until it reached the ears of a young reporter named justine griffin. "crime beats st. the most bizarre that's covered. one day her car and she was gone, her pets were gone. >> the "she" justine is talking about was a local fixture here in st. augustine, a striking blond of a certain age named brittany tavar who, without a word to anyone, up and vanished. hardly a big story. after all, people do come and go around st. augustine and this was july 2010, heat ratcheting up. good time to head north maybe? >> as the weeks went on, it sort of got a little bit strange. >> a little bit strange? in fact, the disappearance of brittany tavar was about to become the biggest and trans strangest story of justin griffin's young career. not just that brittany disappeared but vanished on such an important day, for her, the day she was due to appear in a st. augustine court and bring charges against a bitter enemy. >> hee had an enormous amount of anxiety. >> this is brittany answer sister pat. pat lived clear across the country in portland, oregon. she couldn't do much about her sister's