Blaine Alexander

Tara was never far from Meredith's mind.

18 years after her sister's murder, Meredith was 33 years old with children of her own.

What were those years like for you?

My wedding day was difficult.

She should have been my maid of honor.

Having my children was difficult.

Explaining to my children they had an Aunt Tara that would have absolutely adored them.

For much of that time, Tara was never far from David Griffith's mind either.

He had analyzed and agonized over the case, but it never led to an arrest.

In 2019, as Griffith was preparing to leave the Athens-Clarke County Police Department, he decided Tara's family should know what he knew.

So he called Meredith, who had become the family point person.

I proposed that we divulge everything we knew about the case file to Meredith.

He sits me down with a whole host of other folks, and he walks me through the whole timeline.

Like, this is when your sister got up.

This is when she ate breakfast.

This is when she went to go blow dry her hair.

This is when we believe the attack began.

He told her the horrific details, the cord found around Tara's neck, and how she was stabbed, beaten, raped.

And all of this is new information to you.

Being presented in a chronological yes was all new because I still did not have confirmation as to whether or not she was sexually assaulted.