In the last two weeks I've been flooded with emails and messages from locals in

Osila who are all very angry in a very vague and misguided way they're all angry

because they feel like the podcast has

disrespected them. Many of these direct messages to me were

filled with threats of violence and legal action. But the strangest thing

about it is that I've never once mentioned any of these people by name on this podcast.

None of them.

But it seems that somewhere along the way here in recent weeks, through my investigation,

I've hit a nerve in this case with a select group of people.

As a general rule of thumb I try my best to steer clear of wild speculation and to only follow

the facts in this case.

The problem is that in this case, as we've all learned, the facts are very hard to find.

And there are several reasons for that.

One, the GBI has kept this case file, which is the largest in the history of the state of Georgia, a secret from the public for well over a decade.

They chased down hundreds of leads and obtained DNA swabs from over 200 people in Tara's life, all of which had nothing to do at all with what actually happened to Tara.

And two, for the most part, before this podcast was around, almost all of Tara's close associates in her life had remained silent and the GBI was never able to officially rule anybody out as a suspect in this case.

And finally, as we've all learned over the past few months, Bo and Ryan were not the only people who knew what happened to Tara.

Unless everyone I've talked to is lying, we know there was a search that happened just a few weeks after Tara went missing, out there on

the orchard, based on the tip that Ryan Duke told someone at a party one night, that he killed

Tara.

And Bo Duke said himself that he too told multiple people about this over the years, but no one did anything.

So to me, the problem with this case is pretty clear.

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