phil barr owned a septic tank repair business. detectives had learned that barr used his business as a cover for stealing from the homes of unsuspecting customers. and heres what happened said the state that first of october 2001. taras landlord asked barr for a repair estimate. barr and his helper, mcmannis, began their work-day by smoking crack. around noon, four hours before veronica arrived home from school, the men most likely knocked on the door and tara let them in, unaware they had robbery, not work, on their minds. dan feinberg: dave mcmannis was taking the property while barr was distracting her in the bathroom. we believe she found out. she-- she heard something or saw something that mister mcmannis was doing where he was in a place he shouldnt have been and she confronted him. and two people with impaired minds do things that normal people wouldnt do. and their solution to that was to kill her. keith morrison (voiceover): the woman whod been sitting out in the front yard told the jury how the two men had been laughing