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
murder is so personal she knew who was in the room with her, she trusted that person and the saddest thing is tha the last person that you loo at in this world is not your loved ones, it s your killer gosh i miss her so much tough, tenacious, as feisty as her name. hard driving defensive attorne chiquita tate. would walk into a courtroom and she would look like sh owned the place. loved defending her clients loved the law. stay late at work to read u on a murder case but the next murder that polic wound up investigating was hers she is representing som really hardened criminals. maybe somebody had a beef with her? it was personal the clues, a missing gucc wallet, mystery strands of hair it s suggested that a femal had maybe killed her and had pulled the hair out. who done it who came up here ended somebody planned this murder somebody wanted her out o the way. i told her, i will make thi right. i will make this right for you. hello and welcome t
you have people you want to grow up to be like my model was my older brother. i wouldn t be the person i a today, if it wasn t for him. even chiquita s sister coul not imagine greg as the killer can you see him in that office no. in a rage, slashing you sister no. if i m moving from here t there? no. i can t even picture it. craig s parents and his brother believed that whoeve killed chiquita also wante great debt they recount an incident tha happened after gray quiz released from custody. shots were fired into the home someone came up to hi bedroom window about 3 to 4 in the morning and shoots in th bedroom, five times with a ten millimeter gun hoping he was in the bed grateful asleep on the sofa. that saved he was not in the bed. craig s family convinced he was innocent, became only more so when they heard this scrapings from under chiquita nails show dna, not only fro
shots were fired into his home. someone came up to his bedroom window at about 3:40 in the morning and shoots in the bedroom window five times with a .10 millimeter gun. reporter: oh. hoping that he was in the bed. it just so happened greg fell asleep on the sofa. god saved him. he was not in the bed. reporter: greg s family, convinced he was innocent, became only more so when they heard this. scrapings from under chiquita s nails showed dna not only from greg but from someone else as well. an unknown male. what could that mean? coming up if greg harris had done this, you would have found an enormous amount of blood. that just wasn t the case. another dna surprise is coming and in court a surprise from the jury too.
reporter: this camera, about a block away from chiquita s office, was working fine. it showed a quiet street the night of the killing. normal activity. what they really wanted was the shot from this camera, which swept right pass chiquita s office door. but bad luck. a recent storm had knocked it out. the camera in front of the office was not working properly on that particular night. reporter: so no picture of a suspect. this wasn t going to be an open-shut solve. but there was evidence to work with. the crime scene technician had taken scrapings from under chiquita s fingernails and sent them off for lab analysis. had she scratched dna material from her killer? they d have to wait on findings. and likewise the clump of hair found in chiquita s hand. did it contain dna identifying the killer? if you re in a fight and and pull someone s hair out yeah. you re gonna find root hairs, hair balls. reporter: but, the lab work was back on the hair sample. there were no roots