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An alleged thief broke into the home of a former Georgia beauty queen and high school teacher more than 16 years ago, killed her and set her body on fire with the help of an accomplice, prosecutors said Monday in a Georgia courtroom.
A Georgia man charged with murdering a popular high school teacher who vanished in 2005 went on trial Monday with prosecutors and defense attorneys clashing over whether the jury should believe the defendant's confession to investigators.
OCILLA, Ga. (AP) -- A Georgia man charged with murdering a popular high school teacher who vanished in 2005 went on trial Monday with prosecutors and
Opening statements in the murder trial for the man accused of killing Tara Grinstead begin Monday, nearly 17 years since the last time anyone saw the south Georgia teacher and beauty queen alive.
OCILLA, Ga. (AP) — More than 16 years after a popular high school teacher vanished from her rural Georgia home, a man is set to stand trial for her murder. The disappearance of 30-year-old Tara Grinstead, a history teacher and former beauty queen, after she left an evening cookout in October 2005 lingered as an unsolved mystery for more than a decade.