOR TINA'S FAMILY,

JUSTICE WILL HAVE TO WAIT.

>> UNTIL THERE'S AN ARREST

MADE AND A TRIAL, AND HOPEFULLY

A CONVICTION, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE

JUST HAVE TO GO A DAY AT A TIME.

THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO.

>> Narrator: DETECTIVE SMITH AND

THE JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF'S

OFFICE SAY THEY REMAIN COMMITTED

TO THE CASE.

ON MARCH 15, 2011, THE 11-YEAR

ANNIVERSARY OF TINA'S

DISAPPEARANCE, A PRESS

CONFERENCE IS HELD TO ANNOUNCE

$5,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION

LEADING THE THE CAPTURE AND

CONVICTION OF HER KILLER.

>> TODAY THE JACKSONVILLE

SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THE FAMILY,

THE TINA McQUAIG FAMILY, ALONG

WITH THE JUSTICE COALITION,

ARE POSTING A $5,000 REWARD FOR

THE ARREST AND THE CONVICTION OF

THE PERSON OR PERSONS

RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MURDER.

>> Narrator: WHILE THE CONTINUED

INTEREST IN TINA'S CASE GIVES

HER FAMILY HOPE FOR ANSWERS,

PAIN AND LOSS HAVE BECOME A WAY

OF LIFE.

>> IT'S ALL IN GOD'S HANDS, I

TELL YOU.

HE WANTS IT TO HAPPEN, HE'LL LET

IT HAPPEN.

IF HE WANTS ME TO KNOW, IN

OTHER WORDS, HE'LL LET US KNOW

IN SOME WAY.

>> WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD SOME

JUST BY HAVING HER REMAINS, AND

BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT

PART OF IT.

AND JUST LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING

FOR 11 YEARS, YOU KNOW, HOPE.

AND THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO.

>> I JUST WANT HER TO BE

REMEMBERED AS THE GOOD PERSON

BECAUSE SHE WAS A VERY GOOD

PERSON AND WONDERFUL MOM.

I WAS SO PROUD OF HER.

SHE WAS A WONDERFUL MOM.

NORMAL FOR US WILL NEVER BE THE

NORMAL WE HAD.

IT'S A DIFFERENT LIFE.

EVERYTHING'S CHANGED.

>> Narrator: IT'S BEEN 11 YEARS

SINCE TINA McQUAIG DISAPPEARED,

LEAVING HER HUSBAND, OTTIS, WITH

QUESTIONS AND HEARTACHE.

BUT TIME HAS AT LEAST GIVEN HIM

SOME PERSPECTIVE.

>> MY FIRST REACTION TO WHEN I

FOUND OUT OF SOME OF THE STUFF

THAT TINA WAS DOING, I WAS

ANGRY, AND MORE SO BECAUSE I

COULDN'T ASK WHY.

THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL NEVER GET

AN ANSWER TO.

BUT AFTER TIME WENT ON, SHE WAS

A GOOD PERSON.

AND NO MATTER WHAT, SHE DIDN'T

DESERVE ANY OF THAT TO HAPPEN TO

HER.