"Have we had a person hit a homeless person before? Yes. Does there appear to be a pattern? No, thankfully," he said.
Tara Cole's mother, Pearl, said she believes her 32-year-old daughter -- a bright, free spirit who loved music and wanted to record in Nashville and who was so fond of animals she wouldn't kill spiders -- didn't die in vain.
"Everyone who met her knew that something was different about her," she said. "She did have an impact on those around her. I know something good will come of this."



