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Jury hears closing arguments in trial over slain teacher
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
An image of Tara Grinstead is displayed on a billboard in Ocilla, Ga. A jury on Friday found a man accused of killing the popular high school teacher who vanished from her rural Georgia hometown in 2005 not guilty of murder. - photo by Associated Press
OCILLA — The trial of a man charged with murdering a popular high school teacher who vanished in from her rural Georgia hometown in 2005 closed Thursday with prosecutors and defense attorneys clashing over they key piece of evidence: the defendant's recorded confession.
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