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Despite reports to the contrary, Marvin Taylor is not a suspect in last week’s murder of University student Jennifer Lynn Stone, 22, according to Maj. Gerald Guntharp, commander of the Athens-Clarke County Police Criminal Investigation Division. “Marvin Taylor is no more of a suspect than anyone else,” Guntharp said. “At this point we don’t have…
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ATHENS: Memorial service set for slain UGA senior. A memorial service for Jennifer Lynn Stone, a University of Georgia senior found dead in her off-campus house by friends Thursday evening, will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Catholic Center on South Lumpkin Street. Friends of Ms. Stone, who was an advertising major and…
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The rape and slaying of University of Georgia student Jennifer Stone last week has caused many students to take a closer look at how vulnerable they might be to violent crime. Dave Blount, head of the Athens chapter of Safe Campuses Now, said his group is stepping up its efforts to recruit volunteers and to…
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“Death is nothing at all. I have only slipped away into the next room. I am I. You are you… Call me by my old familiar name. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used to… Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. It is the same as it ever was.”…
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ATHENS — Investigators continued their search for clues in the slaying of a University of Georgia student found strangled and sexually assaulted in her off-campus apartment. More than 40 officers from the Athens-Clarke County police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation scoured the apartment and the surrounding area throughout the weekend. Fiber samples, fingerprints and…
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Jennifer Stone never referred to herself as Jennifer, nor did she expect others to. Those who knew her called her Jenny. Funeral services for the 22-year-old University senior will be held today at 11 a.m. at St. Benedictine’s Church on Pleasant Hill Road in Roswell. Stone, who studied advertising and excelled in photography, was described…
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The slaying of Jennifer Stone Thursday has sparked student fears, prompting them to seek counseling, said David Fletcher, assistant to the vice president of Student Affairs. Several friends of Stone sought counseling Friday at the Mental Health division of the Gilbert Health Center and many other students are expected to come to the mental health…
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Jennifer Stone, the University senior who was strangled to death last week, was sexually assaulted before she died, officials from the state Bureau of Investigation said Saturday. The bureau confirmed earlier speculation that Stone, a 22-year-old from Roswell, was raped. Athens-Clarke County police said Sunday they had no suspects in the case and had not…
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ATHENS: Investigators from the Athens-Clarke County police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation continued searching for clues Sunday in the slaying of Jennifer Lynn Stone, a 22-year-old University of Georgia student from Roswell who was strangled and sexually assaulted at her off-campus home Thursday. More than 40 investigators scoured the house — a block from…
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As the events in the last days of slain University of Georgia student Jennifer Stone come into focus, possible clues to the identity of her killer remain shrouded in undisclosed trace evidence. Authorities will finish gathering evidence at her house today and turn the residence over to her family, while about 40 police officers continue…