Tara Grinstead

Man Hopes New Podcast Can Help Solve South Georgia Mystery

... he said. Lindsey has also been sharing new leads and information with a private investigator who worked with Grinstead's family shortly after her disappearance, he told WSB. Ultimately, he hopes the podcast helps authorities to finally find out what happened to Grinstead. "I think it will be solved and I hope I'm a part of it," Lindsey said. Police have described the disappearance as a missing person case. "We certainly are still considering it a missing persons case and the possibility of abduction is not being ruled out. We don't have any evidence of that," Ocilla Police Chief Billy Hancock told The Associated Press in February 2006, a few months after Grinstead vanished. In the months after Grinstead disappeared, her sister, Anita Gattis, made frequent appearances on nationally televised crime shows to plead for information anyone might have. "I think someone she knew is involved," Gattis told the AP in 2006. "I think something bad happened.". At a memorial service two years after her disappearance, friends distributed Justice for Tara T-shirts, with a phone number for tips on the front. On the back was a Bible verse, Matthew 10:26: "Fear ...

Podcast To Detail Disappearance Of Tara Grinstead

... Lindsey said. Payne said the podcast is ongoing, and that he's not entirely sure how it will end. More information about the podcast can be found at __link__/. Copyright 2016  WALB.  All rights reserved. More WALB News 10 Headlines More News Headlines More> >. Wednesday, December 30 2015 11:51 PM EST 2015-12-31 04:51:24 GMT. Friday, February 24 2017 12:01 AM EST 2017-02-24 05:01:42 GMT. Fire Weather Forecast February 24, 2017. Thursday, February 23 2017 11:47 PM EST 2017-02-24 04:47:19 GMT. Javarious Mallory (Source: Albany Police Dept.). Two people charged in several violent armed robberies have been indicted by the Dougherty Grand Jury. Thursday, February 23 2017 11:45 PM EST 2017-02-24 04:45:58 GMT. A community was shocked when an arrest was made in an 11-year-old case. (Source: WALB). Many in the small town of Ocilla have been left in shock. For more than a decade, Investigators searched for any sign of Tara Grinstead, a teacher and beauty queen, who went missing in 2005. Thursday, February 23 2017 9:51 PM EST 2017-02-24 ...

Case Of Missing Beauty Queen Tara Grinstead

... Georgia contest, telling an interviewer at the time, ‘It shows I’m a happy person’,” wrote the local paper. After the pageant in October, she attended a “cookout” with the family of a former county school superintendent before heading home at approximately 11 pm. She was never seen again. Two days later, Grinstead’s co-workers reported her missing. Since, the case about the disappearance of a small town country queen has remained a baffling mystery. Her whereabouts, unknown. “Everybody knew that she had not just gone off for a couple of days, that something had happened, something serious had happened to Tara,” Anita Gattis, Tara’s sister, told Investigation Discovery. “We’re at the point now where we used to pray that we wouldn’t find her, now, we’re afraid we won’t and we pray that we will.”. Tara Grinstead's home in Ocilla, Georgia. Picture: Elliott Minor Source: AP. It’s been eleven years since one of America’s “ most haunting unsolved mysteries ” gripped the nation. Authorities are baffled. Her car, a white Mitsubishi, was left unlocked in the drive way, and despite police finding a number of ...

Ocilla Teacher Tara Grinstead Still Missing A Decade Later

... Grinstead, 31, disappeared in 2005, friends say she attended a beauty pageant at the Grand Theatre in Fitzgerald. She was a supporter of the pageant scene and a former Miss Tifton. After the Oct. 22 pageant, she reportedly ate dinner with friends and went to her home in Ocilla. Grinstead’s coworkers reported the Hawkinsville native missing on Oct. 24. Police, firefighters, emergency management officials, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and volunteers began looking for her soon after. Police place her last known contact with anyone at around 11 p.m. on Oct. 22. A search of her house turned up no clues. In fact, her house appeared undisturbed, according to Ocilla Police Chief Billy Hancock. Her car was parked in the driveway of her residence. Her house was locked and the only items that appeared to be missing were her purse and keys, according to a GBI press release. Grinstead’s disappearance and the subsequent search garnered national media attention, with reports on CNN and Fox News. A reward totaling $25,000 was offered for information in the case. In February of this year, a small pond in ...

She Seemed To Vanish Without A Trace, And Her Disappearance Baffled A Nation

... days just after Tara Grinstead went missing. "Billy Grinstead is the father of Tara Grinstead, Irwin County High School teacher and former beauty queen who was last seen Saturday night." Melissa Golden. This file photo from 2005 show the days just after Tara Grinstead went missing. "Maps of Irwin County are spread across a table at the headquarters for the search effort for Tara Grinstead who has been missing since last Saturday night. The community of Ocilla, where she works at Irwin County High School, has put forth great effort to help find her." Melissa Golden. This file photo from 2005 show the days just after Tara Grinstead went missing. "The house of Tara Grinstead in Ocilla, Ga. sits vacant and roped off since her disappearance last Saturday night. The community of Ocilla, where she works at Irwin County High School, has put forth great effort to help find her." Melissa ...

Tara Grinstead Has Been Missing A Decade

... somebody," said Mc Farland. Police immediately went to her home. They found her cell phone and car all still there but the 30 year old teacher was gone. "My initial thoughts were that this was easily explainable. That she had drove off with somebody and that she would drive up anytime and wonder why we were in her yard," said Ocilla Police Chief Billy Hancock. A glove with DNA and a partial print was found in the yard and investigators tested more than 200 men. None came back positive. Search parties scoured Irwin and surrounding counties for weeks. "We had a lot of other agencies that assisted with that and to this day, no results of Tara Grinstead," said Chief Hancock. Police Chief Billy Hancock still pours over evidence ten years later looking for clues. There have been numerous attempts since 2005 to locate Grinstead. Most recently investigators drained a pond in Ben Hill County in hopes of finding her remains but came up empty. "There's always that hope that were finally going to get some closure and so far, it has just continued to be a let down," said Mc Farland. Chief Hancock insists the case hasn't ...

Woman Writes Fake Doctor's Note To Get Out Of Jail, Police Say

... after street attack. Up Next. Woman writes fake doctor's note to get out of jail, police say. Police chief, officer charged in shooting death of 73-year-old woman. Man charged in 2005 disappearance, death of Georgia beauty queen. Shop owner shames alleged thieves by posting security footage on Facebook. San Francisco police officer rescued by good Samaritans after street attack. Woman writes fake doctor's note to get out of jail, police say. Published: Monday, February 20, 2017 @ 1:17 PM. Updated: Monday, February 20, 2017 @ 1:17 PM. By: __link__. Authorities in Lincolnton, North Carolina, arrested Marla Davis, 36, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. (Gaston County Sheriff's Office). A North Carolina woman faces charges after officials said she wrote a fake doctor's note to get out of jail, according to authorities. > > Read more trending stories. Marla Davis, 36, reported Saturday to the Gaston County jail for a weekend sentence, The Gaston Gazette reported. The Lincolnton woman showed up with a note that she claimed was from her gynecologist. It said that she shouldn't go to ...

Atlanta Filmmaker Reignites Interest In Tara Grinstead Disappearance

... attention.  Only on 3, Payne Lindsey talks to WRBL about his passionate pursuit for the truth in this haunting unsolved mystery. “People are starting to realize that it’s okay to talk about it, and it’s only doing harm to not talk about it,”  says filmmaker Payne Lindsey of Atlanta. And people all over are talking about the Tara Grinstead case, thanks to Payne Lindsey’s Podcast “Up and Vanished.”  The filmmaker’s research into the missing Irwin County High School teacher’s disappearance is reigniting interest and theories as to the fate of the 30 year old Grinstead, last seen in Ocilla on October 22, 2005. One Podcast is approximately 30 minutes, but you won’t believe the amount of time Lindsey invests to pursue his passion of advancing the Grinstead case. “But as far as putting together a full 30-minute episode, it really takes. probably weeks is the best way I could probably gauge it,” says Lindsey. That’s because Lindsey tracks down witnesses and leads whenever possible and interviews investigators and people who knew Tara.  Lindsey says part of exploring possible scenarios of what to Grinstead involve examining her ...

Search For Tara Grinstead Resumes

... billboard in Ocilla, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006. FITZGERALD — A small pond in Fitzgerald was drained Monday night in search of evidence relating to the 2005 case of Irwin County teacher Tara Grinstead, then 31, who disappeared after attending the Georgia Sweet Potato pageant. J. T. Ricketson, special agent in charge of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation office in Perry, said that about a week and a half ago, someone contacted the office and provided information, and enough of that information was corroborated. A search warrant was secured for officials to search a small pond located on the north side of Fitzgerald, off Satilla Street. Ricketson said they reached out to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and used a mini-sub with a sonar unit to search the pond early Monday morning. Some divers with the Georgia State Patrol dive team also assisted in the search. The water was murky, providing zero visibility, so Ricketson said they secured a second search warrant to drain the pond, which was done throughout Monday night. After the pond was drained, a ...

Gbi Continues To Follow Leads In Missing Ocilla Teacher Case

... 30 2015 11:51 PM EST 2015-12-31 04:51:24 GMT. Friday, February 24 2017 12:01 AM EST 2017-02-24 05:01:42 GMT. Fire Weather Forecast February 24, 2017. Thursday, February 23 2017 11:47 PM EST 2017-02-24 04:47:19 GMT. Javarious Mallory (Source: Albany Police Dept.). Two people charged in several violent armed robberies have been indicted by the Dougherty Grand Jury. Thursday, February 23 2017 11:45 PM EST 2017-02-24 04:45:58 GMT. A community was shocked when an arrest was made in an 11-year-old case. (Source: WALB). Many in the small town of Ocilla have been left in shock. For more than a decade, Investigators searched for any sign of Tara Grinstead, a teacher and beauty queen, who went missing in 2005. Thursday, February 23 2017 9:51 PM EST 2017-02-24 02:51:14 GMT. Source Dougherty County ...

Arrest Made In Death Of Georgia Teacher Tara Grinstead

... Teacher Tara Grinstead disappeared Oct. 22, 2005. Authorities in rural south Georgia say they plan to update the public, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, on their 11-year search for a missing teacher. A former beauty queen who taught at Irwin County High School, Grinstead was 30 years old when she vanished in October 2005 from her home. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor, File, Oct. 4, 2006). More than 11 years after she was last seen alive, an arrest as been made in the death of Georgia teacher Tara Grinstead, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Thursday afternoon. Ryan Alexander Duke has been charged with murder, the GBI said. Duke was a graduate of Irwin County High School, where Grinstead taught history. » RELATED: Who was Tara Grinstead. The GBI declined to say how Grinstead died or whether her remains had been found. Grinstead, a former beauty pageant queen, was last seen on Oct. 22, 2005. Two days later, she was reported missing when she didn’t show up to teach history ...