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