Tuesday, Nov. 24th:
*Status Hearing (Wilcox County) (@ am ET) – GA - *Bo Dukes (34 @ time of crime/36/now 37) a Wilcox County GJ indicted (Sept. 2017) with 4 charges: 2 counts making false statements (to GBI), 1 count of hindering apprehension of a criminal & 1 count of concealing the death of another. Wilcox County
Dukes MAY go to trial later this month (March, 2019) in charges related to the case in Wilcox County. 4/9/19: Dukes reported Tuesday at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification State Prison in Jackson to start his 25-year sentence. Dukes was convicted of 4 charges in Wilcox County: 2 counts of making false statements, 1 count of hindering apprehension or punishment of a criminal & 1 count of concealing the death of another.
10/22/20 Update: A hearing set for Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilcox County for Dukes. The judge will consider Dukes' request for a new trial.
*Indicted (@ am ET) - GA – Unidentified Woman (Jan. 19, 2017) - *Bo Dukes (34 @ time of crime/36/now 37) indicted (1/19/19) with rape, aggravated sodomy & possession of firearm/knife during commission of crime. Houston County
Also charged with:
*Indicted – GA - (June, 2017) by a Ben Hill County grand jury indicted Dukes on 3 counts: concealing the death of another (burning Tara’s body), 2 counts of making false statements, tampering with evidence & hindering apprehension of a criminal. Ben Hill County
3/17/19: Calendar Call hearing; no update as of 12/25/19. No update since 11/15/20.
*Charged – GA -2 ladies (Jan. 1, 2019) -*Bo Dukes (34 @ time of crime/now 37) charged (1/6/19), indicted (1/15/19) & arraigned (2/17/19) with 1 count of rape (2019), 2 counts for aggravated sodomy, 2 counts for kidnapping, 2 counts for aggravated assault, 4 counts for possession of firearm/knife commission of crime & 1 count for possession of firearm/knife by convicted felon. Plead not guilty. Held without bond. Houston County
1/6/19 Update: Made appearance before Judge charged with rape, aggravated sodomy, false imprisonment & possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Warner Robbins case. Held without bond. No further dates given. Dukes is currently in state custody & will eventually be turned over (1/9/19) to federal custody & will complete six months in federal prison, as part of his revoked supervised release. Houston County Warner Robins case on 1/1/20.
*Convicted: GA -Tara Faye Grinstead (29) (Oct. 22, 2005, Ocilla) - *Bo Dukes (21 @ time of crime/32/now 37) arrested & charged (3/3/17) with concealing a death, hindering the apprehension of a criminal & giving false statements. Released on $16,700 bond on 3/3/17 afternoon; waived right to his first hearing. Violated his bond, back in jail. Irwin County Dukes has not been charged with murder.
Trial started 3/18/19 & went to 3/21/19. 7 women and 5 men (including 3 alternates/1 woman & 2 men). Breakdown of the 12 jurors: 3 black females, 4 white females, 1 black male, 4 white males.
3/21/19: GUILTY on two counts of making false statements, one count of hindering apprehension or punishment of a criminal & one count of concealing the death of another.
3/22/19: Judge sentenced Bo Dukes to max —25 years. 5 years for count 1, 5 years for count 2, 5 years for count 3, 10 years for count 4. That’s the maximum sentence of 25 years for his involvement in Tara's death.
Accomplice:
*Ryan Alexander Duke (33/21 @ time of crime) arrested (2/23/17), indicted (4/2017) & arraigned (5/4/17) with 2 counts of felony murder & 1 count of malice murder, aggravated assault, burglary & concealing death of another. Plead not guilty. Held without bail. Irwin County. Trial was to start 4/1/19, Defense files motion to delay. GA Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on 5/7. 5/7/19: Status hearing on 9/3/19. GA Supreme Court to hear case sometime in May, 2020 & due to coronavirus was changed to November, 2020 to January, 2021. Oral Arguments hearing on 1/21/21.
