I'm Matt Collins, the congressman, and a friend of the family.

I want to share with you a poem by Robert Frost.

Nothing gold can stay.

Nature's first dream is gold, her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaves a flower, but only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf, so Eden sank to grief. So dawn goes down today. Nothing gold can stay.

That was Congressman Matt Collins, who you'll hear from later in this minisode and insider exclusive.

That was at the Jonesboro First Baptist Church, where Tara's funeral was held on January 24, 2001.

It was a service that some reports guest was attended by thousands to honor the life of the young woman that you've grown to know

and love throughout this podcast and who many of you knew personally, a life so violently and viciously

taken. Hi there, I'm Cameron Jay, and welcome to this insider exclusive, featuring moments

from Tara Baker's funeral. Now, I obtained this directly from the family,

and here's an interesting story I wanted to share with all of you

before we dig into this.

It was handed to me by way of cassette tape, actually,

and I really have not seen one of these

since Santa brought me one in the 90s to listen to cassette tapes.

So, anyway, it was something I hadn't seen in a long time.

And after a lot of trial and error, yes,

I was finally able to convert the tape to a digital file

to share not only with the family,

but with their permission to share with some of you too.

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