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
silver ray harris, admired her courage, but wondered about the kind of clients who came with her line of work. bein a criminal lawyer, that s what you deal with, criminals. so you have to accept a degree of bad people. they come lookin for for the toughest of the tough, huh? that s what i hear. that she would she d if you went to her, she d try to help you. could have been an unhappy client. could well have been someone who didn t like the results that they got from her. could have been. or could have been a member of the victim s family. reporter: the list of potential suspects could be as long as her client list. yet, chiquita s brother-in-law says he can t understand how anyone could do such a thing. heartless. completely. to do her that way. when i get on my knees at night, i pray he ll get justice. reporter: police were confident they would get their man or woman. and something up a street pole gave them hope. outside chiquita s office were city surve