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.