Media Coverage
Grant's murder has gained strong media coverage, in Michigan as well as the entire United States. During the search, Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel told the public that he would hold a press conference each day during the search, until Tara was eventually found. After Stephen Grant's arrest, the story was featured on Larry King Live and Court TV; more recently it was told on Investigation Discovery's series "Scorned: Love Kills", Season 1, Ep. 8: "The Au Pair Affair", since the murder appeared to be predicated by an affair, confessed by Grant, with the couple's au pair, Verena Dierkes, who he had groomed and manipulated into the affair when she was only nineteen years old. On March 12, 2007 the defense request for a gag order was rejected.
A book on the case, A Slaying in the Suburbs: The Tara Grant Murder covers the case and includes the only interviews with Grant after his arrest. Author Miller visited Grant several times at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility.
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