Blayne Alexander

I think that this is one of those stories where so many different things came together to allow this case to be solved.

I mean, it was, yes, the podcast that kept this case at the front of people's minds.

It was the pushing for this law.

It was the fact that the law passed and then it went to this cold case unit that was newly created within the GBI.

Right.

I mean, all of these different things came together to get them to the place where they could use this new technology and ultimately solve this case.

It's something that we see – I mean, certainly, like you said, you've done more than your share of cold cases over the years.

But it is almost kind of like – I've come to kind of think of it as almost kind of like a time capsule.

You're taking the same investigation.

I mean, you can't reinvestigate a scene decades later.

You can't go back and get new evidence.

But you're taking the exact same stuff that's always been there, fast-forwarding, bringing it into the future, which is now.

And –

applying new technology, applying new investigative tactics, and using the old evidence to solve these cases, which really is just a fascinating type of thing when you think about it.

Hmm.

You know, her family did a fantastic job of painting a very vivid picture of who Tara Baker was.

I walked away knowing how she walked.

I walked away knowing her mindset on most days, what drove her.

They did a great job of just painting a

Somebody who was hilarious, somebody who was like this older sibling and just looked out after her younger siblings, almost like they were her baby ducklings.