concernedcitizen706
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Okay so a few questions from the article linked above in the Augusta Chronicle.https://www.augustachronicle.com/story/news/2011/01/19/uga-students-death-decade-old-mystery/14561795007/
And they believe that Athens-Clarke police ought to release their daughter's death certificate, a decade after a murderer took the 23-year-old's life.
Police are withholding the certificate because they don't want to publicize the cause of death, which only the killer knows, they say.
Witnesses reported seeing a white man in a T-shirt and jeans run from Baker's backyard that morning before the fire was reported, police said.
Athens-Clarke police will not discuss details of the crime, and several officers who assisted early on with the case have since retired; most talked about the murder only on the condition of anonymity.
The first-year UGA law student had been beaten, stabbed, strangled and possibly sexually assaulted, sources said, an indication that Baker may have known her killer -
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Okay yes thanks, I had trouble getting that link symbol thing to work, so I just pasted the link on there. Thanks for linking it for me. I hope that link in another comment passes muster for me with the mods here.SBM
The link doesn't work unless it's copied and pasted into a new tab, because text went where the URL should go, and vice versa. This should work straight away:
UGA student's death a decade-old mystery
According to your article Bobby Tribble had zero access to Tara's body and didn't even perform the autopsy. "ACC Coroner Bobby Tribble said he has not received requests to release Tara's death certificate since he took the post in November 2004."Here's another article from the old days.
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If I were the defense lawyer for this Faust guy, I would say that, for years, police reported a WHITE guy running from the scene. Police also interviewed many white people as suspects, like classmates and ex-boyfriends etc. From article:
"Here is what they said:
- A witness spotted a white male wearing jeans and a T-shirt running from the scene the morning of Jan. 19.
- A Compaq Presario Model 1200 XL 1800 laptop was the only item missing from the scene.
As of now, that is the extent of all leads released by police."
In addition, the coroner for Tara Baker, mentioned in article there, was a former police officer Bobby Tribble, and he was arrested over 10 years later, when he worked in a local gun shop, for stealing from the store, and spent time in federal prison. Can we trust this guy? And how much access did he have to the body.
"Former Athens coroner and ex-convict Tribble arrested again" https://www.classiccitynews.com/post/former-athens-coroner-and-ex-convict-tribble-arrested-again
Faust was arrested for a felony in May of 2001, only a few months after the murder. So the fact that he lived nearby and was arrested for a violent felony, should have been enough for them to test him back then. As a felon has to give DNA in Georgia, even back then.According to your article Bobby Tribble had zero access to Tara's body and didn't even perform the autopsy. "ACC Coroner Bobby Tribble said he has not received requests to release Tara's death certificate since he took the post in November 2004."
He sure sounds crooked imo but imo it doesn't appear to be relevant. Still, great sleuthing!
Faust did live close to her but that alone wouldn't fulfill the probable cause required to test his DNA if he didn't provide it voluntary.
So you think Tribble could be the coroner who did Tara's autopsy even though he was employed by Walton county at the time of Tara's death?Faust was arrested for a felony in May of 2001, only a few months after the murder. So the fact that he lived nearby and was arrested for a violent felony, should have been enough for them to test him back then. As a felon has to give DNA in Georgia, even back then.
Second of all, it does it say anything in the article about whether Bobby Tribble was involved in the autopsy or not. It said no one asked him to release the death certificate. That's different than the autopsy. The police did not release a death certificate for Tara Baker for 11 years. The only reason they released one was finally was because the family went to the governor and forced the police to release the death certificate.
If Bobby Tribble is not above stealing guns from deceased victims under his professional umbrella, is he trustworthy not to tamper with DNA in the case? For example if the white guy seen running at the crime, would maybe have evidence against him and others in police?
Yes I just noticed that above and I edited my post above. Well every time I Googled this case, it said Bobby Tribble was the coroner. I never saw any other name mentioned. But I will try to Google it now and see if I can find some other name.So you think Tribble could be the coroner who did Tara's autopsy even though he was employed by Walton county at the time of Tara's death?