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Alex Heckman graduated from U.Ga. last June, keeps a plaque propped on her desk at GPTV in Atlanta naming her the recipient of The Jennifer L. Stone Memorial Award for Creativity, and doesn’t go back to Athens often. “Here I can think just about Jenny; I can think about her and I don’t have to…
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Jennifer Stone’s killer, or killers, remains at large. Police are diligently looking for suspects, but the case is still a mystery, and still frustrating to family, friends, and law enforcement officials. Today, we are taking a look at the Stone murder on the first anniversary of her death. [Photo credit] Janet Beckley / Staff
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Ashlee Lansdell said her life changed after Jennifer Stone was found raped and strangled in her off-campus apartment one year ago today. Lansdell, a senior from Atlanta, was one of Stone’s Kappa Delta sorority sisters, and a good friend. “I don’t go anywhere by myself — ever,” Lansdell said. “And I certainly don’t live alone,…
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One year later, the tears still come easily. “Sometimes it’s hard to believe, like a nightmare,” said Joan Stone, as she speaks about April 23, 1992 — when her 22-year-old daughter, Jennifer, was found raped and strangled in her off-campus apartment. Her husband, Raymond, agreed that the passing of days has done little to heal…
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As the roller-coaster investigation of Jennifer Stone’s death drags into its 52nd week, Athens police say they are still making progress despite that there hasn’t been a real break in the case since July. To date, nearly 100 people who were either in the neighborhood at the estimated time of Stone’s death or fit other…
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Significant events in the Stone investigation April 23, 1992 Between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m., Jenny Stone is slain. A little after 3 a.m., police say two cameras belonging to Stone are sold on the streets. At 7:30 p.m., three friends discover her body after she failed to show up for a meeting. Police rule…
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Jennifer Lynn Stone was 22 when she was found raped and strangled on April 23 at her off-campus apartment in Athens, Ga. One year later, her murder remains unsolved. In her memory, her family and the University of Georgia have set up the Jennifer L. Stone Memorial Scholarship, full tuition for a student selected by…
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Formal motions to dismiss charges against two men arrested in connection with the Jennifer Stone murder investigation were filed in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court last week, leaving police investigators frustrated by slow progress in the nine-month-old case. Assistant District Attorney Rick Dickson filed a motion Jan. 20 to dismiss charges of theft by receiving against…
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Athens-Clarke County police investigators are hoping hypnosis will lead them to the person who strangled and raped University senior Jennifer Stone over eight months ago. Police Sgt. W.J. Smith said Thursday two suspects in the April 23 slaying of Stone have been asked to let a psychiatrist hypnotize them, in hopes that police may learn…
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Athens-Clarke County Police said blood samples from a suspect in Houston do not match those taken from the murder scene of University senior Jennifer Stone, a setback that leaves police with no other suspects. Police have waited a month for the results after Sgt. W. J. Smith traveled to Houston to obtain the blood sample…