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Statements from them. >> reporter: the detectives told the prosecutor that both women insisted chiquita wasn't their lover, just a good attorney. >> we loved her work. she was a friend, but that's where it ended. >> reporter: still, the detectives took a closer look at the couple. >> we didn't see any scratches on their arms. we also realized one of the suspects had braids and not a weave in her hair. >> reporter: what's more, police say that both women had alibis. legal assistant lessie hookfin was sure the secret love triangle was nonsense. >> owe -- i knew about the adoption. i knew the cli...

Was dead. >> reporter: chiquita's loved ones were huddled together when veteran homicide detectives chris johnson and elvin howard rolled up to the scene. >> so the responding officers told you, "that's the husband over there," but he's on the edge of things for you. you haven't approached him yet?" >> that's -- that's correct. >> he was upset to the point where uniform patrol had to put him in the back of the unit. >> so do you go up at the point? >> no. at that time, we try to gather as much information as possible. >> reporter: the detectives began their standard investigative ritual -- put...

Rising Star Criminal Defense Attorney Meets Her Own Tragic End In Louisiana “She was butchered,” prosecutor Prem Burns said of seeing Chiquita Tate brutally stabbed to death on the floor of her Baton Rouge legal office after working late one night on an upcoming murder case.  Chiquita Tate—a rising defense attorney in the Louisiana legal scene—had been working late in February 2009 to prepare for an upcoming murder trial when she tragically became a murder victim herself. The 34-year-old was stabbed 43 times in a brutal attack at her Baton Rouge law office, and left s...