By David Lohr
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According to Smith, investigators recovered evidence from a wooded area last week, not far from the Grants' home, which led them to believe that he had murdered his wife.
"It was a Ziploc bag in a wooded area not far from the defendant's home, which contained latex gloves, baggies, metal shavings and blood," Smith said.
Prosecutors used that evidence to obtain the search warrants for Grant's home and his family's tool-and-die shop in Mt. Clemens.
Macomb County Medical Examiner Dr. Daniel Spitz also held a press conference on Monday. Spitz said that he used tissue and blood samples to confirm Tara's identity. He estimated the time of death to be around Feb. 9, and he confirmed that the cause of death was strangulation. He described her murder as "an intimate act" that takes "a period of several minutes."
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| Tara Grant |
Spitz also said that there was evidence suggesting Tara had tried to fight off her attacker.
"Tara Lynn's body does show signs of an altercation and a struggle that took place between her and her assailant," Spitz said.
In regards to the dismemberment, Spitz said it was done with "a sharp instrument" postmortem. "It was an act to conceal the body," Spitz said. "With smaller pieces, that's sometimes easier to do."
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| Tara and Stephen Grant |
When asked if the couple's children would have heard them struggling, Spitz said, "I imagine they would anticipate something was going on."
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