Who Killed Jenny Stone?

  • Survey: College students unlikely murder victims

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    The murder of a college student is rare. The unsolved murder of a college student is even rarer, according to an informal survey conducting by the Athens Banner-Herald. The January 2001 murder of 23-year-old Tara Baker, a University of Georgia law student found slain in her burning home, was the first time a UGA student…

  • Smith retires from force — Badge of honor

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    A lot of crooks have been locked up by Lt. W.J. Smith in his 26 years on the Athens and Athens-Clarke police forces. It’s a fair bet none will be sending their regards upon the occasion of his retirement this week. The old-school veteran detective takes with him a wealth of investigative experience and an…

  • 10-year observance of slaying — Death of student remains unsolved

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    A few manila folders filled with papers are the only link current University students have to Jennifer Stone. In 1992, her name was well-known on campus. Jenny was a 22-year-old senior studying advertising in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and was an active member of Kappa Delta sorority. She was also an…

  • Unsolved a decade later: Stone’s murder still haunts friends, puzzles investigators

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    Jenny Stone had a life of promise ahead of her in the spring of 1992. The raven-haired, bright young University of Georgia senior had just won a coveted internship to a prestigious Atlanta advertising firm. She was soon to graduate with a major in advertising and minor in photography. Her friends saw beyond her frivolity…

  • Suspects in the Shadows — Three University of Georgia coeds have been slain since 1983. Two of the murders remain unsolved.

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    In a quiet moment while reading the headlines, Bernice Allen said her heart went out to the parents of University of Georgia student Tara Baker who was slain in her apartment a year ago. “I just prayed for her parents because I knew what they were going through and what they are still going through,”…

  • Nine years pass since Stone slaying — Investigators look to DNA database to solve the murder

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    Today will be a quiet day for Raymond Stone and his wife, Jo. The 76-year-old retiree will likely take a few phone calls at his Greenwood, Ind., home from friends of his slain daughter Jenny, who was murdered behind a downtown Athens bus stop nine years ago today. No one has ever been charged with…

  • Police skeptical of latest tip in Stone slaying

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    In a case that has seen literally hundreds of dead ends, Athens-Clarke police are largely discounting the latest tip in the eight-year-old case of a slain University of Georgia student. Last month, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation received an audiotape and letter from a private investigator in California who claimed to have information about the…

  • Stone case still open five years after death

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    On April 23, 1992, 22-year-old University senior Jennifer Stone was raped and strangled in her one-bedroom apartment on Hull Street. Five years later, Athens-Clarke County Police are still looking for the killer. “This case will never be closed until it is solved,” said W.J. Smith, the officer investigating the case. “I want to know who…

  • Stone case DNA: a tale of two tests

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    One question frequently raised by people with regard to the Jennifer Stone murder is why hasn’t Michael Gaines been DNA tested as were more than 50 other subjects connected with the 1992 homicide. First reports given to The Athens Observer by a source close to the investigation was that Gaines had been tested. Official word…

  • Police follow new lead in Stone case

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    According to informed sources, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department is following through on a new lead in the Jennifer Stone murder investigation. In addition, authorities have begun to retrace previous investigative steps in an effort to put the four-year-old investigation back on the fast track. Police spoke on Thursday June 13, with one of two…