When the Wife’s Mutilated Torso Was Found in the Garage and Her Head in The Snow

The tragic case of Tara Grant

Lioness Rue
6 min readDec 2, 2023
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It was late in the day when the police arrived at Tara’s home.

They made their way into the garage. There was a green plastic tote with the words boys’ clothes written on it.

Inside, there was part of what remained of Tara, her torso from her neck to her thighs, dressed in a bra and part of her slacks.

Tara’s head was found hidden in the snow.

“I cut Tara’s hands off, and the next joint and the same with her legs, and I kept cutting her.” Tara’s killer stated.

Tara Was Thirty-Four Years Old

Tara Lynn Grant was a thirty-four-year-old woman from Michigan, USA.

She was a beautiful and intelligent girl from a small town. She grew up on a farm with her parents and her sister.

But Tara had big dreams.

Tara was athletic and a straight-A student. She played in her school band and basketball and was a cheerleader.

She studied business and marketing at a community college, and then she went to Michigan State University.

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