A little more about Tina and Bethany Sinclair-
Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDjyt8YI4pM
http://web.lexis-nexis.com.proxy.we...b-zSkVb&_md5=3ba0f0dad13a084e1593a4a8deebd114
and here's a transcript:
SHARON (Her Sister And Niece Disappeared In February 2001): (From upcoming segment) All that we know is that
Bethany did talk t--on the phone with the boy that she went to the movies with until 12:30. The following Monday,
Bethany never showed up for school, Tina never showed up for work, and I think that was my first clue that--that something had gone wrong.
(Announcements)
WILLIAMS: You know, Tina had just picked up her daughter,
Bethany, for her first date. But later that night, mom and daughter both vanished. Take a look at this.
(Excerpt from videotape)
SHARON: Tina was my baby sister, three years younger than me, and we spent a lot of time together. We were each other's playmates.
Unidentified Man #1: Tina was a life force, just the most--just the most powerful person to be around.
Tina's Mother: She was beautiful. She was a good daughter.
Bethany, I adored her as much as I did her mom. My granddaughter, I just--they were so special. It's been a long two and a half years.
(Graphic on screen)
February 3, 2001
SHARON: On February 3rd, 2001, it was a Saturday, and
Bethany had a date. Tina took
Bethany to the movie theater, and then she came back into town, picked
Bethany up at about 11:00. All that we know is that
Bethany did talk t--on the phone with the boy that she went to the movies with until 12:30. The following Monday,
Bethany never showed up for school, Tina never showed up for work, and I think that was my first clue that--that something had gone wrong.
So when we first started organizing the searches, we kind of mapped out the area. We put the red cards that you'll see in some of the trees, mapping out the alphabet so that people would know the areas that they were searching in. A lot of times, you'll see colored tape, especially the yellow tape, which is what we've put in place for the investigators in hopes that they would come and check out these areas that we found the most suspicious.
Unidentified Man #1: I struggle every time there's a search. Rips my heart out. I get up in the mountain and, you know, you're overturning rocks and, you know, you're--just non-stop. And at any moment, you know, you know that you could find something. I can't tell me--tell you how many times that I've just sat down and cried by myself, because it--it just--it's so hard. It's so hard to, you know, look and look and--and, you know, not find anything.
SHARON: The river has definitely been an area of interest in this entire investigation. The police have done a great deal of extensive searching on the river, including professional dive teams and sonar equipment.
Tina's Mother: But there's a piece of my heart missing, and nothing I can do will replace that. Whether they're alive or dead, I--I can't honestly tell you. I just wish I knew. In a way, you know, I--I ha--I still have a little bit of hope that maybe they are out there. I can't give up on it.
SHARON: I feel like I'm stuck until I find them. I'm not going to leave a stone unturned.
(End of excerpt)
WILLIAMS: Please welcome Tina's sister, Sharon, to the show. Welcome her.
This had to be really, really tough for your family. No clues at all?
SHARON: Well, I mean, we have bits and pieces of information about things that they did the night before they vanished. And--and, you know, we have some leads in that way. But after about 12:30 at night that night, we have no idea.
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah.
SHARON: They're ha--they haven't been heard from. So...
Ms. BROWNE: They're not alive.
SHARON: No?
Ms. BROWNE: I'm not accusing anybody, but do you know that most people that are lost or abd--abducted, there is someone that they know of or even in a family situation?
SHARON: Sure. Sure.
Ms. BROWNE: Yeah.
SHARON: Do you think that the person responsible acted alone?
Ms. BROWNE: Yes.
SHARON: You do? Where--where do you think he might be now?
Ms. BROWNE: I think he's right near you. I thi--I think he's not that far, or you're in touch with him.
SHARON: How do you--how do you think that...
Ms. BROWNE: I don't think this is--see, what I'm trying to say to you is this is not an unknown person to you.
SHARON: No. No. I've been two and a half years looking for my sister, and she would be doing the same for me. You know, she wouldn't leave me...
Ms. BROWNE: Don't look outside. Do you know what I'm trying to say? Look inside your circle. Do you know what I'm trying to tell you?
SHARON: Yeah, but, I mean, look inside my circle for who's responsible, but where are they? Where am I going to find them?
Ms. BROWNE: In the water, but I don't know. It's such a large body of water. How many frogmen are you going to get? How many--you know, how many nets are you going to get?
SHARON: Do you think they're still in--their bodies are still intact? Do you think they're together or separate?
Ms. BROWNE: Oh, honey, after this time, no.
SHARON: Not after all this time?
Ms. BROWNE: Huh-uh.
SHARON: D--are there any specific landmarks that we might be able to look for in the area that they might be found in?
Ms. BROWNE: You know what really got me? And I almost said to Montel, it--it seemed like that there was a cave. And when--you passed real quick through something, it looked like there was a doorway in a cave. How far is that from the water?
SHARON: Not far.
Ms. BROWNE: OK. Then I would go directly from that opening to the water. OK?
SHARON: As though...
Ms. BROWNE: And I'd really search that cave or that--whatever that is in that rock thing.
SHARON: I don't mean to be morbid, but as though maybe the--their bodies might have washed from an area into the water? Is that what you're thinking?
Ms. BROWNE: Yes. Yeah.
SHARON: OK.
Ms. BROWNE: The same thing that happened to Laci Peterson. Remember, her--her body came up.
SHARON: Yeah. Yeah, and we've--we've thought about all of these different scenarios, of course. You know, not a night goes by that I don't toss and turn and think about all the possibilities...
Ms. BROWNE: Oh, of course. How could you ever not--how could you ever really get o...
SHARON: ...of what might have happened to them, where I might find them. Do you have any idea--will we find them?
Ms. BROWNE: I'm pretty--I'm pretty sure you will. You know, and I d--I don't want to be gruesome, but a good storm or whatever and, you know, you could get--yeah.
SHARON: That's what we've considered, you know, every time there's been a good storm, wondering if that might be the time.
WILLIAMS: And that's--that's the effect, 'cause it's a lake. It's not--it's not a large body.
Ms. BROWNE: That's right, and it could whip up, you know?
WILLIAMS: And lakes can be affected that way. I gotta take a break.