News Channel 11's Elizabeth Kuebel sat down with one of Babb's best friends from high school, who opened up about their friendship and the now devastating loss.
Matthew Clark talked to us just minutes after he heard the news that Babb's body was found in a Georgia waterway. As you can imagine, he was still in shock, but that didn't stop him from sharing the qualities he said made the 43-year-old mother so special.
While attending Elizabethton High, Clark and Babb were inseparable.
"She was just fun to be around, always happy, always positive, always saw the good in people," he said.
Clark still lives in the Tri-Cities. Babb, he says, moved to Florida several years ago, but the distance didn't break their bond.
"Every time I saw her and talked to her it was like that same person that I talked to when I was a teenager," he said.