WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, March 4, 2007
Suspect In Murder-Dismemberment In Custody
Stephen Grant, Accused Of Killing His Wife Tara Lynn, Arrested In Michigan After Statewide Manhunt
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Tara Grant, left, and her husband, Stephen Grant, who was arrested for her murder and mutilation after body parts were found at several locations. (AP)
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Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel finishes addressing the media at a command post in Washington Township, Mich., Saturday, March 3, 2007. Investigators found what is believed to be the torso of a 34-year-old suburban wife and mother of two who disappeared last month. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Stephen Grant had been the subject of a manhunt since police discovered what they believe to be the torso and other body parts of his wife, Tara Lynn Grant, in and around the couple's house in a suburb of Detroit.
Grant was arrested in Bliss Township in northern Michigan, some 225 miles from his home, after an air and ground search by local, state and federal agencies, according to the Emmet County sheriff's department.
He did not struggle when he was caught in the cold weather, Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said. Temperatures in the area of his capture were in the teens and 20s late Saturday and early Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
"He was not in the condition to run anymore or obviously to flee," Hackel said.
Hackel said Grant was taken to a hospital with signs of frostbite or hypothermia. Grant was in serious condition, said Barbara Allen, a spokeswoman for Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. She said she couldn't release any other information.
His lawyer, David Griem, said on Saturday that he feared his client was suicidal, but Hackel said there was no indication that Grant tried to commit suicide.
Griem said Sunday that he was withdrawing his representation of Grant. He said he wasn't aware if Grant had another lawyer.
"If I can't give a client all of my blood, sweat and tears, it's time for that client to find a new attorney and time for me to move on down the road," said Griem, adding that he was both surprised and relieved that Grant hadn't killed himself.
Hackel said Grant apparently fled on his own. "I don't believe he's had any help since Friday night," he said.
A truck that police believe Grant drove from his home was found Saturday night near Carp Lake, close to the bridge linking Michigan's Lower and Upper Peninsulas.
An arrest warrant was issued Saturday charging Grant with murder, disinterment and mutilation.
Grant, 37, who had maintained his innocence in his wife's disappearance last month, went missing before police searched his home Friday and Saturday in Washington Township, about 30 miles outside Detroit. Searchers found the torso in the garage and what were thought to be other parts of Tara Grant's body in a nearby park. The search for evidence and other remains resumed Sunday.
The body had not been positively identified as of late Saturday, but the sheriff said he was certain it was Tara Grant's. An autopsy was scheduled.
Tara Grant, 34, last was seen Feb. 9. Stephen Grant reported her missing five days later. Police say that on the day she went missing, the Grants argued over her frequent business trips abroad.
Hackel had said Stephen Grant left the area in a friend's pickup truck shortly after allowing deputies inside his house to execute a search warrant.
Hours before police executed a warrant to search his house for clues as to his wife's disappearance, Stephen Grant told a newspaper he understood why people suspected him of wrongdoing but said he was innocent.
"That's what I would think when I watched cases like this," he told The Detroit News on Friday. "When Laci Peterson came up missing (in 2002), I was sure her husband (Scott) did it. But now I'm on the other side of it."
(AP Photo)
Throughout the search for his wife, Stephen Grant had maintained his innocence.
If convicted of open murder, Grant could be sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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See all 59 CommentsI am saying society and ALL of us must take some responsibility - via examination of the totality of an event.
Who are we/you/us to judge without a degree of total understanding of societal pressures/wants/needs/expectations/ relationships/economic realities and far too many complicated ramifications for me to fully express at this time junction .
Unstated premises of reality, responsibility and reactions to the same have an underpinning for the fundamental actions, which in truth are Re actions to others- some may be considered , for all of us to take responsibility for.
I am saying society and ALL of us must take some responsibility - via examination of the totality of an event.
Who are we/you/us to judge without a degree of total understanding of societal pressures/wants/needs/expectations/ relationships/economic realities and far too many complicated ramifications for me to fully express at this time junction .
Unstated premises of reality, responsibility and reactions to the same have an underpinning for the fundamental actions, which in truth are Re actions to others- some may be considered , for all of us to take responsibility for.
I am saying society and ALL of us must take some responsibility - via examination of the totality of an event.
Who are we/you/us to judge without a degree of total understanding of societal pressures/wants/needs/expectations/ relationships/economic realities and far too many complicated ramifications for me to fully express at this time junction .
And as progressives, we need to listen to the sounds, language, teachings, reverberations, attititudes and reflections of ideas we ALL generate. One person does not commit a crive, we all do.
Specifically - that awards show for Movies- did that have an effect - Violence and War - Any violent movie thus promoted, can be rented at Blockb etc. Is that right ? - are we to blame as a society ? What message are we sending to the children ?
I have a postgraduate degree related to Sociology , and currently teach undergraduates, and want to share these truths with you. TP
We, THE PEOPLE, spoke out AGAINST illegals having access to through our borders as such and it (bush) did it's ususal dog & pony show on that issue. We voice our wants, needs, desires, and opinions EVERY SINGLE day to those incompetents in Washington and guess what, you can hear the tumbleweeds rolling by in the dead of the night. THEY don't listen, THEY don't care, THEY are in it for the money THEY get from corporate america. corporate america is the one, the ONLY one who writes the rules, we are expected to just follow em. Most people take rights & rules as meaning the same thing, so does guns & alcohol but until people quit shuffling around like a George Romaro zombie, we will be EXACTLY where we are today, spinning wheels in the sands of nowhere. We are simply products of ingrained behaviors that were taught the same *** from generation to generation to generation to generation...well, I think by now you got the picture. WE need to BACK our rights, our TOTAL rights, starting now before its waaaaaaaaay to late to do anything except be less than human.
spoken like a true racist.
Never mind the crimes and atrocities committed by Third World folks. The Japansese on Chuchi Jima beheading and eating the liver of American fliers comes to mind here. As well as the behavior of the cockroaches of Al Qaeda towards those they've kidnapped.
Care to hear more? How about Nat Turner, regarded by many as a hero in the anti-Slavery movement. He ordered the murder of white children he played with - even though they were innocent of any crimes their parents might have committed.
I suppose you are going to vote for Barrack Obama aka Steppin' Fetchit, who urges let bygoes be bygones with Klan members and friends of his.
All societies are guilty of atrocities, bud. Don't let your obviously RACIST mentality just single out Eurocentrics. Native Americans, whom I feel deserve more than the ILLEGALS Pelosi loves so much, weren't exactly nice folks either. The Comanches, for example hacked to death the Parker family, including a baby before allowing Cynthia to live - and become the mother of Quanah Parker. For every Sand Creek and Wounded Knee there was an equal atrocity committed by Indians.
It is society as a whole that needs to clean up its act. Perhaps a public execution, and in fact, Mr. Grant can be the first choice - with background of what this scumbag did, might be a start. It might even make the Hollyweirdos think about their glorification of slime and sleaze.
#1 Hang him from the bridge at Mackinac Island
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#2 Toss his worthless hide into the pen at Jackson for life.
BTW....Are MI authorities gonna drag the nanny who boogied Michigan back from her homeland of Germany...wonder what she knows????
This is a part of Eurocentric socialization that has bred individuals like Hitler, Stalin, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, the Okalahoma bomber, Columbine shooters, Scott Petersen, etc.
Gory movies and violent video games weren't around when Columbus landed on American soil and annihilated millions of Native Americans, nor was it around during the Civil War, WWI, or WWII, violence has been consumed by the collective consciousness of individuals white, black, Chinese, etc., in which European hegemony has been the forbearer of such gratuitous violence.
A majority screams tintinnabulations of vehemence and hatred towards the Arabs referencing them as savages, because they beheaded American soldiers and innocent civilians, which this act is of savagery, however, not one to talk, has committed similar acts of depravity.
Just like a majority caution blacks to stop blaming the white man for your misfortunes and failure to thrive, a majority needs to stop finding excuses for their blatant disregard for the welfare and safety of others including themselves.
We as a society have become numb to excess, whether it be the antics of a Britney, whether it be the allowance of people who don't speak our language, don't wish to be citizens,who come across our borders, and our elected representatives, mainly Liberals - moddycuddle and stick up for them much more than they would for American citizens.
We allow incompetents and flavors of the month to run for the Presidency of this nation, No Abe Lincolns on the horizon.
We tolerate the excesses of gratitious violence on tv and in the movies, and allowed an ex-President who lied - he did break the Law - but no one cared - to get away without being impeached. An ex-President who could have gotten Bin Laden if he wasn't so trapped by his own perversions. Our kids misbehave in school and can no longer think for themselves; the divorce rate is 50% because unlike our parents we choose not to perserve in a relationship.
And we choose to demand defeat instead of victory in wars.
We also allow people like this Grant to have celebrity status for their heinous deeds rather than executing them - and child, spouse and animal abusers, torturers, and killers - immediately.
In a nutshell, that is why we are where we are, and why we are going to hell in a handcart.
If.... If he is guity, what drove him to do this ? What responsibiliby does society have in the way we educate people ?
Are movies and TV to blame, in part at least ? There is so much violence highlighted on that overly long movie award shows that you have to wonder, what effect does the current "sawing" up movies have on our society ?
Just asking. We can not judge too fast without many questions about our media/ video games such as Starwarps / society/ economical relationships of men and women.
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