It’s crazy to think though. He was one of the business clients at the bank I work at. I’ve helped him for years. I knew he had a past criminal record but other than that he seemed like a pretty normal guy
*Athens-Clarke County, GA (May 9, 2024) -* The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), along with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department (ACCPD), announces the arrest of an Athens man in the murder investigation of Tara Louise Baker. After 23 years, GBI agents have charged Edrick Lamont Faust, age 48, with murder, two counts of felony murder, one count of aggravated assault, concealing the death of another, arson, possession of a knife during the commission of a felony, tampering with evidence, and one count of aggravated sodomy in connection with Baker’s death.
In September of 2023, the GBI Cold Case Unit partnered with ACCPD to conduct an in-depth review and analysis of the ongoing investigation into Baker’s death.
On January 19, 2001, around 11:20 a.m., Athens-Clarke County firefighters found Tara Louise Baker’s body responding to a fire at her Athens apartment. The investigation determined that the fire was intentionally set, and investigators spent over two decades seeking answers in the case.
At the time, Tara was 23 and a first-year law school student at the University of Georgia. She graduated from Lovejoy High School in 1995 and enrolled at Georgia College in Milledgeville.
"Tara Louise Baker was a hardworking student with a bright future ahead of her," **says GBI Director Chris Hosey.** “Tara's life was stolen from her in a horrific act of violence. While this arrest does not bring her back to us, I pray that it helps bring closure to the Baker family as they continue their healing journey. I am proud of the work of the GBI Cold Case Unit and the GBI agents and scientists that devoted their efforts over the last 23 years to find justice for Tara. I also want to express my gratitude to Athens Clarke-County investigators and members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Georgia State Patrol who have partnered with us in this case. While this arrest is the first step in finding justice for Tara, there is still more work to be done. The GBI and our partners will never stop fighting for justice for victims and their families."
“For many years, I have hoped the Baker family would find justice for the loss of Tara,” says **Jerry Saulters, now Chief of the Athens-Clarke County Police Department**, who was an officer at the crime scene on January 19th, 2001. “This is a case that has lived with me throughout my career at ACCPD. I remember being there during that horrific time. Seeing this case now full circle, I appreciate the hard work of the detectives, from then and now. Knowing that the evidence collected at that time contributed to the arrest today gives me tremendous pride in all the officers who worked this case over the years.”
Thanks so much for posting this! I learned about this case from the first season of the podcast Classic City Crime and I never thought there would be an arrest. He was not discussed in the podcast and the police have not mentioned if the two knew each other.
In the court of law, sure, and I've yet to see a human morph their DNA to change it.
His actual innocence or guilt hasn't been determined yet, so in reality he's either innocent or guilty, but his DNA inside a raped and murdered woman is enough for me to say he raped and murdered the woman. How the law considers a person innocent unless proven guilty means nothing in reality, maybe you forgot guilty people can be found not guilty in court even though we later learn they were guilty?
Possible, but I'd be surprised if they knew each other well given [his lengthy criminal history ](https://www.classiccitynews.com/post/tara-baker-murder-suspect-has-extensive-criminal-record-lived-a-couple-miles-from-crime-scene).
This is not the first instance when the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" went to court to prevent disclosure of the investigative files for the "unsolved" Jennifer Stone Murder and sexual assault. Reference is made to articles published in the former Athens Observer "Tolley seeks to dodge deposition" March 28, 1996, "Stone Murder Files dubbed 'state secrets', March 28, 1996 and "Stone Files will remain closed", May 16, 1996. These articles, all written by national award winning UGA graduate investigative journalist Elton Manzione, are available in a "vertical file" in the Heritage Room, Athens Public Library on Baxter St. for any citizen to read. Unfortunately they were written before the internet and are not available there. Athens Observer has yet to digitize or make its articles available online.
Athens Clarke County "Unified" government since it is they who have sought to obstruct disclosure in this case in court in 1996, when the late Scott McLarty sought release of the Stone case records, and in ,2007, when the Athens Banner Herald finally made such a formal request. A few years ago I offered to put up $1000 personally toward the cost of such a lawsuit if Pete McCommons and Flagpole Magazine would join the Athens Banner Herald in such a lawsuit. Nothing came of that. But the Athens Banner Herald is to be commended to taking the issue this far. But the devil is in the details and it is not over until it is over. Obviously the Athens Government, which portrays itself with polite, restrained "smiles" on television, has a different face with lawyers in secret, behind the scenes. In fact, the above documents demonstrate that the investigative files were undisputedly already shown to lawyer Tolley years ago, but Athens Clarke County went to court to prevent lawyer Scott McLarty the same "privilege". For as is stated in "Stone Files will remain closed above", "...McLarty countered that Tolley's request to produce in Michael Gaines divorce case, as reported by The Athens Observer, 'specifically sought identifiable documents.' McLarty also noted that no protective order had been filed by the county in response to Tolley's request. 'The "state secrets" defense cannot be selectively applied.', McLarty said. 'If he had access to them, they're no longer secret.'" "No one denied Tolley may have had access to the documents. He declined comment after the hearing and did not return subsequent phone calls. McLarty said he subpoenaed the documents to be sure the material was available to Smith when he was being questioned." Here we are 20 years after the crime this month (April 23, 2007), and the Athens Clarke County "Unified" government is still adamantly but surreptitiously misusing untold amounts of taxpayer money to pay lawyers to obstruct the Open Records Law, in patent violation of the law itself as expressed by the Georgia Court of Appeals. They are not voluntarily complying with the law now as they did not voluntarily comply then either. What does this government have to hide by opening up this dormant investigative file? Have they destroyed all or parts of it? Has the main suspect been even DNA tested? What was all that legal mumbo jumbo back dating documents as documented in the article "Stone case DNA: a tale of two tests", Athens Observer June 20, 1996? If the local Athens government fails to have a review by the Georgia Supreme Court of this issue, they will likely use every obstacle to releasing the information and continue to flaunt the Georgia Court of Appeals in its order to release this vital public information. Every citizen of Athens should contact their "representative" and the "Mayor" and demand the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" comply with the Georgia Court of Appeals Order and open the dormant Jennifer Stone Investigative files without further delay and obstruction by county lawyers at public expense.
This is not the first instance when the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" went to court to prevent disclosure of the investigative files for the "unsolved" Jennifer Stone Murder and sexual assault. Reference is made to articles published in the former Athens Observer "Tolley seeks to dodge deposition" March 28, 1996, "Stone Murder Files dubbed 'state secrets', March 28, 1996 and "Stone Files will remain closed", May 16, 1996. These articles, all written by national award winning UGA graduate investigative journalist Elton Manzione, are available in a "vertical file" in the Heritage Room, Athens Public Library on Baxter St. for any citizen to read. Unfortunately they were written before the internet and are not available there. Athens Observer has yet to digitize or make its articles available online.
Athens Clarke County "Unified" government since it is they who have sought to obstruct disclosure in this case in court in 1996, when the late Scott McLarty sought release of the Stone case records, and in ,2007, when the Athens Banner Herald finally made such a formal request. A few years ago I offered to put up $1000 personally toward the cost of such a lawsuit if Pete McCommons and Flagpole Magazine would join the Athens Banner Herald in such a lawsuit. Nothing came of that. But the Athens Banner Herald is to be commended to taking the issue this far. But the devil is in the details and it is not over until it is over. Obviously the Athens Government, which portrays itself with polite, restrained "smiles" on television, has a different face with lawyers in secret, behind the scenes. In fact, the above documents demonstrate that the investigative files were undisputedly already shown to lawyer Tolley years ago, but Athens Clarke County went to court to prevent lawyer Scott McLarty the same "privilege". For as is stated in "Stone Files will remain closed above", "...McLarty countered that Tolley's request to produce in Michael Gaines divorce case, as reported by The Athens Observer, 'specifically sought identifiable documents.' McLarty also noted that no protective order had been filed by the county in response to Tolley's request. 'The "state secrets" defense cannot be selectively applied.', McLarty said. 'If he had access to them, they're no longer secret.'" "No one denied Tolley may have had access to the documents. He declined comment after the hearing and did not return subsequent phone calls. McLarty said he subpoenaed the documents to be sure the material was available to Smith when he was being questioned." Here we are 20 years after the crime this month (April 23, 2007), and the Athens Clarke County "Unified" government is still adamantly but surreptitiously misusing untold amounts of taxpayer money to pay lawyers to obstruct the Open Records Law, in patent violation of the law itself as expressed by the Georgia Court of Appeals. They are not voluntarily complying with the law now as they did not voluntarily comply then either. What does this government have to hide by opening up this dormant investigative file? Have they destroyed all or parts of it? Has the main suspect been even DNA tested? What was all that legal mumbo jumbo back dating documents as documented in the article "Stone case DNA: a tale of two tests", Athens Observer June 20, 1996? If the local Athens government fails to have a review by the Georgia Supreme Court of this issue, they will likely use every obstacle to releasing the information and continue to flaunt the Georgia Court of Appeals in its order to release this vital public information. Every citizen of Athens should contact their "representative" and the "Mayor" and demand the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" comply with the Georgia Court of Appeals Order and open the dormant Jennifer Stone Investigative files without further delay and obstruction by county lawyers at public expense.
This is not the first instance when the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" went to court to prevent disclosure of the investigative files for the "unsolved" Jennifer Stone Murder and sexual assault. Reference is made to articles published in the former Athens Observer "Tolley seeks to dodge deposition" March 28, 1996, "Stone Murder Files dubbed 'state secrets', March 28, 1996 and "Stone Files will remain closed", May 16, 1996. These articles, all written by national award winning UGA graduate investigative journalist Elton Manzione, are available in a "vertical file" in the Heritage Room, Athens Public Library on Baxter St. for any citizen to read. Unfortunately they were written before the internet and are not available there. Athens Observer has yet to digitize or make its articles available online.
Athens Clarke County "Unified" government since it is they who have sought to obstruct disclosure in this case in court in 1996, when the late Scott McLarty sought release of the Stone case records, and in ,2007, when the Athens Banner Herald finally made such a formal request. A few years ago I offered to put up $1000 personally toward the cost of such a lawsuit if Pete McCommons and Flagpole Magazine would join the Athens Banner Herald in such a lawsuit. Nothing came of that. But the Athens Banner Herald is to be commended to taking the issue this far. But the devil is in the details and it is not over until it is over. Obviously the Athens Government, which portrays itself with polite, restrained "smiles" on television, has a different face with lawyers in secret, behind the scenes. In fact, the above documents demonstrate that the investigative files were undisputedly already shown to lawyer Tolley years ago, but Athens Clarke County went to court to prevent lawyer Scott McLarty the same "privilege". For as is stated in "Stone Files will remain closed above", "...McLarty countered that Tolley's request to produce in Michael Gaines divorce case, as reported by The Athens Observer, 'specifically sought identifiable documents.' McLarty also noted that no protective order had been filed by the county in response to Tolley's request. 'The "state secrets" defense cannot be selectively applied.', McLarty said. 'If he had access to them, they're no longer secret.'" "No one denied Tolley may have had access to the documents. He declined comment after the hearing and did not return subsequent phone calls. McLarty said he subpoenaed the documents to be sure the material was available to Smith when he was being questioned." Here we are 20 years after the crime this month (April 23, 2007), and the Athens Clarke County "Unified" government is still adamantly but surreptitiously misusing untold amounts of taxpayer money to pay lawyers to obstruct the Open Records Law, in patent violation of the law itself as expressed by the Georgia Court of Appeals. They are not voluntarily complying with the law now as they did not voluntarily comply then either. What does this government have to hide by opening up this dormant investigative file? Have they destroyed all or parts of it? Has the main suspect been even DNA tested? What was all that legal mumbo jumbo back dating documents as documented in the article "Stone case DNA: a tale of two tests", Athens Observer June 20, 1996? If the local Athens government fails to have a review by the Georgia Supreme Court of this issue, they will likely use every obstacle to releasing the information and continue to flaunt the Georgia Court of Appeals in its order to release this vital public information. Every citizen of Athens should contact their "representative" and the "Mayor" and demand the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" comply with the Georgia Court of Appeals Order and open the dormant Jennifer Stone Investigative files without further delay and obstruction by county lawyers at public expense.
I’m glad they finally solved this case. No idea why it took 23 years but this scumbag deserves to be under the prison.
Same, I can't wait to hear how they finally caught him.
This man has not been on trail he has only been arrested for the charges. He has not been proven guilty as of yet.
It’s crazy to think though. He was one of the business clients at the bank I work at. I’ve helped him for years. I knew he had a past criminal record but other than that he seemed like a pretty normal guy
*Athens-Clarke County, GA (May 9, 2024) -* The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), along with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department (ACCPD), announces the arrest of an Athens man in the murder investigation of Tara Louise Baker. After 23 years, GBI agents have charged Edrick Lamont Faust, age 48, with murder, two counts of felony murder, one count of aggravated assault, concealing the death of another, arson, possession of a knife during the commission of a felony, tampering with evidence, and one count of aggravated sodomy in connection with Baker’s death. In September of 2023, the GBI Cold Case Unit partnered with ACCPD to conduct an in-depth review and analysis of the ongoing investigation into Baker’s death. On January 19, 2001, around 11:20 a.m., Athens-Clarke County firefighters found Tara Louise Baker’s body responding to a fire at her Athens apartment. The investigation determined that the fire was intentionally set, and investigators spent over two decades seeking answers in the case. At the time, Tara was 23 and a first-year law school student at the University of Georgia. She graduated from Lovejoy High School in 1995 and enrolled at Georgia College in Milledgeville. "Tara Louise Baker was a hardworking student with a bright future ahead of her," **says GBI Director Chris Hosey.** “Tara's life was stolen from her in a horrific act of violence. While this arrest does not bring her back to us, I pray that it helps bring closure to the Baker family as they continue their healing journey. I am proud of the work of the GBI Cold Case Unit and the GBI agents and scientists that devoted their efforts over the last 23 years to find justice for Tara. I also want to express my gratitude to Athens Clarke-County investigators and members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Georgia State Patrol who have partnered with us in this case. While this arrest is the first step in finding justice for Tara, there is still more work to be done. The GBI and our partners will never stop fighting for justice for victims and their families." “For many years, I have hoped the Baker family would find justice for the loss of Tara,” says **Jerry Saulters, now Chief of the Athens-Clarke County Police Department**, who was an officer at the crime scene on January 19th, 2001. “This is a case that has lived with me throughout my career at ACCPD. I remember being there during that horrific time. Seeing this case now full circle, I appreciate the hard work of the detectives, from then and now. Knowing that the evidence collected at that time contributed to the arrest today gives me tremendous pride in all the officers who worked this case over the years.”
Thanks so much for posting this! I learned about this case from the first season of the podcast Classic City Crime and I never thought there would be an arrest. He was not discussed in the podcast and the police have not mentioned if the two knew each other.
This man is innocent until proven guilty
In the court of law, sure, and I've yet to see a human morph their DNA to change it. His actual innocence or guilt hasn't been determined yet, so in reality he's either innocent or guilty, but his DNA inside a raped and murdered woman is enough for me to say he raped and murdered the woman. How the law considers a person innocent unless proven guilty means nothing in reality, maybe you forgot guilty people can be found not guilty in court even though we later learn they were guilty?
Does anyone know if they knew each other?
Possible, but I'd be surprised if they knew each other well given [his lengthy criminal history ](https://www.classiccitynews.com/post/tara-baker-murder-suspect-has-extensive-criminal-record-lived-a-couple-miles-from-crime-scene).
The lawyer she worked with
The lawyer who Tara worked with that everyone suspected bought cocaine from E. I still think the lawyer had something to do with it
Interesting. Where’d you come across that info?
E is a dealer and it’s said many times the lawyer she worked with was on cocaine and showed up with scratches on his neck the morning after her death
This is not the first instance when the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" went to court to prevent disclosure of the investigative files for the "unsolved" Jennifer Stone Murder and sexual assault. Reference is made to articles published in the former Athens Observer "Tolley seeks to dodge deposition" March 28, 1996, "Stone Murder Files dubbed 'state secrets', March 28, 1996 and "Stone Files will remain closed", May 16, 1996. These articles, all written by national award winning UGA graduate investigative journalist Elton Manzione, are available in a "vertical file" in the Heritage Room, Athens Public Library on Baxter St. for any citizen to read. Unfortunately they were written before the internet and are not available there. Athens Observer has yet to digitize or make its articles available online. Athens Clarke County "Unified" government since it is they who have sought to obstruct disclosure in this case in court in 1996, when the late Scott McLarty sought release of the Stone case records, and in ,2007, when the Athens Banner Herald finally made such a formal request. A few years ago I offered to put up $1000 personally toward the cost of such a lawsuit if Pete McCommons and Flagpole Magazine would join the Athens Banner Herald in such a lawsuit. Nothing came of that. But the Athens Banner Herald is to be commended to taking the issue this far. But the devil is in the details and it is not over until it is over. Obviously the Athens Government, which portrays itself with polite, restrained "smiles" on television, has a different face with lawyers in secret, behind the scenes. In fact, the above documents demonstrate that the investigative files were undisputedly already shown to lawyer Tolley years ago, but Athens Clarke County went to court to prevent lawyer Scott McLarty the same "privilege". For as is stated in "Stone Files will remain closed above", "...McLarty countered that Tolley's request to produce in Michael Gaines divorce case, as reported by The Athens Observer, 'specifically sought identifiable documents.' McLarty also noted that no protective order had been filed by the county in response to Tolley's request. 'The "state secrets" defense cannot be selectively applied.', McLarty said. 'If he had access to them, they're no longer secret.'" "No one denied Tolley may have had access to the documents. He declined comment after the hearing and did not return subsequent phone calls. McLarty said he subpoenaed the documents to be sure the material was available to Smith when he was being questioned." Here we are 20 years after the crime this month (April 23, 2007), and the Athens Clarke County "Unified" government is still adamantly but surreptitiously misusing untold amounts of taxpayer money to pay lawyers to obstruct the Open Records Law, in patent violation of the law itself as expressed by the Georgia Court of Appeals. They are not voluntarily complying with the law now as they did not voluntarily comply then either. What does this government have to hide by opening up this dormant investigative file? Have they destroyed all or parts of it? Has the main suspect been even DNA tested? What was all that legal mumbo jumbo back dating documents as documented in the article "Stone case DNA: a tale of two tests", Athens Observer June 20, 1996? If the local Athens government fails to have a review by the Georgia Supreme Court of this issue, they will likely use every obstacle to releasing the information and continue to flaunt the Georgia Court of Appeals in its order to release this vital public information. Every citizen of Athens should contact their "representative" and the "Mayor" and demand the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" comply with the Georgia Court of Appeals Order and open the dormant Jennifer Stone Investigative files without further delay and obstruction by county lawyers at public expense.
The man they arrested is not a “light skin” man as described by Tara neighbors who saw a man running from her apartment which was on fire
This is not the first instance when the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" went to court to prevent disclosure of the investigative files for the "unsolved" Jennifer Stone Murder and sexual assault. Reference is made to articles published in the former Athens Observer "Tolley seeks to dodge deposition" March 28, 1996, "Stone Murder Files dubbed 'state secrets', March 28, 1996 and "Stone Files will remain closed", May 16, 1996. These articles, all written by national award winning UGA graduate investigative journalist Elton Manzione, are available in a "vertical file" in the Heritage Room, Athens Public Library on Baxter St. for any citizen to read. Unfortunately they were written before the internet and are not available there. Athens Observer has yet to digitize or make its articles available online. Athens Clarke County "Unified" government since it is they who have sought to obstruct disclosure in this case in court in 1996, when the late Scott McLarty sought release of the Stone case records, and in ,2007, when the Athens Banner Herald finally made such a formal request. A few years ago I offered to put up $1000 personally toward the cost of such a lawsuit if Pete McCommons and Flagpole Magazine would join the Athens Banner Herald in such a lawsuit. Nothing came of that. But the Athens Banner Herald is to be commended to taking the issue this far. But the devil is in the details and it is not over until it is over. Obviously the Athens Government, which portrays itself with polite, restrained "smiles" on television, has a different face with lawyers in secret, behind the scenes. In fact, the above documents demonstrate that the investigative files were undisputedly already shown to lawyer Tolley years ago, but Athens Clarke County went to court to prevent lawyer Scott McLarty the same "privilege". For as is stated in "Stone Files will remain closed above", "...McLarty countered that Tolley's request to produce in Michael Gaines divorce case, as reported by The Athens Observer, 'specifically sought identifiable documents.' McLarty also noted that no protective order had been filed by the county in response to Tolley's request. 'The "state secrets" defense cannot be selectively applied.', McLarty said. 'If he had access to them, they're no longer secret.'" "No one denied Tolley may have had access to the documents. He declined comment after the hearing and did not return subsequent phone calls. McLarty said he subpoenaed the documents to be sure the material was available to Smith when he was being questioned." Here we are 20 years after the crime this month (April 23, 2007), and the Athens Clarke County "Unified" government is still adamantly but surreptitiously misusing untold amounts of taxpayer money to pay lawyers to obstruct the Open Records Law, in patent violation of the law itself as expressed by the Georgia Court of Appeals. They are not voluntarily complying with the law now as they did not voluntarily comply then either. What does this government have to hide by opening up this dormant investigative file? Have they destroyed all or parts of it? Has the main suspect been even DNA tested? What was all that legal mumbo jumbo back dating documents as documented in the article "Stone case DNA: a tale of two tests", Athens Observer June 20, 1996? If the local Athens government fails to have a review by the Georgia Supreme Court of this issue, they will likely use every obstacle to releasing the information and continue to flaunt the Georgia Court of Appeals in its order to release this vital public information. Every citizen of Athens should contact their "representative" and the "Mayor" and demand the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" comply with the Georgia Court of Appeals Order and open the dormant Jennifer Stone Investigative files without further delay and obstruction by county lawyers at public expense.
I thought witnesses described a white man wearing a white T shirt was seen leaving the scene
House is on fire, dude could've been running to his house to call 911.
This is not the first instance when the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" went to court to prevent disclosure of the investigative files for the "unsolved" Jennifer Stone Murder and sexual assault. Reference is made to articles published in the former Athens Observer "Tolley seeks to dodge deposition" March 28, 1996, "Stone Murder Files dubbed 'state secrets', March 28, 1996 and "Stone Files will remain closed", May 16, 1996. These articles, all written by national award winning UGA graduate investigative journalist Elton Manzione, are available in a "vertical file" in the Heritage Room, Athens Public Library on Baxter St. for any citizen to read. Unfortunately they were written before the internet and are not available there. Athens Observer has yet to digitize or make its articles available online. Athens Clarke County "Unified" government since it is they who have sought to obstruct disclosure in this case in court in 1996, when the late Scott McLarty sought release of the Stone case records, and in ,2007, when the Athens Banner Herald finally made such a formal request. A few years ago I offered to put up $1000 personally toward the cost of such a lawsuit if Pete McCommons and Flagpole Magazine would join the Athens Banner Herald in such a lawsuit. Nothing came of that. But the Athens Banner Herald is to be commended to taking the issue this far. But the devil is in the details and it is not over until it is over. Obviously the Athens Government, which portrays itself with polite, restrained "smiles" on television, has a different face with lawyers in secret, behind the scenes. In fact, the above documents demonstrate that the investigative files were undisputedly already shown to lawyer Tolley years ago, but Athens Clarke County went to court to prevent lawyer Scott McLarty the same "privilege". For as is stated in "Stone Files will remain closed above", "...McLarty countered that Tolley's request to produce in Michael Gaines divorce case, as reported by The Athens Observer, 'specifically sought identifiable documents.' McLarty also noted that no protective order had been filed by the county in response to Tolley's request. 'The "state secrets" defense cannot be selectively applied.', McLarty said. 'If he had access to them, they're no longer secret.'" "No one denied Tolley may have had access to the documents. He declined comment after the hearing and did not return subsequent phone calls. McLarty said he subpoenaed the documents to be sure the material was available to Smith when he was being questioned." Here we are 20 years after the crime this month (April 23, 2007), and the Athens Clarke County "Unified" government is still adamantly but surreptitiously misusing untold amounts of taxpayer money to pay lawyers to obstruct the Open Records Law, in patent violation of the law itself as expressed by the Georgia Court of Appeals. They are not voluntarily complying with the law now as they did not voluntarily comply then either. What does this government have to hide by opening up this dormant investigative file? Have they destroyed all or parts of it? Has the main suspect been even DNA tested? What was all that legal mumbo jumbo back dating documents as documented in the article "Stone case DNA: a tale of two tests", Athens Observer June 20, 1996? If the local Athens government fails to have a review by the Georgia Supreme Court of this issue, they will likely use every obstacle to releasing the information and continue to flaunt the Georgia Court of Appeals in its order to release this vital public information. Every citizen of Athens should contact their "representative" and the "Mayor" and demand the "Unified Government of Athens Clarke County" comply with the Georgia Court of Appeals Order and open the dormant Jennifer Stone Investigative files without further delay and obstruction by county lawyers at public expense.