GBI Announces 2001 Athens Arrest. Death

According to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, authorities arrested 48-year-old Edrick Lamont Faust of Athens in connection with the 2001 murder of Tara Louise Baker, who was a 23-year-old first-year law student at the time of her death.

Faust is charged with two counts of aggravated murder, one count of aggravated assault, concealing the death of another, arson, possession of a knife during the commission of a felony, tampering with evidence and one count of aggravated sodomy in connection with Baker's death.

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“Tara Louise Baker was a hard-working student with a bright future ahead of her,” GBI Director Chris Hosey said in the release. “Tara’s life was stolen from her in a horrific act of violence. Although this arrest does not bring her back to us, I pray that it will help the Baker family find closure in their healing journey.”