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>> 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, its 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 b...

>> would walk into a courtroom and she would look like shed on the place. >> loved defending her clients. loved the law. >> stay late at work to read up on a murder case. but the next murder that police wound up investigating was hers. >> she is representing some really hardened criminals. maybe somebody had a beef with her? >> it was personal. >> the clues, a missing gucci wallet, mystery strands of hair. >> >> its suggested that a female had maybe killed her. and had pulled the hair ...

>> she had recently won a half million dollar jury verdict. that is pretty awfully good fo somebody out of a short time >> chicago was one of seven. her father absent, raised by her grandma in the neighborhoo of boarded up houses smart and determined, rose above her impoverished early years. once refuse was lit, she becam a rocket >> she was talented, she had overcome so very much in a short time period. she was the star of her family >> chicago was the first in he family to go to college. then ...

Grabbed me. pretty much to hold me up, because i was going down. and that is when he told me she was that. >> tricky does loved ones were huddled together when veteran detectives rolled up to the scene. >> the responding officers told you that is the husband over there, but you have not approached him yet. >> he was up to the point where uniform patrol to put him in the back of the humvee. >> we tried to gathers much information as possible. >> detectives began their standard investigative ritua...

Years. once refuse was lit, she became a rocket. >> she was talented, she had overcome so very much in a short time period. she was the star of her family. >> chicago was the first in her family to go to college. then she enrolled and hometown southern law school. got grabbed up by law firm, where she started clerking while studying for the bar. and that is when she met legal assistant lacey. >> she was driven, wanting to get that next todays game is high. sponsored by and aarp, the younger you ...

Case. >> the statue is the question i would likely -- >> after a quick chat, headed back to her office where workers were finishing a case. lacey left at her regular time at about 5:30 and remembers being concerned about the smell of varnish. >> i said, keisha do not stay in here too late because the smell was just overpower. she said less, im not staying here, late just going to read this. >> but she did stay late. tricky does husband gregg told police that his wife called him around seven or s...