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Gov. Kemp signs cold case investigation bill into law on Friday in Athens
It was a hope that the families of Tara Louise Baker and Rhonda Sue Coleman, for which the act was named, held on to.
www.11alive.com
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The ceremonial signing of HB 88, or the Coleman-Baker Act, now lets families of homicide victims request law enforcement agencies to review cold cases, according to a release from the governor's office.
This act also allows the victims' families to reopen and potentially apply new technology and resources to help solve their cases that have gone cold.
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Baker, a University of Georgia law student, was killed in Athens 21 years ago. Her sister Meredith Baker Schroeder would like the case reopened so her family could gain some closure. She said updated technology could help forge new leads.
"This was in 2001 when DNA evidence was the new hot technology and nobody knew how to process DNA properly or even apply it to a database to make it useful," Schroeder said in an interview with 11Alive's Doug Richards.
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The bill would also make issuing a death certificate in a cold case easier, helping families gain a sense of closure sooner.