>> are -- >> tara are you okay. >> are you alright tara? are you okay sweetie? nothing.e you okay? >> tom and mai raced home to find their house surrounded. >> just a lot of cops car and ambulance. i was prayin'. >> and the paramedics were working on her, trying to get her to breathe. i talked to her. i was just, you know, sayin', "please tara. you know, come back," and tryin' to encourage her. >> they put her in the ambulance, took her to the hospital. >> then i went. mai was just inconsolable, so i had to just leave. i-- i went by myself and i drove to the hospital. so i was in-- i was in there with her whe-- and the doctors >> doctors worked tirelessly for almost half an hour to save tara -- and then they had to stop. >> they just told me that-- "it wasn't gonna happen," so they were gonna stop their efforts. yeah, i don't know. i was in shock i went and laid on her and cried it seemed surreal. unbelievable. >> it's a terrible story to hear on tv, a tragedy. you never thought it could happen. >> not in a million years. >> you never think that would happen. and so, whe

but tara knew her pretty well. and they would just sit there and watch scary movies or whatever and chat and talk. >> and eat junk food. >> it made me feel very secure knowing that they were in -- in the lower level of our home and hanging out together where they had some space from us and yet they're safe. >> reporter: but there was somethininsome of tara's frienen knew, that her parents didn't. tara was planning to experiment that night with lsd. the sleepover was to try it. to try the drug. >> reporter: to try lsd? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: tara's friends say their group, including tara, didn't usually drink or do drugs. >> as far as, like, you know, going to parties and drugs and alcohol wasn't really something that was like her. >> reporter: but still, this was high school, and they weren't exactly shocked that tara wanted to try something illegal. >> i told her, "that's a stupid idea." >> reporter: and you left it at that? >> yeah. and she didn't really wanna be talked out of it. >> i think everyone kinda knew

tara? and who was that? >> brian was completely unknown to us.an was a high school junior, honors student, football player and a close of friend of tara's. >> never been in trouble before? >> never been in trouble. in trouble before. >> reporter: yet somehow, brian was mixed up in a drug deal. text messages told police he'd for ten dollars each. so, you need to find brian right away? >> we need to find brian. >> reporter: it was saturday -- just hours after tara died -- and her friends were gathered at her home. >> i remember walking in and e couch and hearing her scream. and the atmosphere was just ne was absolutely heartbroken. >> reporter: two of tara's friends knew that brian sold herted him to meet. but they didn't know police were looking for him too. drove and we met up with him on the street and just went into his car to tell him what had happened.guys are walking from up there, right? >> uh-huh. >> and brian is driving a car. >> yeah brian drove up to here. >> yeah. m that way. >> reporter: sitting

"please tara. you know, come back," and tryin' >> they put her in the ambulance, took her to the hospital. >> then i went. mai was just inconsolable, so i had to just leave. i-- i went by myself and i drove to the hospital. so i was in-- i was in there with her whe-- and the doctors >> doctors worked tirelessly for almost half an hour to save tara -- and then they had to stop. wasn't gonna happen," so they were gonna stop their efforts. yeah, i don't know. i was in shock i went and laid on her and cried it seemed surreal. unbelievable. >> it's a terrible story to hear on tv, a tragedy. you never thought it could happen. >> not in a million years. >> you never think that would happen. and so, when it happens, you don't believe it. >> no. >> tara's friends knew she was planning to take l-s-d that night. but it never occurred to them that she could die. >> she assured me, "it's not dangerous." and-- and i didn't know anything about it. and so i assumed that she must be doing her research on it. >> mai

it comes to tara. 'cause she -- she did have kind of a different sense of humor, and it -- she knew how to make everyone laugh. >> she liked to make faces. and her and her friends would just act goofy sometimes and they -- they enjoyed that. >> reporter: she lived with her parents, tom and mai, and her little sister in the quiet suburban city of woodbury, minnesota, not far from the twin cities. >> tara was a really energetic kid from a very young age. >> reporter: according to her dad, she was a bit of a daredevil. >> yes, i got it. >> she liked to do skateboarding and the climbing walls. she'd do the -- tubing. >> reporter: on the back of a boat? >> yeah, on the back of the boat. 'cause we had the cabin. and -- she would just be a daredevil on that. >> she liked going and -- and just kind of taking risks and stuff. >> reporter: but her family and passions were drawing and music. >> she had a pretty decent sized basement. and so she'd play music down there a lot. and she and i would go down there and

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you're tara? [both crying] hold your breath and fall apart you make a simple mistake and now y're paying for it with your heart some of us make our beds but we can't afford to lay in them remember i always have said you should leave me alone so i don't want to crash now, i'm afraid that i'm going nowhere way too fast hey. i can't hear what you say welcome home. i'm in a conversation with my past maybe i wasn't that brave wow. i missed you, too. and somehow the path that i paved just keeps leading me to you but i don't want to crash now you're gonna wake up that boy. don't want to crash now mm-mmm... jj: "alone. all alone. nobody but nobody can make it out here alone." maya angelou. captioning made possible by abc studios, llc and cbs, inc. yo, man, something ain't right about this. it's right. you know who leaves a ride like this in the middle of this street at this time of night, man? cops. let's go! car's too nice to be cops. man, like you know. i know more than you. let's go. hey, hold up, hold

the search for tara turner. the first g-o-p debate of the new year took place last night. who got attacked, who got booed, and who didn't tell the truth. good morning tri state wekeend starts right now , the search for a missing falmouth woman will resume again this morning. 9 on your side's kristen swilley joins us with more on tara turner and the plan to find her today marks a week since 31- year-old tara turner was last seen by friends and family. so starting at 10am at this marathon on aa highway they

no one's heard from tara since. dan turner: "it's not like tara to not call or not the silence... and the searches have finally taken its family. down yesterday for the first time all week, and it was tough on me." the pendleton county sheriff's department is following every lead it can to pinpoint her last location. craig peoples: she was seen at a gas station here, a gas station there. we've been looking at video today. tara's three children along with the rest of the turner family are trying to keep hope that everything will be ok, but with every passing moment it makes that task more difficult. dan turner: "i've been trying to be strong for my wife and my daughters, but it's been hard"in california ky the sheriff's department is not ruling out foul play, but they are following all leads. if you've seen tara or remember her getting out of the black truck we showed you.. contact the pendleton county sheriff's department it all started with a 9-1-1 call to police. "i'm hearing him arguing with the girls he's talking about burning down this apartment." but when the cops showed up

reporter: jessica turner rapier and trish weaver are tara' s sisters. trish weaver/tara' s >> the feeling that we have is what hurts because the feeling have is that she' s not alive. reporter: this dollar store is the last place they could positively place tara. but then it is murky at best. she was believed to have been driving when she disappeared. deputies have checked leads on security cameras but none have shown tara. it is a top priority for the sheriff. >> there' s other things we can follow up with. missing persons case once the anything until somebody finds her. we are almost at that point. the family started a facebook account called bring terror home. they put together the resources for a 10,000 our reward. >> is some may know something, if they don' t come forward anything about what it it was their sister, daughter, mother, best friend. reporter: every passing minute is longer than last. tara' s family says she was with a friend who claims she got out of her truck near the california marketplace along the aa. we' ve learned none of the sec

morning her family and friends will take to the area where she was last seen.a look at the search for tara turner. the first g-o-p debate of the new year took place last night. who got attacked, who got booed, and who didn't tell the truth. good morning tri state wekeend starts right now , the search for a missing falmouth woman will resume again this morning. 9 on your side's kristen swilley joins us with more on tara turner and the plan to find her today marks a week since 31- year-old tara turner was last seen by friends and family. so starting at 10am at this marathon on aa highway they plan to search for her and bring her home. turner was last seen headed to campbell county in the california or wilder areas. here she is. turner is described as 5-foot-5, 110 pounds with long dark hair and brown eyes.officials say they've been talking to the last people she was seen with and watching video of the places she may have last visited. police say there are no signs of foul play at this time. anyone with information in this case is encouraged to dispatch center at 859- 654-3300. we now know th

was because tara's parents were going to be gone in the morning sister. >> reporter: tara and her friend planned it all out and as teenagers do, they had their friends out taking photos and videos. this is some of the video taken that night. the video showed investigators giggly high -- >> how do you feel, tara? >> i don't know. >> reporter: -- to this. tara lying unresponsive on the basement floor. she was in serious trouble. but her friend never woke tara's parents who were right upstairs and she never called 911. tara died just hours later from one small dose. tara's family was heart broken and investigators baffled. it turned out tara had no idea synthetic drug called 25i. >> she had a high level of this drug, 25i. >> had you ever heard -- >> never heard of it and i'm sure tara hadn't either. i wish i would have gone downstairs. i probably would have detected something off. i didn't because i didn't want to infringe on their space. >> reporter: chuck rosenberg said most thin sinnsynthetic drugs come from china. how sayseasy is it for someone in america to buy these chemicals? >> too

tara died just hours later from one small dose.heart broken and investigators baffled. it turned out tara had no idea she was really taking a synthetic drug called 25i. >> she had a high level of this drug, 25i. >> had you ever heard -- >> never heard of it and i'm sure tara hadn't either. i wish i would have gone downstairs. i probably would have detected something off. i didn't because i didn't want to infringe on their space. >> reporter: chuck rosenberg said most thin sisynthetic drug from china. how saeasy is it for someone in america to buy these chemicals? >> too easy, extremely easy. somebody sits down at their keyboard, orders it over the internet and it shows up in a package. >> reporter: they're then transformed into many forms, pills, even liquids. and the drugs are a lot more dangerous than they look. in fact, the chemicals are so potent, they have to handle them with gloves. >> the reason that detective and i are wearing gloves is if you touch it, you can absorb that and become -- the drug can affect you just by absor

tara blake has been following this snow all the way in. tara, the road conditions deteriorating. >> definitely deteriorating. we are seeing the visibility lower and the drivers driving slower and back on 90 as you know, two turns back into 90 as you get closer in. lorain county. let's show you the roadways, snow covered and visibility lower and we have seen a few trucks out. 19 miles per hour and so it is coming in hard and fast and not a lot of brine or salt on the roadways with the cold temperatures in place and it takes longer for that to work. be careful when driving out there. primetime and looking for dangerous than ever. let's check in with john on the east side. >> reporter: we are on 90 headed east and similar conditions. very decreased vision billity and the snow we are dealing with and the visibility probably less than 50 yards. there is a truck in front of us and difficult to see that vehicle. wanted to point out the material freezing on our wind chill so you can see the wipers are going and difficult to get that material off.

falmouth woman will resume again this morning. 9 on your side's kristen swilley joins us with more on tara turner and the plan to find her today marks a week since 31- year-old tara turner was last seen by friends and family. so starting at 10am at this marathon on aa highway they plan to search for her and bring her home. turner was last seen headed to campbell county in the california or wilder areas. here she is. turner is described as 5-foot-5, 110 pounds with long dark hair and brown eyes.officials say they've been talking to the last people she was seen with and watching video of the places she may have last visited. police say there are no signs of foul play at this time. anyone with information in call the pendleton county dispatch center at 859- 654-3300. we now know the name of the pedestrian stuck and killed yesterday morning in park hills.he is 68 year roger lee stephenson of kentucky. stephenson was hit by a car around 7 a-m on dixie highway near the covington catholic high school.the investigation is ongoing.in a statement from the park hills police ... the mayor and city cou

tara right here. getting back on route 2 and will follow the band in. is a half of an inch to one inch per hour rates and mentor up towards ashtabula. 21 medina. ravenna 19 and we got a breeze out there. wind chills single digits for a lot of you and they get worse. overnight wind chills below zero. ten, 15, degrees below zero. the evening planner, temperatures in the teens and snow here and varying intensity between 6 and 8:00 p.m. for the big cities in northern ohio. we will deal with that burst of intense snow and another one around ten or 11:00. >>> windchill advisories beginning ten p.m. through 10:00 a.m. sunday through the entire newschannel 5 viewing area. that's behind the artic front coming through and lake-effect snow kicks in. a snow advisory for lake geauga and a warning for ashtabula rates go. where squalls persist. over jefferson, we will go with 8 to 12-inches of snow beginning through the day tomorrow. total. for other bands that may set up and we will see them here, there is the main

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turns out tara had actually overdosed on a synthetic drug, a far more dangerous chemical called 25 i, often sold mass carrizing as lsd. >> that's the drug on that little tiny pink piece of paper? >> it's smaller than my pinky fingernail. >> reporter: 25 i was made illegal in the u.s. just months before tara died. >> you're talking about an industry that's killing our kids. >> reporter: the head of the dea says new power synthetic drugs like 25 i have been glooding into the u.s. four the past and. the formulas are tweaked constantly by manufacturers trying to stay one step ahead of the law. >> it is a gamble. every time a kid gets a hold of one of these things, they're gambling, except they're >> because it's so inconsistent? >> absolutely. you and i could go by the same thing on the same day in the same place, and nothing happens to you and i end up dead. >> such a warning for parents. i'll have much more on this story tonight on "date line." >>> when we come back, one little girl's emotional plea for >>> this is of course president obama's last year in office, a fact that has at leas

i'm sure tara hadn't either. i wish i would have gone downstairs because i would have probably detected something off. but i didn't. i didn't want to infringe on aneir space. of the dea says most synthetic drugs come from china where it's largely legal to manufacture and sell them. e'>> how easy is it for someone in america to buy these chemicals? >> too easy. somebody sits down at their keyboard, orders ihat over the internet and it shows up in a pack j. >> they're transformed into pills, smoking blen , even liquids. investigators warn the drugs are a lot more dangerous than they look. in fact, the chemicals are so potent they have to handle them with gloves. >> the reason that detective and i are wearing gloves. if you touch that, you could absorb that and get it in your system. >> if i were to pick up that be piece of paper, i could get it through my skin? for sure. >> wow. >> that was kate snow reporting there. you can see more of her report on a "dateline" tonight at 7:00, 6:00 central here on nbc. dresses c

by morning, tara was dead. >> you hear this terrible story on tv, and you hear all this tragedy. but you never thought that it could happen to your kids. >> no, not in a million years. >> reporter: a tragedy, but also for investigators in this small town, a mystery. lsd rarely causes a fatal overdose. turns out tara had actually overdosed on a synthetic drug, a far more dangerous chemical called 25i, often sold masquerading as lsd. >> wait, that's the drug on that little tiny pink piece of paper? >> it's smaller than my pinky fingernail. >> reporter: 25i was made illegal in the u.s. just months before tara died. >> you're talking about an industry that's killing our kids. >> reporter: the head of the dea says new powerful synthetic drugs like 25i have been flooding into the u.s. for the past seven years, mostly from china. and sold right over the internet. the formulas are tweaked constantly by manufacturers trying to stay one step ahead of the law. >> it is a gamble. every time a kid gets a hold of one of these things, they're gambling, except they're gambling with their lives.

tara lynn joins us live in moore square. tara city council is holding a special meeting to 20 to make sure that they can actually move forward with part of the plan, right? >> reporter: that's right, bill, because the state actualliens this property and lease it to the city of raleigh, so that's why they have to -- laws the state actually signs the property and lease it to the city so they can time a the square agreeing on a prime location right here in downtown raleigh. there really aren't many amenities in the park besides a couple benches. it's also an area frequented by the homeless. the make over project is expected to cost about $12 million. it could start as early as this summer and it is expected to take about a year to complete. tonight city council meeting is set for 5:00, bill and renee. >> thanks, tara lynn live in moore square. >>> and connect and see bond could get a push for commissioners aimed at upgrading in industry fracture statewide and state the wake board of commissioners will consider a resolution supp