Prosecutors, Defense Agree To Move Trial In Tara Grinstead Slaying
The defense claimed Ryan Alexander Duke couldn’t get a fair trial in the rural southwest Georgia town where one-time beauty queen Tara Grinstead vanished in 2005.
Elliott Minor
Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree a court should move the trial of a man accused of killing a Georgia high school teacher last seen 13 years ago.
Media outlets report prosecutors agreed to a change of venue request filed by attorneys for 33-year-old Ryan Alexander Duke at a hearing Monday.
The defense claimed Duke couldn’t get a fair trial in the rural southwest Georgia town where one-time beauty queen Tara Grinstead vanished in 2005.
The judge has yet to rule on whether to relocate the case. But the defense dropped a separate request to dismiss some charges.
Duke was indicted on murder charges last year. Another man, Bo Dukes, is charged with helping dispose of the body.
Grinstead’s disappearance was the focus of the podcast “Up and Vanished.”
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