courtroom and she looked like she owned the place. she loved defending those clients. she loved law. reporter: she d stayed late at work to read up on a murder case. but the next murder police wound up investigating was hers. she s representing some really hardened criminals. maybe somebody had a beef with her. it was personal. reporter: the clues? a missing gucci wallet. mystery strands of hair. it suggested that a female had maybe killed her and she d pulled the hair out. whodunit? who came up here 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. reporter: i m lester holt. and this is dateline. here s dennis murphy with shining star. reporter: cajun country is where the dreadful thing happened. baton rouge, the louisiana state capitol perched on the banks of the mississippi. three blocks off the river, on a chilly thursday night, a criminal defens
as the trees that reach for the sky. i think she s dead! it eats at me. i can t sleep most of the time. reporter: a crime like a storm everyone could see it coming. everybody in town has their suspicions. she was missing the matriarch with a grip on the family s powerful fortune. did someone have a powerful motive to do her harm? i saw bruises on bonnie s arms, like someone had grabbed her. she looked at him and said you tried to kill me. who was behind this? a search in the dark. right there, right there! a secret in the family. and a jailhouse interview to make your jaw drop! reporter: you said you wished she were dead. and then later, she became dead! i m lester holt, and this dateline is a twisted tale deep in the heart of texas. people who are desperate will do desperate things. in this country power and mon and struggle to get hands on both, the saga of a proud texas family never as cold hearted as some of the people you re about to mee
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, it s 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
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The river rolls on. but without that fiery young lawyer who d come so far so fast. that s all for now. i m lester holt. thanks for joining us. the plot was hatched. this dreadful plot it s like a movie script, it s family rivalries, betrayal, and, murder. so horrific. what were the last hours on earth like for her? reporter: it lurks here, on this storied family estate: a mystery as tangled and gnarled