Blaine Alexander

Yes.

Maybe waved hello to at some point.

Oh, yeah.

We certainly wouldn't have thought that anyone would have been stalking us or watching us.

We were in a safe college town.

Meredith learned about Fost's criminal past, including that he'd stabbed someone in the neck just two weeks after Tara's murder.

What are you thinking as you're reading this?

How is this person still around?

Tara's gone.

She was denied a life.

And this guy has lived 25 years of wreaking havoc and ruining other people's lives.

Like, why?

Why?

Tara's loved ones hoped their questions would be answered at trial.

Little did he know just how involved he would be.

For 25 years, you all were wondering and waiting, and now you're in the same room as this person.

I can't even explain the feeling.

I tried not to look at him most of the time.

Other times, I felt like my glance was burning through the back of his head.

When the trial of Edrick Faust began in early February of 2026, Tara Baker's family and many of her friends were there in court.