Crime Watch Daily Investigates the Murder of Chiquita Tate

Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen investigates the brutal murder of Chiquita Tate, a rising legal star who was brutally stabbed more than 40 times in her law office. "It was just violent...It was visceral...It was vicious...Her face was cut repeatedly as if to disfigure her intentionally," former prosecutor and friend Prem Burns tells Crime Watch Daily. Police explored a wide array of potential leads, including an anonymous tip regarding a deadly lesbian love triangle and a pair of extremely violent former clients, but each tip and theory proved false. A trail of clues eventually led to Tate's husband Greg Harris. "He left a lot of breadcrumbs," Baton Rouge Police Detective Elvin Howard Jr. tells Crime Watch Daily. "He cooked his own goose, so to speak, and the truth came out," Burns adds. After careful investigation, authorities discovered Harris was THE ONE behind the anonymous tip about the deadly love triangle. He also attempted to throw off investigators by leaving fake hair at the crime scene and dropping Tate's wallet in a dangerous neighborhood to make it look like a robbery. Investigators found additional evidence that pointed to Harris, including scratches on his body and Tate's blood on a bottle of bleach and glasses. In dramatic interrogation video obtained by Crime Watch Daily, Harris is seen adamantly denying having a hand in Tate's murder. Harris was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 40 years of hard labor.

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