Knew who was in the room with her. She trusted that person. The saddest thing is, the last thing you look at in this world is not your loved ones, its your killer. I miss her so much. Tough, tenacious. As feisty as her name. She would walk into a courtroom and look like she owned the place. She loved defending those clients. She loved law. Reporter she went to read up on a murder case, but the next murder the police investigated was hers. She is investigating some really hardened criminals. Maybe somebody had beef with her. It was personal. The clues . A missing gucci wallet, mystery strands of hair. It suggested that a female killed her and she pulled the hair out. Whodunit . Who came up and did it . Somebody planned this murder. Somebody wanted her out of the way. I told her, i will make this right. I will make this right for you. Welcome to dateline. She was bold, she was brash. Chiquita tate was a rising stall star in the louisiana legal community. A star someone extinguished. The
was dead. reporter: chiquita s loved ones were huddled together when veteran homicide detectives chris johnson and elvin howard rolled up to the scene. so the responding officers told you, that s the husband over there, but he s on the edge of things for you. you haven t approached him yet? that s that s correct. he was upset to the point where uniform patrol had to put him in the back of the unit. so do you go up at the point? no. at that time, we try to gather as much information as possible. reporter: the detectives began their standard investigative ritual putting together a timeline of the victim s last day. assistant lessie hookfin knew some of it. so that thursday, how does that fit in your recollection? what was that day like? pretty regular day. reporter: chiquita had gone to court and that very day talked to reporters about her latest case. the statute is the question that i would like the appellate court to review. reporter: after a quick chat,