Blaine Alexander

It could be a long process, the agents warned, likely nine months before they had any results.

So I was like, okay, all right, but what's nine months to 25 years?

What is the waiting period like for you each, waiting for that result to come back?

In a case where months had turned to years, then decades, finally something happened in record time.

Just two and a half months later, the results of that test come back.

What did they show?

A lead at long last.

And there was something else.

Something that would bring these agents back to the beginning.

Do you all re-interview Chris Melton?

We do.

Finally, a break in the Tara Baker cold case.

And it was big.

DNA from an unknown male recovered from Tara's sexual assault kit.

While investigators were looking into that, the lab called back.

They'd also detected Chris Melton's DNA.

Given that Chris was Tara's boyfriend, his wasn't that surprising, but the agents still wanted to talk to him.

Do you remember what you thought when you got a call from the GBI?

The DNA raised questions about the timeline, questions Chris had been asked before.

Specifically, when was the last time he saw Tara before she was murdered?