Four years after a brutal and unsolved killing inside Piedmont Park, the only way Kristy Stupka vividly remembers her friend’s voice is through her music.

Five of Katie Janness’ songs are still available online, and when Stupka starts missing her friend, she’ll turn on a tune.

“It keeps her alive when you hear her voice,” she said.

For those who knew Janness best, Atlanta never felt the same after she and her dog Bowie were found fatally stabbed multiple times just inside the park off the 10th Street entrance on July 28, 2021. Janness, 40, lived near the Midtown park, loved to sing and worked at a nearby restaurant.

The killing prompted demands for better park safety and spurred countless online sleuths to dissect the few details police have released. As the years have passed, memo

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