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[Music] when the sun goes down in a pecan orchard it's a little spooky [Music] it's a lot like being in a scary movie
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they're majestic in one sense but they are very creepy what happened in this orchard
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was senseless [Music] tara grinstead and our best friends tara started wanting to be in beauty
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pageants only to help her raise money for college her inspiration was to be a teacher
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[Music] tara was a very well-liked high school teacher the students loved her she was young she
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was vibrant she was very passionate about what she did on october 22nd 2005 tara began her day
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doing exactly what she loved dressing up the little girls for the sweet potato pageant and ocilla
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after the pageant she went to a cookout the last thing i know she was on the phone went home
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and then nobody's seen her since there were so many stories so much speculation the possibilities were running through
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my head of what it could be [Music] my heart always hoped that she just needed a few days to herself and as the
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days and the months and even the years went on i knew something had happened [Music]
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i first reported on this story in 2008 almost three years after tara had gone missing back then hardly anyone believed
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this case could ever be solved in a town that is as small as it is how could someone keep this a secret for
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so long i don't know [Music] so you call the police department this is john mccullough
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i know who killed tara grinstead does anyone call you back no hey man how come nobody wants to
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listen to me so many tips came in that some weren't followed up they never actually called anyone a
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suspect or even a person of interest nearly 27 years with the georgia bureau of investigation i've never encountered
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such a complex and difficult case we literally got tips from all over the world [Music]
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but then in 2017 a woman came forward with a remarkable story about her boyfriend
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but could it be trusted he said i can't handle it anymore and he starts telling me everything
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[Music] i made him take me to the orchard you said right then we're going we're going
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