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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Tara Grinstead Murder: Up & Vanished Podcaster Payne Lindsey

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

News, True Crime

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Payne Lindsey, whose podcast about the disappearance of Tara Grinstead is credited by many with helping to solve the cold case after more than a decade, is still digging into the the Georgia teacher’s murder. The “Up & Vanished” creator has new details about Ryan Alexander Duke, who was charged with assaulting and murdering Grinstead and then disposing of her body in a pecan orchard to conceal her death in 2005. He shares his latest findings with Nancy Grace in this episode.

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0:00.0

I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new co-case podcast, Zone 7.

0:04.1

We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized

0:09.1

experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on

0:13.6

to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.

0:18.0

We are going to solve these cases own air together. Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app,

0:25.2

the Apple Podcast app or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.

0:38.5

On Saturday, October 22nd, 2005, Tari Grinchdeb went missing from her residence.

0:44.4

As the hours turned into days, days into weeks, weeks into months, and eventually months into years,

0:51.2

the search efforts never ceased. This is crime stories with Nancy Grace.

0:58.8

We always believed that it would be solved. We just did not know when.

1:04.5

A few days ago, an individual came forward and reported that they had information in

1:08.5

Tari's disappearance. Through these interviews, enough probable calls was discovered

1:14.0

so we could swear out on a restaurant charging Ryan Alexander Duke with the murder of Tari Grinchdeb.

1:22.0

Duke was taken into custody yesterday afternoon and in warrant was issued this morning.

1:29.2

Up and vanished. That is what happened to a high school history teacher. We all know her name now.

1:37.3

Her name became famous after her disappearance. Tari Grinchdeb out of the little town of O'Sillah.

1:44.5

But in the last days, an incredible break in the case with an arrest, an arrest of a local man

1:51.8

no one ever suspected. Tari goes missing 1022-05 and for all these years, a cloud hung over

2:03.1

the little town of O'Sillah as everyone looked at each other. Who knew what? Who did what?

2:09.2

Nobody knew the answer. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories and I want to thank you for being

2:14.3

with us with me right now. In addition to the GBI, of course, a man who was largely credited with

2:21.3

keeping this case alive and ultimately leading to the crack in the case that resulted in an arrest

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