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

[petra]

I have been asked to post Tara's web page. They are asking for all the help they can get. This is so heartbreaking for family, friends and the community.
As in way,way too many similar circumstances.

Thank you.


http://www.findtara.com/

 

[concernedperson]

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.

I have this little working theory that Marcus let himself into Tara's home after she was asleep (It was said he has a key). The lamp, clock and necklace on the floor indicate a struggle. I believe he incapacitated her and put her in her own car and drove to a disposal site. He has military training i.e. Special Forces or Green Berets....they know how to snap a neck in seconds.

The reason for using her car is her DNA would be expected in it and returning it makes sure that the vehicle is nowhere near the body. No body,no crime. His friend picked him up and they returned to whatever they were doing. I think he dropped the latex glove by accident in the front yard.

 

[CrimeHater]

I have this little working theory that Marcus let himself into Tara's home after she was asleep (It was said he has a key). The lamp, clock and necklace on the floor indicate a struggle. I believe he incapacitated her and put her in her own car and drove to a disposal site. He has military training i.e. Special Forces or Green Berets....they know how to snap a neck in seconds.

The reason for using her car is her DNA would be expected in it and returning it makes sure that the vehicle is nowhere near the body. No body,no crime. His friend picked him up and they returned to whatever they were doing. I think he dropped the latex glove by accident in the front yard.

Sounds very realistic to me!

 

[panthera]

I have this little working theory that Marcus let himself into Tara's home after she was asleep (It was said he has a key). The lamp, clock and necklace on the floor indicate a struggle. I believe he incapacitated her and put her in her own car and drove to a disposal site. He has military training i.e. Special Forces or Green Berets....they know how to snap a neck in seconds.

The reason for using her car is her DNA would be expected in it and returning it makes sure that the vehicle is nowhere near the body. No body,no crime. His friend picked him up and they returned to whatever they were doing. I think he dropped the latex glove by accident in the front yard.

Your speculation is right where I'm headed with this case also...I don't think there's any "mystery person" but rather someone she knew well...especially with the training he has.

 

[alpharee]

I have been told so many times that cops are the biggest cheaters (NO offense... just repeating what I've been told) This just wouldn't make LE look to good if this turns out true.

You have been told correctly! Was married 12 years to one, worked in LE too and I'd have to sadly say about 95% of all officers cheat! They have so many opportunities.

My divorce of 12 years finally ended when my Officer met one he thought he just couldn't live without.:loser:

BUT my sun did shine again, married my bestest friend 6 months ago! :blowkiss:

 

[Bobbisangel]

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.

I think they should check out the ex-boyfriend's vehicle/home and the police car that the cop was driving the night Tara disappeared. Just because a guy wears a badge and carries a gun doesn't mean that he can't be involved in criminal activity. We know Tara and the ex weren't getting along and the cop probably wasn't to happy with her for filing a complaint on him. I wonder if anyone saw the two guys riding around together that night. It could be just an alibi for the boyfriend.

For that ex boyfriend to yell things like "you f---ing " at Tara when they would pass each other on the street shows his maturity and igornance.
He must have really been steamed about something. Maybe his temper got the best of him and he ended up killing her. Personally I think that he is the one they really need to focus on.

Not only was Tara's lamp broken and laying on the floor and her clock on the floor under the bed but a necklace that she had made and worn that night was also found on the bedroom floor and the clothes she had worn to dinner weren't hung up. Her mom says that that is not Tara. She would never leave her clothes laying and never would she leave a necklace on the floor. It sounds like she had just gotten home and changed her clothes and someone came to her door.

What about that vinyl glove they found in the middle of her yard? Nancy G. said that she looked all through Tara's house and they were no vinyl gloves in the house. They were going to send that glove to the crime lab and have them turn it inside out to see if they could get any fingerprints. Wonder how that went?

Maybe they should ask the ex and the cop to take a lie detector test!!!!

 

[CrimeHater]

You have been told correctly! Was married 12 years to one, worked in LE too and I'd have to sadly say about 95% of all officers cheat! They have so many opportunities.

My divorce of 12 years finally ended when my Officer met one he thought he just couldn't live without.:loser:

BUT my sun did shine again, married my bestest friend 6 months ago! :blowkiss:

Good for you! Sounds like a much happier ending!:clap:

 

[Trino]

I think they should check out the ex-boyfriend's vehicle/home and the police car that the cop was driving the night Tara disappeared. Just because a guy wears a badge and carries a gun doesn't mean that he can't be involved in criminal activity. We know Tara and the ex weren't getting along and the cop probably wasn't to happy with her for filing a complaint on him. I wonder if anyone saw the two guys riding around together that night. It could be just an alibi for the boyfriend.

Maybe they should ask the ex and the cop to take a lie detector test!!!!

I completely agree. I wonder what the cop has said so far about their whereabouts and how MH acted during their ride.

 

[Shadow205]

I think they should check out the ex-boyfriend's vehicle/home and the police car that the cop was driving the night Tara disappeared. Just because a guy wears a badge and carries a gun doesn't mean that he can't be involved in criminal activity. We know Tara and the ex weren't getting along and the cop probably wasn't to happy with her for filing a complaint on him. I wonder if anyone saw the two guys riding around together that night. It could be just an alibi for the boyfriend.

For that ex boyfriend to yell things like "you f---ing " at Tara when they would pass each other on the street shows his maturity and igornance.
He must have really been steamed about something. Maybe his temper got the best of him and he ended up killing her. Personally I think that he is the one they really need to focus on.

Not only was Tara's lamp broken and laying on the floor and her clock on the floor under the bed but a necklace that she had made and worn that night was also found on the bedroom floor and the clothes she had worn to dinner weren't hung up. Her mom says that that is not Tara. She would never leave her clothes laying and never would she leave a necklace on the floor. It sounds like she had just gotten home and changed her clothes and someone came to her door.

What about that vinyl glove they found in the middle of her yard? Nancy G. said that she looked all through Tara's house and they were no vinyl gloves in the house. They were going to send that glove to the crime lab and have them turn it inside out to see if they could get any fingerprints. Wonder how that went?

Maybe they should ask the ex and the cop to take a lie detector test!!!!

All police cars have a box of vinyl gloves in them. A pair is also carried in a pouch on a police officer's gun belt.

 

[Bobbisangel]

All police cars have a box of vinyl gloves in them. A pair is also carried in a pouch on a police officer's gun belt.

I wonder if whoever shoved the gloves in his pocket and one fell out in the yard. I wonder if LE have checked to see if that glove from the yard is the same brand as are kept in police cars? I know that you can buy gloves anywhere but you can bet that the police probably order theirs in bulk from a certain place. I hope the cops aren't leary of checking out one of their own.
Heck, the ex boyfriend could have taken gloves from the cop car before he got out of the police car if he was actually riding in it that night. Right now my money is on the ex boyfriend.

 

[concernedperson]

I wonder if whoever shoved the gloves in his pocket and one fell out in the yard. I wonder if LE have checked to see if that glove from the yard is the same brand as are kept in police cars? I know that you can buy gloves anywhere but you can bet that the police probably order theirs in bulk from a certain place. I hope the cops aren't leary of checking out one of their own.
Heck, the ex boyfriend could have taken gloves from the cop car before he got out of the police car if he was actually riding in it that night. Right now my money is on the ex boyfriend.

I am so with you on this. I believe a groundswell of public opinion is rising.

 

[Trino]

Apparently, MH's alibi officer friend didn't care much for Tara. Maybe he "donated" the latex glove. Or, maybe he helped use it. I'd like to know more about him.

 

[panthera]

Apparently, MH's alibi officer friend didn't care much for Tara. Maybe he "donated" the latex glove. Or, maybe he helped use it. I'd like to know more about him.

Both Harper and Fletcher had reason to "help each other" and likewise would cover for each other ("the code")...

 

[concernedperson]

TexasEquaSearch is doing another search this weekend. Hopefully there will be some resolve. This case is getting colder and colder when it should be heating up. There are a multitude of possibles but nothing.

 

[petra]

IS ex-BF around or is he back on duty in Iraq?

 

[concernedperson]

IS ex-BF around or is he back on duty in Iraq?

I only wish I knew. Things have disappeared. I hope Nancy does an update soon.

 

[mysteriew]

Months of desperate and fruitless searches by an army of volunteers have so far yielded no clues into the disappearance of high school teacher and former beauty queen Tara Grinstead, but the missing woman's friends and family are not giving up hope.

Tomorrow, under the direction of Texas EquuSearch, teams of volunteers will fan out again through the swampy lowlands in Tara's native region of Georgia. This time, the two-day search in Irwin and surrounding counties will focus on some of the many wells that dot the countryside, said Barbara Gibson, a four-year veteran of Texas EquuSearch, in a brief telephone interview today from the organization's Dickinson, Texas headquarters. Organizers are anticipating some 300 volunteers to join the search and as in the past the effort will have a decidedly neighborly feel. Some volunteers who are less adept at slogging through the marshlands, made soggier still in the past days by steady rains, have agreed, for example, to prepare meals for the searchers.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/news/original/0106/2001_equusearch_hi-tech_search_tara_grinstead.html

 

[michelle]

i wish they would find something...

 

[Becba]

Could the officer have been the cop friend of the family?

 

[PonderingThings]

Unidentified woman... possible match? Timeframe is off though... also we only have limited information to go on about the Jane Doe.

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35302