When a Georgia woman attends a casual girls' night in with other moms from her son's football team,

the last thing her family expects is for her to never come home.

The party hosts and other guests say she must have fallen to her death while they all slept,

but the physical evidence contradicts their story in this episode of Last Seen Alive.

Thanks for listening to Last Scene Alive.

I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime storyteller by night.

I'm Rufo. This is Scott.

Also, quick apology. If I sound a little hoarse, I am.

Ever since I got COVID a couple months ago, I seem to keep getting these recurring little respiratory ailments. I've got one now. And this is what I sound like. You've got that going on. I've got allergies. It should be a great recording session. Well, the story will be great. And also, real quick,

before we dive into today's case, and it's an intense one. I want to thank those of you who have subscribed to our brand new Patreon.

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of episodes like this one and were truly grateful. Tamla Horstford was last seen alive on November 4th,

2018. She was 40 years old on the day she died, a number that many consider the cusp of

middle age.

She'd accomplished a great deal so far in life, and had just as much still to look forward to.

For those who knew and loved her, her death came like a thief in the night.

Unexpected, unwelcome, and very possibly criminal.

This is a case that underscores a trite but ugly truth,

something we've all been told since childhood, that life isn't fair. And it also drives home another ugly truth, which is that life is less fair for some of us than for others.

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