This is the first episode in a two-part series and the first case in our season covering cases in Georgia, Illinois, and Montana.

This series discusses homicide, possible sexual assault, domestic violence, and the details of a crime scene.

Listener discretion is advised.

This This is the fall line.

If you're from Atlanta, maybe you remember what Emin Park and Little Five Points were like back in 1990.

We grew up here, and we can still picture the sister neighborhoods pretty

clearly, in town Atlanta, before the inevitable spread that has turned treasured landmarks into

parking decks and loft-style apartments. It was a time before city officials had finished

constructing the Olympic dream. They hadn't yet bulldozed entire housing projects so completely that song lyrics would be

the only proof that they'd ever existed at all.

Back then, Little Five Points was grimy in the very best way.

Artsy and weird, where the punks and the skaters gathered and you could buy vinyl records. Though it's only a few

miles from the center of downtown, Inman Park was the city's first suburb. Back in the 19th century,

a few miles distance, that meant a lot more. In 1990, Inman Park, it was both safe and affordable.

It was on the edge of more expensive but still accessible areas like Virginia Highlands

and Morningside, but also close to Boulevard and Midtown, which saw much higher crime.

And when we say close, we mean that. A drive down Ponce de Leon Avenue and a few turns to the left or the right could take

you into class stratosphere separated by just a few blocks.

Now everything has changed, of course.

Most neighborhoods have survived, though many have rebranded.

Midtown thrives now. Little Five Points is still a little weird,

but it's been tamed. Immen Park is now prime cafe culture real estate. Back in 1990, the going

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