GA - Tara Grinstead, 29, Ocilla, 22 Oct 2005 #1 *Arrests*

[sirensong]

Has anyone heard anything lately? I feel so bad for her family.

 

[Trino]

courttv tara grinstead has more info. It seems pretty certain that Tara did not run away.

Initially, I thought MH wasn't involved, but according to those who know the situation, MH spent 5:30 - 10:00 a.m. sleeping at his parent's house, a stone's throw (maybe a little more) away from Tara's house. On one side of the fence I question a motive for him; on the other side of the fence, I question the time he actually left the bar and the time he spent with his LE friend. He has an attorney spokesman, so there will be no info from him.

There has not been more info about D, the 20-caller, only that he was a family friend. No one has much to say about the neighbor man.

There's speculation of everything from a cover-up to incompetence in the original investigation. But, to answer your question, the case has not gone anywhere. The GBI apparently does not answer to the public, only to the LE agency that requested their involvement. It would be interesting to know the family's take on the case.

 

[mysteriew]

Robert Hardiman, Director of Trackers Global, a non-profit organization dedicated to the recovery of missing, abducted and runaway persons, contacted Court TV's Crime Library about a major search effort being mounted in Ben Hill County, GA. The search will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 and will continue on Sunday, Jan. 8. Volunteers are asked to assemble at the Ben Hill County Senior Citizens Center at 253 Appomattox Road in Fitzgerald. The Senior Citizens Center is located just behind the Ben Hill County Sheriff's Department.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0106/0303_tara_search_continues.html

 

[jodierenee]

bumping for tara.

 

[mysteriew]

A two-day search for evidence in the missing teacher case of Tara Grinstead came to an end Sunday evening.

"We have no doubt that the area was thoroughly covered, and there is nothing left to search for," said Robert Hardiman of Trackers Global, a nonprofit search agency based in Hazlehurst.
The search was done after a tip came into Trackers, Hardiman said.
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/13581154.htm

 

[Shadow205]

Nancy Grace on location in Georgia. On now.

 

[RCOOKE]

There is another search for Tara planned on January 21 and 22.

 

[petra]

from 12 Jan-

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/12/ng.01.html

 

[concernedperson]

Nancy Grace covered this case last night on CNN Headline news. It was excellent....I believe Petra has posted a link in the Missing Forum. If anyone wants to discuss, please do. Lots of new info....the biggest thing to me is Marcus Harper went on a ride along with LE friend Fletcher, the night Tara disappeared. Coincidently, Tara had filed a formal complaint against Fletcher a short time earlier. (I hadn't heard the name Fletcher before).

 

[petra]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/12/ng.01.html


This isprobably a better place to post link. thanks CP

 

[Mellen]

Quote from Nancy Grace transcript:

"GRACE: Right. And to Anita Gattis, is it true -- my sources have told me that this ex-boyfriend would actually yell at her, "You f-ing *advertiser censored*," at a red light.

GATTIS: At a red light when she was in the car with another gentleman, yes. "

I found this to be very interesting. If it is true, it shows there was much more acrimony on MH's part in relation to the breakup than he professes.

 

[concernedperson]

Quote from Nancy Grace transcript:

"GRACE: Right. And to Anita Gattis, is it true -- my sources have told me that this ex-boyfriend would actually yell at her, "You f-ing *advertiser censored*," at a red light.

GATTIS: At a red light when she was in the car with another gentleman, yes. "

I found this to be very interesting. If it is true, it shows there was much more acrimony on MH's part in relation to the breakup than he professes.

I totally agree. Last night's show gave me a whole lot more insight to the case than before. Especially the news that Fletcher was the LE friend he was riding around with the night Tara disappeared. It seems Tara had filed a formal report against Fletcher.

 

[CrimeHater]

from 12 Jan-

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/12/ng.01.html

That was all very interesting!

 

[Bobbisangel]

I thought the things that Tara's family had to say about the boyfriend were interesting. Guess they had had a few royal battles. He would see her driving in her car and he would yell "you f---ing *advertiser censored*." Family said that the boyfriend was driving with his policeman friend,who was on duty, the night Tara disappeared. Tara had filed a complaint against the policeman right before she went missing. I can't remember what the complaint was for.

I wonder if the cop is covering the boyfriend's butt or if the boyfriend is covering the cops butt??? If I had to choose a suspect out of the people the family talked about my first pick would be the boyfriend. Sounds like those two guys are being each others alibis.

 

[michelle]

I thought the things that Tara's family had to say about the boyfriend were interesting. Guess they had had a few royal battles. He would see her driving in her car and he would yell "you f---ing *advertiser censored*." Family said that the boyfriend was driving with his policeman friend,who was on duty, the night Tara disappeared. Tara had filed a complaint against the policeman right before she went missing. I can't remember what the complaint was for.

I wonder if the cop is covering the boyfriend's butt or if the boyfriend is covering the cops butt??? If I had to choose a suspect out of the people the family talked about my first pick would be the boyfriend. Sounds like those two guys are being each others alibis.

thats scary....

 

[SewingDeb]

I think Tara's complaint was about the policeman telling her boyfriend when he came home from Iraq about the school boy who was beating on her door. She didn't think it was his place to tell anyone.

 

[txsvicki]

I think Tara's complaint was about the policeman telling her boyfriend when he came home from Iraq about the school boy who was beating on her door. She didn't think it was his place to tell anyone.

I'm sorry, I'm confused and saw all this for the first time on Nancy Grace tonight. Is this boyfriend who was home from Iraq the same one Tara was upset over and had dated for 6 years or a new boyfriend? This all sounds very odd, the abusive ex being friends with a cop who was trying to start some trouble about the obsessed school boy. It sounds like poor Tara was really surrounded by some men who were so far beneath her. She seems like a girl who deserved so much better treatment.

 

[petra]

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/13/ng.01.html

 

[petra]

I'm sorry, I'm confused and saw all this for the first time on Nancy Grace tonight. Is this boyfriend who was home from Iraq the same one Tara was upset over and had dated for 6 years or a new boyfriend? This all sounds very odd, the abusive ex being friends with a cop who was trying to start some trouble about the obsessed school boy. It sounds like poor Tara was really surrounded by some men who were so far beneath her. She seems like a girl who deserved so much better treatment.

Hi txsvcki--you are not confused....you are spot on.

same BF......and cop revealed private info that he obtained as part of his employment to this BF who dated Tara for circa 6 yrs, and was home from Iraq.

 

[CrimeHater]

I wish they would do some kind of DNA checking in the car the ex boy friend and the other cop were in the night she went missing. Its seems like they would focus on that a little more since its obvious that it was someone that knew her. Not only that, they don't have the best alibi.
Of course LE probably doesn't want to focus too much on it being someone on the "inside". That might make them look bad.