Tara Baker's Murder Trial: Edrick Faust Sentenced in Killing

Judge Sentences Tara Baker’s Killer to Two Life Sentences

Edrick Faust was sentenced to two life terms plus 45 years for the 2001 rape and murder of University of Georgia law student Tara Baker. (2/19/26)

Tara Baker's murder trial: Edrick Faust sentenced in killing

Edrick Faust, the convicted killer of University of Georgia law student Tara Baker, was sentenced in an Athens Clarke County courtroom on Thursday afternoon.

District attorney issues release on prosecution of Baker murder case

Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Kalki Yalamanchili today issued the followingA jury of Athens-Clarke County residents returned a guilty verdict on February 17th, 2026, holding Edrick Lamont Faust accountable for his murder and sexual assault of Tara Baker on January 19th, 2001.  The jury found the defendant guilty of Malice Murder, Felony Murder, Rape, Aggravated Sodomy, Burglary, Aggravated Assault, Arson, and Possession of a Knife D…