keith mcphillips: not at all, right. sharon ord mcphillips: not at all. r): and so out of sheer desperation, about six months after tara vanished they hired a civil attorney, a woman named amanda downing. keith morrison: what did they want you to do? amanda downing: they wanted anyones help, a lawyers help, the medias help, civilians help, neighbors help, anybodys help in finding their daughter. and i think by hiring a lawyer, they believed that i could somehow assist them, in fact, finding-- finding their daughter, searching for-- anything. they were-- they were grasping-- keith morrison: what did you tell them? amanda downing: i looked her in the eye, i looked keith in the eye, and i told them i would do everything i possibly could to try and help them. keith morrison: you know, you wouldve been perfectly within your rights to look at them and say, look, im sorry, but thats not what i do. amanda downing: if you met sharon, you wouldnt tell her no. keith morrison: wow. did they want you to sue somebody or-- or just get information, or what? amanda downing