By David Lohr

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February 27, 2007

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (Crime Library ) —Last week, an ex-girlfriend of Stephen Grant's gave the sheriff's department copies of a series of emails she exchanged with Grant on January 25.  In the emails, Grant told the woman she could give him a sponge bath and said that he wanted to see her naked.  Grant has since admitted sending the emails, but claims they were not serious, and were meant as a joke.

Unfortunately for Grant, Tara's family is not laughing with him.  Yesterday evening, Tara's sister, Alicia Standerfer, vented her anger about the emails.

"Obviously, I am not happy," Alicia said in a telephone interview with Crime Library.  "I mean, that's kind of a given.  If I had a friend, would I be communicating with them like that?  Absolutely not.  I am married, and I take my marriage vows seriously.  Those emails obviously communicated that the marriage vows did not mean anything to him."

Alicia also said she has been unable to speak with Grant.

"I tried to communicate with him over the weekend, and it was denied.  So I have not spoken with him directly."

Stephen Grant reported his wife missing on Feb. 14.  According to statements made by Grant, the couple had an argument on the night of Feb. 9. about Tara's job with an international construction contractor and the amount of time she was spending away from him and their two young children.  Grant said that, following the argument, at about 11:15 p.m., his wife walked out of the house, got into a dark sedan, and vanished.  Her cell phone and credit cards have not been used since she vanished, and authorities have no clues regarding her disappearance. 

Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel assembled a group of 150 volunteers from his active and reserve units to search within a 2-mile radius of Tara Lynn Grant's home this past weekend.  While an air unit searched the landscape from high above, searchers, some using all-terrain vehicles and horses, conducted an intense search on the ground.

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