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Michigan Man Found Guilty in Wife's Dismemberment
Friday, December 21, 2007
MOUNT CLEMENS, Michigan - Stephen Grant, 37, once tearfully stood before TV
cameras and repeatedly denied any involvement in the disappearance of
34-year-old Tara Grant. Now he is guilty of second-degree murder.
Grant faces life in prison but could be eligible for parole, though
prosecutors will ask the judge to keep him in prison for life. Sentencing is
set for Feb. 21.
"It was one of the most difficult and emotional cases that one can imagine,"
defense lawyer Stephen Rabaut said afterward.
"I think there is premeditation all over this case," prosecutor Eric Smith
said.
In his confession, which was recorded while he recovered from frostbite and
hypothermia after his capture in the wilderness, Grant said he fought with
his wife Feb. 9 and she threatened to tell police about him hitting her and
take custody of their two young children.
He said he choked his wife and two days later cut her body to pieces at the
tool-and-die-shop where he worked. He said he hid the body parts, the
reported his wife missing.
As police searched his home, he fled. Body parts were found in their garage
and a nearby park. He was captured March 4 in a remote, snowbound state
park.
Just before his trial began Dec. 7, he pleaded guilty to mutilating Tara
Grant's corpse. That charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in
prison.
The trial also included testimony from the Grants' former teenage nanny from
Germany, who said she had sexual contact with Grant the night before police
say he strangled his wife.
Michigan Man Found Guilty in Wife's Dismemberment
Friday, December 21, 2007
MOUNT CLEMENS, Michigan - Stephen Grant, 37, once tearfully stood before TV
cameras and repeatedly denied any involvement in the disappearance of
34-year-old Tara Grant. Now he is guilty of second-degree murder.
Grant faces life in prison but could be eligible for parole, though
prosecutors will ask the judge to keep him in prison for life. Sentencing is
set for Feb. 21.
"It was one of the most difficult and emotional cases that one can imagine,"
defense lawyer Stephen Rabaut said afterward.
"I think there is premeditation all over this case," prosecutor Eric Smith
said.
In his confession, which was recorded while he recovered from frostbite and
hypothermia after his capture in the wilderness, Grant said he fought with
his wife Feb. 9 and she threatened to tell police about him hitting her and
take custody of their two young children.
He said he choked his wife and two days later cut her body to pieces at the
tool-and-die-shop where he worked. He said he hid the body parts, the
reported his wife missing.
As police searched his home, he fled. Body parts were found in their garage
and a nearby park. He was captured March 4 in a remote, snowbound state
park.
Just before his trial began Dec. 7, he pleaded guilty to mutilating Tara
Grant's corpse. That charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in
prison.
The trial also included testimony from the Grants' former teenage nanny from
Germany, who said she had sexual contact with Grant the night before police
say he strangled his wife.
