Tara Grinstead Latest Update: Search For Missing Teacher’s Body Underway Amid Ryan Duke Murder Investigation

More than 40 crew and search members were scouring a pecan farm in Georgia looking for the remains of Tara Grinstead, a local teacher who went missing in 2005.

Agents from Georgia’s Bureau of Investigation (GBI) searched the location in Ben Hill County Tuesday to find further clues or evidence related to the case, WSB Atlanta reported Tuesday. Specific zones in the area were sectioned off for clues, and crew members were equipped with “trowels and spoons and very small implements trying to dig into the very, very small pieces of dirt.”

Authorities were told to search the area last week and picked specific portions to search Tuesday, according to the local news outlet. The owner of the property being searched was not involved in the Grinstead case. The search was reportedly thorough and extensive.

“There are agents from eight different GBI offices. I have five crime scene specialists here,” J.T. Ricketson, GBI special agent in charge, told WSB Atlanta. “We actually enlisted the services of two anthropologists in case we find any skeletal remains.”

Grinstead was a teacher at Irwin County High School when she was reported to be missing from her Ocilla home more than 11 years ago. It remained unclear as to how she died, but Ryan Alexander Duke was arrested last week and charged with burglary, aggravated assault, concealing a death and murder, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Duke, 33, was a former student at the same high school where Grinstead taught at. Duke’s arrest warrant alleged that he had “used his hands” to complete the killing. He was arrested following a walk-in tip to the police.

A judge ordered a "gag order" on the case Tuesday afternoon, which prevented anyone connected to the case — including potential witnesses and investigators — from speaking about the case or offering any information, local news outlet 13WMAZ.com reported.