INDICTMENT AND SPECIAL PRESENTMENT No_22CR- US _ SUPERIOR COURT. OF BEN HILL COUNTY APRIL TERM, 2022 STATE OF GEORGIA vs. RYAN DUKE CONCEALING DEATH OF ANOTHER (0.C.G.A. 16-10-31) HINDERING APPREHENSION OR PUNISHMENT OF A CRIMINAL (0.C.G.A. 16-10-50) CONCEALMENT OF FACTS (0.C.G.A. 16-10-20) CONCEALMENT OF FACTS (0.C.G.A. 16-10-20) TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE (0.C.G.A. 16-10-94) ‘TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE (0.C.G.A. 16-10-94) Weve pi (Aang Wrouresn Foreman JASON SHOUDEL, Prosecutor Bradford L. Rigby, District Attorney Received in Open Court and Filed in Office this Se\day of __S secee Clerk, Superior CourtINDICTMENT AND SPECIAL PRESENTMENT GEORGIA, BEN HILL COUNTY IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF BEN HILL COUNTY, ‘The Grand Jurors selected, chosen and sworn for the County of BEN HILL to wit: in the name of and on behalf of the citizens of Georgia charge and accuse RYAN DUKE with the offense of CONCEALING DEATH OF ANOTHER (0.C.G.A. 16-10-31) for that the accused, on or about the 23rd day of October, 2005, the statute of limitation being tolled for said offense in that the crime was unknown until February 19, 2017 and the statute of limitation being further tolled by the Supreme Court of Georgia's declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency filed March 14, 2020, and subsequently extended monthly thereafter until June 30, 2021, in the State of Georgia and the County of Ben Hill, did unlawfully conceal the death of Tara Faye Grinstead, a human being, at a location off of Bowen's Mill Highway, Ben Hill County, Georgia, which hindered the discovery of whether or not said person was unlawfully killed , contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace and dignity thereof.COUNT2 and the Grand Jurors aforesaid, in the name and on behalf of the citizens of Georgia further charge and accuse RYAN DUKE with the offense of HINDERING APPREHENSION OR PUNISHMENT OF A CRIMINAL (0.C.G.A. 16-10-50) for that the said accused, on or about the 23rd day of October, 2005, the statute of limitation being tolled for said offense in that the crime was unknown until February 19, 2017 and the statute of limitation being further tolled by the Supreme Court of Georgia's declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency filed March 14, 2020, and subsequently extended monthly thereafter until June 30, 2021, in the State of Georgia, and the County of Ben Hill, did unlawfully destroy the body of Tara Faye Grinstead, a human being, evidence of the crime of Murder, a felony, a crime the accused knew or had reasonable grounds to believe had been committed by Bo Dukes, individually or as a party to the crime, with the intent to hinder the punishment of said person, contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace and dignity thereof. COUNT3 and the Grand Jurors aforesaid, in the name and on behalf of the citizens of Georgia further charge and accuse RYAN DUKE with the offense of CONCEALMENT OF FACTS (0.C.G.A. 16-10-20) for that the said accused, on or about the 23rd day of October, 2005, the statute of limitation being tolled for said offense in that the erime was unknown until February 19, 2017 and the statute of limitation being further tolled by the Supreme Court of Georgia's declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency filed March 14, 2020, and subsequently extended monthly thereafter until June 30, 2021, in the State of Georgia and the County of Ben Hill, did unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully conceal and cover-up the location of the body of Tara Faye Grinstead, a material fact in the missing persons investigation of Tara Faye Grinstead, a matter within the jurisdiction of the Ocilla Police Department, an agency of the City of Ocilla, Georgia, 2 political subdivision, by participating in burning the body of Tera Faye Grinstead, contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace and dignity thereof.COUNT 4 and the Grand Jurors aforesaid, in the name and on behalf of the citizens of Georgia further charge and accuse RYAN DUKE with the offense of CONCEALMENT OF FACTS (O.C.G.A. 16-10-20) for that the said accused, on or about the 24th day of October, 2005, the statute of limitation being tolled for said offense in that the crime was unknown until February 19, 2017 and the statute of limitation being further tolled by the Supreme Court of Georgia's declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency filed March 14, 2020, and subsequently’ extended monthly thereafter until June 30, 2021, in the State of Georgia and the County of Ben Hill, did unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully conceal by scheme his knowledge of the murder of Tara Faye Grinstead, a material fact in the missing persons investigation of Tara Faye Grinstead, a matter within the jurisdiction of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, an agency of the State of Georgia, a political subdivision, by concealing the location of the remains of Tara Faye Grinstead after having participated in buming her body, contrary to the laws of said State, the ‘good order, peace and dignity thereof. COUNT 5 and the Grand Jurors aforesaid, in the name and on behalf of the citizens of Georgia further charge and accuse RYAN DUKE with the offense of TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE (O.C.G.A. 16-10-94) for that the said accused, on or about the 23rd day of October, 2005, the statute of limitation being tolled for said offense in that the crime was unknown until February 19, 2017 and the statute of limitation being further tolled by the Supreme Court of Georgia's declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency filed March 14, 2020, and subsequently extended monthly thereafler until June 30, 2021, in the State of Georgia and the County of Ben Hill, did unlawfully and knowingly destroy physical evidence, the body of Tara Faye Grinstead, a human being, said evidence involving the prosecution of the offense of Murder, a serious violent felony as defined in subsection (a) of Code Section 17-10-6.1 of the Official Code of Georgia, with intent to obstruct the apprehension and prosecution of Bo Dukes, another person, when he did bur the body of Tara Faye Grinstead, contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace and dignity thereof.COUNT 6 and the Grand Jurors aforesaid, in the name and on behalf of the citizens of Georgia further charge and accuse RYAN DUKE with the offense of TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE (O.C.G.A, 16-10-94) for that the said accused, on or about the 23rd day of October, 2005, the statute of limitation being tolled for said offense in that the crime was unknown until February 19, 2017 and the statute of limitation being further tolled by the Supreme Court of Georgia's declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency filed March 14, 2020, and subsequently extended monthly thereafter until June 30, 2021, in the State of Georgia and the County of Ben Hill, did ‘unlawfully and knowingly conceal physical evidence, the body of Tara Faye Grinstead, a human being, suid evidence involving the prosecution of the offense of Murder, a sericus violent felony as defined in subsection (a) of Code Section 17-10-6.1 of the Official Code of Georgia, with intent to obstruct the apprehension and prosecution of Bo Dukes, another person, when he did ‘move the body of Tara Faye Grinstead from one location to a more remote location, contrary to the laws of said State, the good order, peace and dignity thereof.