News Outlets Challenge Gag Order In Slain Ga. Teacher Case

Tara Grinstead was reported missing in October 2005 when she didn’t show up for work at the school where she taught in rural Irwin County. Ryan Alexander Duke faces charges including murder.

Elliott Minor / Associated Press file

News organizations on Tuesday asked the Georgia Supreme Court to lift a gag order imposed in the case of a man charged with killing a Georgia high school teacher who went missing 12 years ago.

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Tara Grinstead was reported missing in October 2005 when she didn’t show up for work at the school where she taught in rural Irwin County. No arrests were made until early this year, when a tipster contacted authorities with new information.