S1E6: Tara Baker, The Timeline

Classic City Crime

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4.9 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Cameron Jay puts together a timeline reflective of 2020— with new information from sources, the Baker family, and friends who have reached out. New details are emerging as we start to look closely at Tara's inner circle of loved ones, friends, coworkers, and classmates. Cameron also speaks with Joe Johnson, former reporter on the case for the Athens Banner-Herald. Joe became close with the case and Tara's family and shares his insights on developments— or lack thereof, in the investigation over the years. Instagram: instagram.com/ClassicCityCrime Become a #CCCInsider at classiccitycrimepodcast.com Soundtrack sources available at epidemicsound.com © 2020 Classic City Crime. All rights reserved. Donate to Mercy Health Center at mercyhealthcenter.net

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome back to classic city crime.
0:20.7	I'm Cameron Jay, and here we are, y'all back to classic city crime. I'm Cameron Jay and here we are y'all already at episode six of the Tara Baker story and I'm not exaggerating when I tell you just how much information I've garnered over just this last week.
0:32.3	But I have to be up front and honest with you. Searching for and gaining new information does not always come easy
0:38.7	or without its setbacks or big disappointment. This is a sad reality I've learned in trying to find
0:43.9	new answers in Tara's case. If you follow us on Facebook or Instagram, by the way, that's at
0:49.7	Classic City Crime, you know I aired some Cameron frustrations over the lack of communication
0:54.8	that I've received from current and former investigators who were close to Tara's case.
1:00.5	Now, in full transparency, when I first contacted the police department about the podcast,
1:05.5	it was before I had even conducted my first interview with the family.
1:09.5	And I was initially told that the department
1:11.7	handling the case was, quote, not opposed to participating. And you can only imagine how exciting
1:17.0	this news was for me. Well, after a few follow-ups, I was told they were no longer able to participate.
1:23.9	Now, I found this a bit odd, but I do try to understand, as you know, another former investigator
1:29.7	emphatically agreed to do an interview just this week, reminding me that they would do,
1:33.9	quote, anything to help with this case, yet one day later, the day they were going to interview,
1:39.9	they decided they could no longer participate either.
1:43.1	Now, like I've said over and over again in this podcast,
1:45.8	I do try to be understanding of law enforcement stance on this issue.
1:50.0	This is an ongoing investigation, and there are details the police need to hold close to their chest.
1:55.7	But I was hoping that maybe after 20 years there might be some willingness to try a new method, to seek new answers
2:02.5	together. It's why I reached out to them from day one, and that was, it seems so far, wishful
2:08.6	thinking. If you're listening, PD and former investigators, you know this. The invitation
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