Teacher and former beauty queen disappeared in October 2005.
. Nearly 12 years after Tara's disappearance, on February 23, 2017, Ryan Duke appeared in court, charged with Tara's murder. He pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.I received a phone call … And the voice on the other end of the phone said, you know,"Brother, your 12 years of hell is over. … we have made an arrest."Ryan Duke at his first court hearing after his arrest in February 2017, charged with Tara Grinstead's murder. He pleaded not guilty.
BO DUKES [GBI interview]: He told me that he had killed Tara Grinstead. I didn't believe him. I thought he was out of his mind. I told him, you know, leave me alone …BO DUKES [GBI interview]: Again, I didn't believe him … he asked me to come with him out to —to the pecan orchard. It took a jury less than an hour to convict Bo Dukes on all charges. His hope for mercy was dashed. At his sentencing, Tara Grinstead's stepmother Connie addressed the court:
BO DUKES [GBI interview]: He jumped on her, while he was —she was in bed and strangled her right there in her bed.: One said she had clothes on, the other said she did not. It's kind of odd, isn't it?And it was about to get even more unsettled when at Ryan's murder trial he took the stand and recanted his confession, saying it was really Bo Dukes who killed Tara.: She was such a good person … She just didn't deserve it.
Ryan admitted he was asked by Bo to help dispose of Tara's body in the orchard and moved her to the burn pile. He recalled that moment.RYAN DUKE: He starts laughing at me. … He lit her on fire.RYAN DUKE: Was like he wasn't there.But what about that latex glove with Ryan's DNA on it found in Tara's front yard? Ryan testified he had never even gone to Tara's house, and the glove was only discovered there on Monday by Tara's neighbors — over a day after she went missing.
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