Georgia Gone: The Strange Disappearance of a Small-Town Beauty Queen

Tara Grinstead, a High School teacher, cheerleading coach, beauty pageant winner, and all-around sweet Georgia girl, was well-loved and respected in the small town of Ocilla. On Saturday, October 22nd, 2005, Tara attended the Miss Sweet Potato Beauty Queen Pageant as a coach and mentor and then went to a barbecue dinner party at the home of her boss. Around 11 pm, she said goodbye to her friends at the party, drove the four blocks home to try to get some sleep, and was never seen again. What followed was over a decade's worth of twists, turns and a long list of suspects ranging from resentful ex-boyfriends, jealous former students and clandestine lovers. The case went cold and it seemed as if Tara would never be found...until 12 years later an anonymous tip led to the arrests of the most unlikely of individuals. Show Notes: Up and Vanished, Season 1:https://open.spotify.com/show/5FqJcvfGMLledCODGqV4J9