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More Charges for Man Acquitted of Murdering Georgia Teacher

June 4, 2022
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FITZGERALD, Ga.—Two weeks after a jury acquitted a south Georgia man of murdering a teacher in 2005—but convicted him of a lesser charge—the man was indicted on new charges in a neighboring county. A grand jury on Friday indicted Ryan Duke on six counts including concealing a death, hindering apprehension of a criminal, concealing facts,…

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Acquitted of Murder, Man Sentenced for Hiding Teacher’s Body

May 23, 2022
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OCILLA, Ga.—A Georgia man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for hiding the death of a popular high school teacher whose disappearance baffled family, friends, and investigators in her rural hometown for more than a decade. Ryan Alexander Duke was sentenced in Irwin County Superior Court just three days after a jury acquitted…

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Man Who Admitted to Killing Georgia Teacher Acquitted of Murder

May 20, 2022
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In an unexpected turn of events, a man who admitted to investigators that he killed a high school history teacher and burned her body was found not guilty of murder by a jury. On May 20, Ryan Duke shivered in tears as Judge Bill Reinhardt announced his verdict: the jury found him not guilty of…

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Defendant Testifies He Falsely Confessed to Killing Teacher

May 18, 2022
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OCILLA, Ga.—The man standing trial in the killing of a Georgia high school teacher who vanished in 2005 took the witness stand Tuesday and testified that he gave a false confession to investigators. Ryan Duke faces an automatic sentence of life in prison if he’s convicted of murdering Tara Grinstead, whose disappearance from her rural…

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