Kingston May Lend Federal Heft To Search For Missing Beauty Queen.  Jan. 12, 2006

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By Seamus McGraw

OCILLA, GA (Crime Library ) — Nearly four months after high school teacher and former beauty queen Tara Grinstead mysteriously vanished, a prominent Georgia congressman is adding his name to the roster of her supporters.

Seven-term Rep. Jack Kingston, a Republican whose district includes the rural Georgia community where Tara was last seen, is scheduled to meet Jan. 24 with the missing woman's family. The purpose of the meeting is to lend support to Tara's family, said Rob Asbell, the congressman's director of communications, and also to attract media attention to the search that so far has yielded few tangible results. "If it brings attention...to the search for Tara then...that's really what he wants," Asbell said.

Kingston also plans to explore other potential areas where he might be able to lend some support, Asbell said. "There's always a chance that if there's any indication that she may have been abducted or...that whatever happened crossed state lines then he can...maybe get someone in the FBI involved."

Noting that eastern Georgia is also home to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the central training facility for the US Department of Homeland Security, Asbell said Kingston would consider the possibility of enlisting trainees to join in future searches for Grinstead. "Perhaps...he might even suggest that some of their people go over and train by searching for her, " Asbell said. "I'm not saying that it would happen, but maybe there might be something that...might help this family."

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