Giving to charity is a meaningful way to honor someone who has died. The weight of what McCullough says Bo told him became unbearable. The funeral will follow at 11 oclock in the chapel with The Rev. Sign up for service and obituary updates. Your entry has exceeded the maximum character limit. But questions remained about discrepancies between Ryan's version of events and Bo's. I cried for days, couldn't sleep for days. I am so sad to hear of the passing of John Dukes a co - worker and friend. If youre in charge of handling the affairs for a recently deceased loved one, this guide offers a helpful checklist. Ryan Dukes. He looked like a person who was ready to do the right thing, but his testimony on the witness stand only seemed coached, well-rehearsed and sought self-serving benefits. In closing, as Tara's family looked on, the prosecution held to their argument that Ryan had told the truth back in 2017. In total, there were more than 40 witnesses and 300 pieces of evidence presented in the case. The couple broke things off but stayed in touch. Read More Published In Last Name "Dixon". Please join us in Loving, Sharing and Memorializing Ryan Dukes on this permanent online memorial. The day after Bo's confession, his one-time friend Ryan Duke was arrested. There was a 34-hour gap between when someone last saw her and when officers performed that welfare check on Monday morning. And she told them about her employee's tip three years earlier regarding Bo Dukes and Ryan Duke. Celebrate the life of Ryan Drakes, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information. Brooke Sheridan: He said, "That's something that only God and Ryan know." We know who did," defense attorney John Merchant said. Ryan Duke said he thought Bo Dukes was playing a joke on him, until he saw her corpse. GBI Agent Shoudel testified Duke knew what he was doing, and that Duke told investigators he was mentally and physically cognitive. SHELLHOUSE RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC. A native of Concord, NC, Vicki was a daughter of the late David Leon and Mamie Rae. Duke said he never took Grinstead's belongings to police when he tried to return them. Ryan Duke testified he saw Tara. Bo Dukes told investigators his friend, Ryan Duke, confessed he had accidentally killed Grinstead and needed his truck to transfer her body. Bo says Ryan then repeated that a couple of days later. He then allegedly struck her with his fist and ran away. Ryan Duke said he was afraid of Bo Dukes, who repeatedly told him not to talk about Tara Grinstead. I know who killed Tara Grinstead or had a part of it. "He actually made the motion in the interview and put his hands up like this mimicking how he held her body," GBI Agent Jason Shoudel said. BO DUKES: As far as I know, he didn't know her. | All testimonials are written by persons unlicensed and not qualified to make funeral arrangements, embalm or conduct a funeral. He lived most his life in Aiken and worked as a procedures writer at the Savannah River Site. Ryan Duke's murder trial was scheduled to start Oct 4 in Irwin County, Georgia, but lawyers in the case met with Judge Bill Reinhardt Wednesday and agreed to delay the case due to rising COVID-19 numbers. But what about that latex glove with Ryan's DNA on it found in Tara's front yard? Maria Woods Harber: So, when I came back out of the house, I saw right out from the front door, there was a latex glove. Alfred A. Dukes NORTH AUGUSTA, SC - Memorial Services for Mr. Alfred A. Dukes, 75, who entered into rest January 4, 2015, will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Posey Funeral Chape Jurors also heard from a latent fingerprint examiner who came in 2017 to try to identify and confirm the prints found on a glove in Grinstead's yard. They argued Duke was not responsible for her death but solely helped Bo Dukes dispose of the body, alleging that Bo Dukes was the mastermind behind the crime. / CBS News, [This story previously aired on September 4, 2021. "We believe in Ryan and we believed in him the entire time.". BRYAN DUKES OBITUARY. Now the man accused of murdering Tara Ryan Duke would go on trial for murder almost 17 years after she went missing. But police noted that her purse and keys were missing. The defense had previously asked the judge to dismiss the case, an action that was quickly declined. Ryan Duke said he helped Bo Dukes load Grinstead's body onto a pile of wood, covered her with more wood and lit the pile on fire. In April 1952, flicka was the 500th baby born at Paso Robles. A unique and . "Two men who had no regard for a beautiful, loving person took her life. The GBI tested that glove and found not only Tara's DNA on it, but the DNA profile of an unknown male. Your family's land." He said, "My roommate killed her.". Duke also admitted to taking her purse and keys and leaving a glove at the residence. In his own recorded words, Duke walked GBI investigators through how he killed, burned and buried Tara Grinstead. In 2017, more than 11 years after Tara vanished, Brooke Sheridan came forward with a potential answer. AIKEN, SC - KENNETH MICHAEL DUKES, 66, died Thursday, March 30, 2017 at his residence. Peter Van Sant: This really affects you, though, talking about this. Here's my number I'll do whatever has to happen for y'all to take me serious. Ryan Duke, now clean-shaven and looking very different from his 2017 arrest, took the stand. For around 6 years, Tara Grinstead dated Marcus Harper, a former Ocilla cop who joined the Army Rangers. Call Call. Prepare a personalized obituary for someone you loved.. Cindy Susan Dukes Darr June 10, 1959 - October 9, 2011. Some basic help and starters when you have to write a tribute to someone you love. A search of Grinsteads home revealed some oddities: her cellphone was still connected to a charger by the nightstand, her keys and purse were missing and her bedside clock was on the floor and was six hours off. Ryan Duke said he decided to take the blame for Tara Grinstead's death in 2017 because he didn't think Bo Dukes would tell the truth. He said Bo Dukes admitted to killing her. Michelle Feuer is the development producer. It was told to me when I was in Georgia. However, we had a glove, a latex glove that we couldn't explain. AIKEN, SC - MICHAEL RYAN DUKES, 43, died April 26, 2018. Please contact your local Neptune Society office for cremation prices, and to learn more about our cremation service. Duke's attorneys also focused on what they say is no evidence or DNA from their client found instead Grinstead's home. Ryan Duke took the stand Tuesday and immediately denied murdering Grinstead, claiming he didn't know how she died. Search by Name. Dana Wilder: As little girls, we looked up to her she was famous. Just weeks after Tara vanished at a party in a pecan orchard, one of Jannis Paulk's employees told her that he had overheard two young men tell a disturbing story. Jannis Paulk: So, Bo was known in the community for being a little over the top, unfiltered. Bens account could not be taken as hed passed before Ryan and Bo were arrested. Published by Mobile Register and Baldwin County from Feb. 15 to Feb. 17, 2023. the judge said. GBI agents have also said DNA matching both Duke and Grinstead was found on a latex glove discovered in her yard. I'm not gonna shy away to the fact that I was I was bitter. Tuesday, the witness list focused on the investigators who have worked the case over the years. Ryan William Drakes Obituary. DEFENSE: What was his expression, his demeanor when that happened? Peter Van Sant: What did you see when you walked into her house? Not guilty of malice murder and he was acquitted of all charges relating to Tara's murder convicted only of concealing her death. And she snuck up on me and I hit her. NEW ELLENTON, SC -- CYNTHIA SUSAN DUKES DARR, 52, died Sunday, October 9, 2011 at her residence. RYAN DUKE: He starts laughing at me. Tara's alarm clock was under her bed, and a bedside lamp was broken. According to it, he broke into Taras house to steal money to buy drugs but was surprised by her when she suddenly came home. Texas FD #3523, #5075, #3185, #3349, #3705 Ryan Duke said Bo Dukes had a wallet with Grinstead's driver's license. Maria Woods Harber: Yeah, she did. Yet hes still facing outstanding concealment charges in a neighboring Georgia county where Taras body had been burned. John McCullough maintains he tried to get investigators a key tip in 2007 that could have cracked the case. He recognized her from Irwin County High School, where he was a student, and she was teaching at the time. It's kind of odd, isn't it? Send Flowers . that's where she set her roots. However, his lawyers, who are working pro-bono, claimed that even in that situation, he should get his due of the funds to ensure a fair trial. Maria Woods Harber:and then her bed was unmade, like she had been in the bed. Jannis Paulk [emotional]: It just brings up a lot. Then, in 2017, a woman came forward with a remarkable story about her boyfriend but could it be trusted? Jurors heard the forensic analysis on that piece of evidence. The Ocilla police were called and entered Tara's home, and right behind them was Maria. Peter Van Sant: Was it an emotional moment for you to realize someone had been arrested after all that time? He said Bo Dukes admitted to killing her. There were billboards. They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. He said they had talked about getting together that Sunday, but Tara never answered her phone. She brought great things to Irwin County High School And I would hope that eventually the word Tara Grinstead will be a bright spot because she did bring a lot of good things to Ocilla. Peter Van Sant: Why do you think investigators ignored you? "Approximately 20 bone fragments that could be considered human bones.". ", GBI AGENT to BO DUKES: I'm gonna just kinda leave it open the floor to you, and just tell me about you knowing about Tara . ". I'm so sick of this stealing from her purse. Brooke Sheridan: Ryan looked at Bo and said, "It's your truck. 83 Peacefully passed away on February 23, 2023. But there was more Brooke says Bo then admitted his own involvement in the crime, saying: Brooke Sheridan: "And I helped him burn her body.". Pallbearers will be Ryan Dukes, Jeffery Dukes, Evan Darr, Zac Buckner, Chris McGee, Chad Polatty and James Whittle. It was a year after Tara's disappearance. She did not want to end it. I don't like to come very often she loved this place. Marcus Harper: Somebody pulled me to the side, and they were like, "Listen, you know, there's been some things said bringin' up your military past, bringin' up how you're Trained to kill" . They said in court filings that Duke was asleep at home when Grinstead was killed. To plant trees in memory, please visit the. Speaking in court before Ryan Dukes' sentencing, Anita Gattis said her sister's disappearance threw her family into ''an out-of-control spiral'' that they've never escaped. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to Aiken SPCA Albrecht Center for Animal Welfare (www.letlovelive.org) or the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org). Tara didn't bring home the Miss Georgia crown, but just competing was a huge achievement says Dana Wilder, who grew up in Ocilla. An Irwin County jury returned "Not Guilty" verdicts on five of the six charges Ryan Duke faced related to the disappearance and death of former Irwin County teacher Tara Grinstead, acquitting him of her 2005 murder on Friday, May 20, 2022. GBI AGENT: Of all the people, why Tara, what's the connection? The defense questioned him about increasing drug use and alcohol consumption leading up to the time Grinstead went missing. On March 1, 1969, he met Sandra Hageman on a . Brooke Sheridan: I had never connected with somebody and had fun with somebody like I have with him. 2023 Neptune Society. Need help? Expand the Memories and Condolences form. Had to tell my alibi, you know, or where was I at, who I was around. Ohio Residents: Neptune Society is affiliated with Okerwall Funeral Home. And that was corroborated. But when questioned about her disappearance, he had an alibi and was never charged. It was somethin' I felt like, you know, I had to do. The returned to the orchard once, where the ashes looked like a small campfire. Find the obituary of Sandra Lee Dukes (1958 - 2021) from Clayton, DE. The judge dismissed one of the jurors he says was sleeping throughout the trial. After a few drinks, McCullough says Bo began talking about Tara. GARLAN LOTT: The statement that I recall was, 'We killed and burned her body.". "I was stealing from her purse and she snuck up on me. He will be replaced by one of the six alternates who also had been listening to the testimony. I didn't know who I was staring at. The state's line of questioning tried to show the jury that Ryan Duke is capable of lying. Investigators say Ryan confessed to killing Grinstead. Duke said he was on drugs at the time he broke into Grinstead's Ocilla home and doesnt remember how exactly he killed her. Bo was facing a maximum 25-year sentence. Rumors swirled about that cop whose card was found at Tara's house. ", BO DUKES: Yeah. Ryan Duke testified he went to help Bo Dukes load wood into his truck and move Grinstead's body. He testified that Bo Dukes told him he had killed Tara Grinstead but Ryan did not know how she died. "It was built out in the area where there just should not have been a fire," Hudson said. Q: Did you see Miss Grinstead's body after she died? OCILLA, Ga. Editor's Note: The video in this story is archive footage from our coverage of the case in the mid-2010s. Born in Columbia, SC, Mike was a son of Vera Ballentine Dukes and the late Ernest Kenneth Dukes. Browning had been the last . But after he broke down to Brooke, she told Bo it was time to tell the truth. The defense argued the case is about power and influence, which their client lacks. SHELLHOUSE RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC, Share your thoughts and memories with family and friends of Ryan, Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home, Inc. and Shellhouse-Rivers Crematory, Shellhouse Funeral Home/Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home/Shellhouse-Rivers Crematory. Brooke Sheridan: I was felt like I was gonna be sick. Outside, in front of Tara's house, authorities found something that didn't seem to belong a latex glove. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Ryan was a son of the late Kenneth Michael. The funeral will follow at 11 oclock in the chapel with The Rev. Not a one. We had search efforts like nothing you've ever seen. Send a gift to a service or familys home. A wonderful man to know and to work with ,he told me about a month ago that he was enjoying taking care of his grand children God Bless. She could tell you anything to make you feel better. I don't remember everything clearly. Born on January 20, 1989 in Easton, Bryan is the son of Kathy Elburn Dukes . Prosecutors played that videotape of Bo's interview with the GBI. The talented signer was named Miss Tifton and competed in the Miss Georgia beauty pageant. I didn't mean to.". "That is a question that has bothered me for years," he said. Ray Dukes passed away on January 15, 2022 at the age of 37 in CHARLOTTE, North Carolina. Dukes attorneys have said he made a false confession under the influence of drugs. Rothwell said the GBI never followed up after their names appeared in an investigative summary. Duke said he left the home in a panic but came back to remove the body. Cind AIKEN, SC MICHAEL RYAN DUKES, 43, died April 26, 2018. Incredibly, McCullough says, no one returned his calls. Who is he and where is he now? But when he took the witness stand during his trial, he insisted he was innocent. so, I talk to him, tell him everything I know. Brooke Sheridan: Ryan Woke him up and said, "I killed Tara Grinstead.". IRWIN COUNTY, Ga. - An emotionaltrial in Irwin Countyconcluded Monday with a judge sentencing Ryan Duke to the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison - with five years already served. Another was a former student who claimed he and Tara been secretly seeing each other. Ryan testified he had never even gone to Tara's house, and the glove was only discovered there on Monday by Tara's neighbors over a day after she went missing. According to Bo Dukes, the two men took Bo's pickup truck and drove out of town onto a highway and pulled off onto a dirt road leading to the pecan orchard that's owned by Bo Dukes' family. "Its a portion of the human cranium. I didnt know what else to do," Ryan said. His hope for mercy was dashed. "There was a profile that matched a toothbrush of Tara Grinstead and there was an unknown male profile," Hinkle said. An interesting turn of events came when Ryans 11-page confession, where hed detailed everything thatd transpired on that fateful evening, came to light. You need to own to what you've done and confess. Maria Woods Harber: She was such a good person She just didn't deserve it. Your long suffering has been unimaginable. Dana Wilder: I never thought it was somebody from our community. Maria Woods Harber grew up with Tara. The jury was left to decide if they believed what Ryan said in 2017, or his new version of events. Grinstead graduated from Middle Georgia College and began teaching at Irwin County High School in Ocilla in 1998. Peter Van Sant: What emotional impact does this have for you when you see this house? There are reports of him being put under suicide watch a few times, yet nothing too serious came out of the incidents. Vicki Heilig Dukes AIKEN, SC - Vicki Heilig Dukes, 65, died Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. He eventually went to court in 2022, with the central defense being hed given a false confession in 2017, partially owing to the fact he was afraid of his former friend Bo. The defense argued the validity of the report and test. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken County, Cindy was a daughter of Vera Ballentine Dukes and the late Ernest Kenneth Dukes. Obituary. Published by Mobile Register and Baldwin County from Feb. 15 to Feb. 17, 2023. Marcus enlisted with the Army Rangers and spent time overseas. The 2005 disappearance of Tara Grinstead beloved teacher and local beauty queen mystified the people of Ocilla, Georgia, like Jannis Paulk, who lived just around the corner from Tara. Maria Woods Harber: They've gotten away with it for this many years anyway. Police never called him a suspect, but Marcus was more closely investigated than anyone in the disappearance of his former girlfriend, Tara Grinstead. Leave a memory or share a photo below to show your support. Bryan Samuel Dukes, 30, passed away on November 22, 2019 as a result of a work-related accident. she was seeing other people. If convicted of murder, Duke faces an automatic sentence of life in prison. Hudson said at the time he thought the burn site was an innocent bonfire. Marcus was often overseas, and though they had broken up by the fall of 2005, friends say Tara was distraught about the relationship ending. For some people, the best send-off is one that they would have loved to attendthemselves: a big party. But McCullough wasn't the only witness who gave details about Tara's death. The two men drove about 200 yards up the road to where Tara Grinstead's body had been placed. 28, 1957 - Feb. 10, 2023 Mr. John K. Dukes, Jr. entered into eternal rest on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. And the next month, Bo Dukes, who years earlier had sat in Tara's class was arrested and charged not with murder, but with concealing a death, hindering the apprehension of a criminal, and lying to investigators in is original GBI interview. he's very shut shut off emotions, feelings he doesn't talk about. She snuck up on me and I hit her. He pleaded not guilty. The door was locked. Now, it was Brooke's turn to be tormented by a terrible secret. JOHN MCCULLOUGH: The exact location, he didn't tell me, but had made the comment of, you know, we took her to the middle of the pecan orchard and burned her body. She would never leave her kids. A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Ryan was a son of the late Kenneth Michael Dukes and Vicki Heilig Dukes. AIKEN, SC - Vicki Heilig Dukes, 65, died Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. I definitely didn't wanna settle down in small town America. But no one in Ocilla knew what had happened when Tara seemingly vanished after leaving that barbecue on Saturday night, October 22. Brooke Sheridan: It was something very dark and I I chalked it up to, you know, serving his time in the military. The document claims that later, he used a payphone to see if shed pick up, and when she didnt, he was convinced that she was dead. McCullough wasn't ready for what Bo would say next. Brooke says she kept encouraging Bo to open up to talk about this dark subject that was destroying him. The state's witness called Grinstead's 79-year-old father, Billy Grinstead, to the stand, who broke down. Dana Wilder: Ocilla was Tara's life. Create an obituary. I don't remember everything clearly I was stealing from her purse. Dr. Fred W. Andrea III officiating. Ocilla Police Chief Billy Hancock called theGeorgia Bureau of Investigationto help. Brooke Sheridan: He has a beautiful mind. I built a message board because I thought that there was a good chance that whoever knew what had happened to her would potentially come and say something. Oregan Residents: Please note that in the State of Oregon, Funeral Board Rule 830-040-0000(3) requires our trade name include the identification of our funeral activity or function. Brooke Sheridan: That family's peace to me was more important than his freedom. Jannis Paulk: There were people who believed she ran away. Ryan Dukes Aiken, - MICHAEL RYAN DUKES, 43, died April 26, 2018.A native and lifelong resident of Aiken, Ryan was a son of the late Kenneth Michael Dukes and Vicki Heilig Dukes. Jannis Paulk, who knows the family, paints a different picture of Bo. 1449 N Claiborne Ave New Orleans, LA KARLIN DUKES OBITUARY Karlin C. Dukes Sr., age 83, peacefully passed away surrounded by family on Monday, November 7, 2016. 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