Blaine Alexander

Nothing made sense.

A murder, an arson, just out of the blue?

Or maybe not.

Both of them?

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It wasn't long before the killing on Vaughn Drive became front page news in the Athens Banner Herald.

Crime scene tech David Liedahl was on the scene until late into the night, combing through the charred remains of Tara Baker's bedroom.

He'll never forget it.

A lot of times, of course, investigators talk about different moments from a scene or a particularly disturbing scene that just kind of really drives home how brutal this was.

This was that moment?

It also told him something important.