for harry goodman, that moment came the morning of december 21st, 1992. rry was the principal of an elementary school in lancaster county, pennsylvania. his star teacher, 25-year-old christy mirack, was late for work. >> christy was there every morning right around 8:00. >> reporter: when 8:00 became 8:30, harry grew uneasy. >> and the kids had started to come into the classroom. so i called her apartment about five times -- nothing. >> reporter: he contacted her family who lived about a two-hour drive north. christy's brother, vince. >> we got the phone call from her school that she didn't show up for work. was she home this weekend, was she delayed coming back? maybe she got stuck in traffic. i think we were in panic mode. the kind of person she was, we just thought something was wrong. it was that gut feeling. >> reporter: the family told harry they hadn't heard from christy that morning. harry couldn't wait any longer. he knew she lived nearby with a friend. you decide jump in your car to see what's going on with christy. >> i was prepared to go down a