Update on Tara Baker Homicide. Tara Baker was a law student at UGA when she was murdered on January 19, 2001. Her apartment was set on fire to cover-up the murder. It took nearly 10 years to get a death certificate and more than another 10 to arrest a suspect. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the case and why the trial of Edrick Lamont Faust, scheduled to begin in October, 2025, has been moved to January 2026.
Transcript Highlights
00:01.05 Introduction
02:34.58 Tara Baker, working and going to law school
05:01.75 Murders of Tara Baker and Laken Riley were less than 5 miles apart
10:08.02 Death Certificate is a "marker"
15:32.75 911 call was for an apartment fire
20:02.45 Firefighters have to be aware of their surroundings
24:56.80 Clothing might not burn - completely
29:56.47 Looking for what isn't destroyed by fire
33:17.54 Strap muscles in neck can indicate strangling
39:06.13 Fire used after the fact
43:42.43 Conclusion
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