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For more than a decade, police have been searching for answers in the disappearance of a Georgia Beauty queen. Finally an arrest made. Tonight learning how Police Tracked down the suspect. Heres abcs matt gutman. Reporter she was a beloved High School Teacher and an experienced beauty pageant contestant. 30yearold Tara Grinstead vanished in 2005, her disappearance an unsolved mystery that consumed this small southern town and made headlines across the country. Tara grinstead was beautiful on the outside and on the inside. She had won several beauty pageants. Reporter she was crowned miss tipton, reportedly last seen at a cookout with friends, then she went missing. Her disappearance almost two weeks ago has galvanized this community. Reporter her family desperate for answers, even creating this website to try to solicit tips. But the mysterious case went cold. Good afternoon. Thank you all for coming. Reporter just this week, nearly 12 years later, a break in the case that has plagued this community for so long. I can say that this gentleman never came up on our radar through the investigation. Reporter it was saturday, october 22nd, 2005. Tara had reportedly been up with friends at that cookout. Little did they know it would be the last time theyd see her alive. She was reported missing shortly after. The ocela Police Department responded to her residence. Immediately they suspected foul play. Reporter her home was locked. Her car in her driveway. Her dog was left outside. Only her purse and keys were missing. Taras home was searched extensively for several days, which produced little physical evidence. As with all missing person cases the investigation started focusing on taras Close Friends and associates. Everybody was a suspect, nobody was a suspect. The gbi and local police, irwin county, worked like dogs on this case. Reporter Television Host and former prosecutor nancy grace reported on this story, visiting taras family and home in ocela, georgia. When i went into taras home, the most eerie feeling came over me. To this day i remember meeting with taras family. And that sense of longing. That sense of really giving up hope they would ever find her alive. But just wanting answers. Reporter the Community Rallied together, holding vigils and wearing tshirts with her picture. I cannot even express how my family and our friends i mean, the outpouring of love for tara. Thats her there. Reporter maria woods harper met tara in high school. They became Close Friends. Thats us on the way home from one of our beach trips. Tara was full of energy, full of hope. She had a lot of faith. She made herself a pageant girl. Not because she wanted to be the prettiest girl. Not because she wanted people to think she was beautiful. She wanted scholarship money. Reporter through these 11plus years the gbi and other Law Enforcement officers have received hundreds and hundreds of tips. Each and every tip that came in was vetted and checked against what we had already done in this investigation. Each lead was thoroughly exhausted. Reporter all those leads a dead end. And the case grew cold. But years later, taras story piques the interest of atlanta filmmaker paine lindsay. After digging i found out this is the largest case file in the state of georgia. So that in itself, just the general mystery surrounding the whole thing, drew me in. Reporter he decides to create a podcast called up and vanished to help generate new leads in her disappearance. This is up and vanished, the investigation of Tara Grinstead. Im your host, payne lindsay. My first goal was to find out what happened to Tara Grinstead. My second goal was to find out who had nothing to do with this. Reporter he worked alongside local reporter dusty vasey to gather whatever new clues they could. Now this week investigators reveal a shocking discovery. A few days ago, an individual came forward and reported that they had information in taras disappearance. Reporter a tip leading to the arrest of this man, seen here in his First Court Appearance yesterday. 33yearold Ryan Alexander duke was a student at the school at which tara taught. Graduating about three years before she disappeared. He had no prior criminal record, but now hes been charged with murder and concealing her death. Hes also been charged with aggravated assault and burglary. Duke has not yet entered a plea. Theyre going to interview him. If he doesnt talk, they really are sort of stuck with pulling his background apart and trying to figure out what are his movements . Because clearly, for 12 years, hes been able to hide this crime. Reporter her family grateful that investigators never gave up on their beloved tara. We always believed that it would be solved, we just did not know when. For us this just starts another chapter in a very long and painful journey. We ask that you keep us in your prayers. Our wounds are deep and our hearts are broken. Reporter investigators will not comment on whether paynes podcast or News Coverage directly led to this latest tip, but analysts say keeping the story in the news can help investigators. By regularly keeping a case in the publics eye, whether it be on television, radio, podcasts, social media, et cetera, you never know whos going to see it. Did you have anything to do with the death of your wife . I dont know that shes dead. Reporter the hbo docuseries the jinx chronicled the life of robert durst, the series that led investigators in los angeles to hone in on a key clue in the unsolved murder of dursts friend susan berman who was found shot to death in her home almost 20 years ago. In taras case, the details of exactly what that tip was, or who gave it, still under wraps as the investigation continues. Usually a tip thats 12 years since the crime is going to be someone that either recently heard a piece of information about who was involved, or theyve known all along and just never shared the information because of their relationship maybe with the person of interest. Reporter as for Tara Grinsteads friends and family, they continue to honor her memory as the search for answers and her remains continues. Everybody says closure comes with this. I dont know if you have closure, really, after 11 years and four months of not knowing. Reporter for nightline, im matt gutman in los angeles. Next, an eagleeyed view of Mother Nature courtesy of bbc americas planet earth ii. Later, the strange connection between this sundays oscars and austin powers. Yeah, baby imy moderate to severeng crohns disease. I didnt think there was anything else to talk about. 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Reporter this is nature as ive never seen it before. Planet earth ii airing on bbc america. Theres stirring music. Slick camera work. Bumpbacks. During the breeding season the flamingos perform these peculiar courtship dances reporter and of course the now 90yearold David Attenboroughs voice. Lizards that soar like dragons reporter its 10 years since the mindshattering planet earth won. Its a hard act to follow, it took us five years to make it. We had to go to places we hadnt been before. We can now show life on our planet in entirely new ways, bring you closer to animals than ever before Camera Technology is a big part of what we do. Planting gyrostabilized mounts. So you can lie there and move the camera past these creatures. Makes the audience forget theyre people, that theyre even an audience. They feel, im there. Reporter motionactivated cameras at 16,000 feet to capture the reclusive snow leopard. I think its probably the most amazing remote camera shot anyones done anywhere. Reporter planning a staff of 1,000, 40 countries, four years in production. Its like a military operation at times. Sometimes we would have six or seven shoots going out in the same weeks. Reporter in this series theres talk of evolution, survival, freshly hatched marine iguanas instinctively know to run for their lives. People are so completely wrapped up in the drama. I think they also see a connection. They almost can put themselves in the shoes of that poor iguana. Reporter i find the series almost humanizes. I related, got emotional. Hearttugging drama. A daddy penguin desperate to feed his hungry kids, waiting amongst a colony of thousands, how will he find them . Thankfully a happy ending. And theres a hapless hero on a mission for love. Thats an enticing call. From a female. Reporter will he . Wont he . Its a slomo nail biter. A hollywood romcom. Could this be her . He does his best to put on a turn of speed. But shes not the one. She already has a baby. Reporter the island episode alone takes us places most of us will never go. Madagascar. The island now has some 250,000 different species, most found nowhere else on earth. Reporter and galapagos, of course, for surfing seals and their extraordinary neighbors. Seagoing iguanas. They are conveniently darrveget. But since theres little food for them on land, marine iguanas graze on the sea floor. Reporter theres a whole episode devoted to the mountains and their lively inhabitants. Some itches just have to be scratched. Ive got two small kids as well. So im always on that kind of dad mission to make them smile. To best spread their scent, they really have to put their back into it. Reporter this footage actually shot by an eagle. There was one guy who had an eagle that he had trained to carry cameras. We thought, well, this is an interesting opportunity. Reporter the last show in the series dedicated to how they pulled this off. Resilience. Some gallows humor. They tend to use my tent as a poop spot. Kind of get used to hearing at night a constant estimate on top of the tent. Reporter immense bravery. Reporter patience brings pay dirt. Ow you do get bugs, you do get diseases, you do feel uncomfortable. But you generally feel thats compensated by what you see and what you achieve. Reporter theres also an episode our ban wildlife, our changing planet. They didnt do that in series one. Animals often adapt and thrive in our manmade jungle. New york city has the highest density of nesting peregrines anywhere on the planet. Down at street level, there is a lot of potential prey. A leopard. Reporter mumbai, india. Every night under the cover of darkness they come out to hunt. Reporter sometimes, not often, people are their prey. Usually its pigs. The highest concentration of leopards in the world is right here. Reporter given my line of work this might sound strange. One secret for me, lest host, more animals. We barely see david attenborough, its all about nature. Never have those wildernesses been as fragile and precious as they are today. Reporter we hear that wonderful voice and see these unforgettable images. Im nick watt for nightline in los angeles. Planet earth ii airs saturdays on bbc america. Next, the producers of this Sundays Academy awards taking us into the celebrity green room and revealing their biggest anxiety about the show. Theres no party like a lobster party, and this is the lobster party. Red lobsters lobsterfest is back with 9 irresistible lobster dishes. Yeah, its a lot. Try tender lobster lovers dream and see how sweet a lobster dream can be. Or pick two delicious lobster tails with new lobster mix and match. The only thing more tempting than one succulent lobster tail, is two. Is your mouth watering yet . Good. Because theres something for everyone, and everyones invited. So come in today. Cough doesnt sound so good. Take mucinex dm. 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We feel like its their time to shine in that 45 seconds, to use that time by the way, it begins the minute they get out of the seat. Reporter for winners, 45 seconds to walk, accept, and speak. Its thrilling and scary. When the winners are up there, they really have us by the thing that i cant say. We like the spontaneous moments. Wed take a streaker. Reporter that hasnt happened since 74. Wont happen again. If i try to get in naked, it wouldnt happen . Reporter this producer pair worked together in austin powers days. Oh, behave reporter they know how to entertain. I like the emotional moments like when halle berry won, her speech was really moving and emotional. This moment is so much bigger than me. Reporter that year by the way was the 4 23 longest show ever. If Something Like that is happening youre not going to Start Playing the music . No, no, of course not. Its not a casebycase basis. Unless its someone whos wronged us in our careers. Thats right. Reporter backstage the rolex green room is ready. The venetian crystal chandelier. No cameras allowed sunday night. They made me take my shoes off. If only these walls could talk monday morning. Im nick watt for nightline in hollywood. You can see the Academy Awards this sunday night right here on abc. Thank you for watching abc news. And as always, were online at abcnews. Com and our Nightline Facebook page. Thanks for the company, america. Have a good weekend. Good night. Hey, everybody, im hoping to make some people very rich today. Maybe 1 million rich. Did i mention i love this job . Lets play who wants to be millionaire. [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] welcome to who wants to be a millionaire. Are you guys ready to play today . I am, too. Our first contestant has been running a business for the last 17 years and needs to win 1 million to help expand her familys restaurant. From tallahassee, florida, please welcome alicea acevedo. [cheers and applause] hi. 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