What happened Ryan Duke?
In March 2019, Dukes was sentenced to 25 years in prison for concealing Grinstead’s death. Dukes initially claimed he didn’t know anything about the disappearance and death of Grinstead. Months later, Dukes confessed. He didn’t kill Grinstead but helped dispose of the body, according to evidence at his trial.
Where is Ryan Dukes now?
Dukes is serving his sentence in state prison now while awaiting trial for Ben Hill County charges including for burning Grinstead’s body.
Who actually killed Tara Grinstead?
On February 23, 2017, the GBI announced that they had received a tip that led to the arrest of Ryan Alexander Duke for Grinstead’s murder. About three years before Grinstead’s disappearance, Duke had attended Irwin County High School, where Grinstead was employed as a teacher.
What happened to Tara Grinstead body?
The Pecan Orchard Bo Dukes then sat down for an interview with the GBI, and told them that in October 2005, Ryan Duke came to him saying he had killed Grinstead and dumped her body in a pecan orchard that Bo Dukes’ family owned.
Where was Tara grinsteads body found?
So, he went to trial hoping jurors might show mercy for a man who had already confessed to his role in the crime. Prosecutors played that videotape of Bo’s interview with the GBI. Bo recounted what Ryan told him the day after Tara disappeared: BO DUKES [GBI interview]: He told me that he had killed Tara Grinstead.
Was the body of Tara Grinstead found?
According to WXIA 11, Duke entered Grinstead’s home to burglarize it, then climbed into bed with her and strangled her to death. Duke then showed Dukes the body and they spent two days burning Grinstead’s remains, which is why she was never found — though she was declared legally dead in 2010 at her father’s request.
Who was Ryan Duke?
Ryan Duke is charged with murder in connection to the death and disappearance of Tara Grinstead in 2005. After more than a decade, Ryan Duke was arrested in February 2017. A second person, Bo Dukes, was also arrested for the disappearance of Grinstead in March 2017.
What did Ryan Duke do to Tara?
Ryan told the GBI he killed Tara by striking her. Later, he said it was possible that he choked her. But Bo says Ryan was certain about what happened: BO DUKES [GBI interview]: He jumped on her, while he was —she was in bed and strangled her right there in her bed.
