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Tara Grinstead, a 30-year-old high school history teacher from Ocilla, Georgia, was last seen on the evening of October 22, 2005. Grinstead, a former beauty queen, had spent that day helping contestants at a local beauty pageant and later attended a cookout. She returned home that evening, but the next morning, she failed to attend church and did not show up for work on Monday, October 24, leading to her being reported missing.

When police arrived at her home, they found her car in the ...Read More
Last Seen: Oct 22, 2005
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Victim Details

Dec 12, 2008

Sep 19, 2016

Tara

Grinstead

49

30

63 inches

65 inches

100 lbs

110 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Oct 22, 2005

Ocilla

Georgia

Irwin County

236

19639

Ocilla Police Department

Ocilla

Georgia

,

2005-10-24-065

Ocilla Police Department

5816

Brown

Brown

Brown

No

11/13/2025


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