Tara Grinstead

TARA GRINSTEAD

Around Midnight, Tara is at her house with a male friend. While she views him as just a friend, he is very attracted to her. They talk and he leaves somewhere around 12:30 AM. Tara then reenters the house and shortly afterwards someone enters her house unexpectedly. He has medium length hair that goes just below his ears. He has no connection to the man who just left. She doesn’t know this man, but he has a violent history and his whole purpose is to harm Tara. Tension occurs and this guy forces Tara to change her clothes with a threat of violence. They argue outside right after and Tara is placed into a truck. She is driven to an isolated area, where she is brutally murdered. The body is burned in this spot. Her body is then moved to a farm area.

Analysis: The murderer had no ties with Tara, but this was no random crime. He had connections to a love interest of Tara’s, a VERY jealous one. One who has a history of alcohol and drug abuse and links to the military. He hires this guy to do the job while staging an alibi. He arrives later in the morning to use Tara’s car to drive to the site to see the burial spot, and then drives it back. Love and jealousy is the motive here. Letters M and G. The burning building and Ford Explorer are also a part of this crime.