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By Seamus McGraw

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T-Shirt, Glove, Still Being Tested

So far, authorities have been unable to determine whether any of that is significant and investigators have turned up few other leads in the case. A women's t-shirt, emblazoned with the logo Irwin County Women's Softball and similar to several such garments owned by Grinstead have been sent to a crime lab for testing, though so far, authorities have not been able to link the shirt to Grinstead. "I don't know that there's any connection and it's doubtful that there may be," Bankhead told Crime Library. Bankhead declined to comment on a latex glove recovered in Grinstead's front yard on day one of the investigation. That glove has also been sent for testing, sources say, though so far, that too, has failed to yield any conclusive evidence about its origin.

Meanwhile, investigators continue to quiz those closest to Grinstead hoping to learn new details that could help locate the woman or at least help them determine what happened to the well-liked 11^th grade history teacher. Among those quizzed is her ex boyfriend, Marcus Harper, a former Ocilla police officer and Army veteran of the Afghan and Iraq campaigns who now serves as an independent contractor in Iraq. Authorities have also interviewed Capt. Heath Dykes, a Perry police officer and long time friend and confidant both of Grinstead and her family, as well as Anthony Vickers, a 20 year old former student who was once arrested after pounding on Grinstead's door.

All of the men have been cooperating with authorities and none have been named as suspects. Although her family and many of her friends believe she was abducted, with no significant clues to Grinstead's whereabouts or condition, authorities don't even know whether a crime has been committed. But that hasn't dulled the buzzing speculation on the Internet and on cable television news channels, speculation that has begun to turn this once close knit community into a hotbed of suspicion where gossip and innuendo — often inaccurate — are frequently traded as fact.

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