Blaine Alexander

Katie Lonstein had envisioned this moment for years.

25 years of this, I wanted a monster, and I got a boring man in a tan shirt.

District Attorney Kalki Yalamanchili led the prosecution.

What is the key thing that you need to drive home to the jury?

The DNA.

The DNA and the lack of any type of connection between Tara Baker and Edward Faust.

Assistant DA Chris Bolden handled the opening statement.

Remember how neighbors told police they saw a man walking near Tara's house the morning of the murder?

Those witnesses took the stand.

The prosecution explained to the jury how Faust's DNA was found on Tara's body, and then the jury heard Faust tell the GBI he never met Tara.

You need to make it clear to the jury that there's no reason that his DNA would have been within proximity of Tara Baker.

It seemed like a fairly straightforward case until it wasn't.

The prosecutor knew Chris's DNA was also detected and knew the defense was planning to make Chris the center of its case.

So the prosecutor addressed that head on.

Witnesses testified they saw Chris throughout that early morning and on bank security video time stamped around 9 a.m.

This witness was the branch manager in 2001.

We watched Chris entering the bank, coming in and filling out the withdrawal slip, and then going to the teller and getting the cash.

The prosecutors knew they had to put Chris on the stand.

He told the jury about every place he went that morning and answered questions about himself and Tara.

And then it was the defense's turn.