MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. - A man suspected of killing and dismembering his wife was captured Sunday as he fled searchers, running through snow in northern Michigan, police said.
Stephen Grant had been the subject of a manhunt since police discovered what they believe to be the torso and other body parts of his wife, Tara Lynn Grant, in and around the couple's house in a suburb of Detroit.
Grant was arrested in Bliss Township in northern Michigan, some 225 miles from his home, after an air and ground search by local, state and federal agencies, according to the Emmet County sheriff's department.
Grant he did not struggle when he was caught in the cold weather, Macomb County Sheriff Mark Hackel said. Temperatures in the area of his capture were in the teens and 20s late Saturday and early Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
"He was not in the condition to run anymore or obviously to flee," Hackel said.
Hackel said Grant was taken to a hospital with signs of frostbite or hypothermia. Grant was in serious condition, said Barbara Allen, a spokeswoman for Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. She said she couldn't release any other information.
His lawyer, David Griem, said on Saturday that he feared his client was suicidal, but Hackel said there was no indication that Grant tried to commit suicide.
Griem said Sunday that he was withdrawing his representation of Grant. He said he wasn't aware if Grant had another lawyer.
Hackel said Grant apparently fled on his own. "I don't believe he's had any help since Friday night," he said.
A truck that police believe Grant drove from his home was found Saturday night near Carp Lake, close to the bridge linking Michigan's Lower and Upper Peninsulas.
An arrest warrant was issued Saturday charging Grant with murder, disinterment and mutilation.
Grant, 37, who had maintained his innocence in his wife's disappearance last month, went missing before police searched his home Friday and Saturday in Washington Township, about 30 miles outside Detroit. Searchers found the torso in the garage and what were thought to be other parts of Tara Grant's body in a nearby park. The search for evidence and other remains resumed Sunday.
The body had not been positively identified as of late Saturday, but the sheriff has said he was certain it was Tara Grant's. An autopsy was scheduled for Sunday.
Tara Grant, 34, last was seen Feb. 9. Stephen Grant reported her missing five days later. Police say that on the day she went missing, the Grants argued over her frequent business trips abroad.
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Associated Press Writer David Runk in Detroit contributed to this report.
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