OCILLA — A jury on Friday found a man accused of killing a popular high school teacher who vanished from her rural Georgia hometown in 2005 not guilty of murder.
Jury finds man not guilty of murder in teacher's 2005 death
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![An image of Tara Grinstead is displayed on a billboard in Ocilla, Ga. Ryan Duke, charged with murdering Grinstead, a popular high school teacher who vanished in 2005, went on trial Monday, May 9, 2022, with prosecutors and defense attorneys clashing over](https://statesboroherald.cdn-anvilcms.net/media/images/2022/05/21/images/grinstead.max-752x423.jpg)
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