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Confession, DNA at heart of trial in Georgia teacher’s death

FILE - Ryan Alexander Duke appears during motion hearings before Chief Judge of the Tifton Circuit Bill Reinhardt at Irwin County Courthouse in Ocilla, Ga., on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Duke, charged with murdering a popular high school teacher who vanished in 2005, went on trial Monday, May 9, 2022, with prosecutors and defense attorneys clashing over whether the jury should believe the defendant's confession to investigators. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

FILE - An image of Tara Grinstead is displayed on a billboard in Ocilla, Ga. Ryan Duke, charged with murdering Grinstead, a popular high school teacher who vanished in 2005, went on trial Monday, May 9, 2022, with prosecutors and defense attorneys clashing over whether the jury should believe the defendant's confession to investigators. (AP Photo/Elliott Minor, File)

Confession, DNA at heart of trial in Georgia teacher’s death