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DNA evidence eliminated another suspect in the slaying of University of Georgia student Jennifer Stone this week, but investigators gathered new DNA evidence Tuesday from a man implicated by a former suspect. A man formerly charged with receiving Stone’s stolen cameras hours after her death tentatively identified a former Varsity employee as the man who…
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The Athens-Clarke County District Attorney’s office will dismiss charges against two of the three suspects charged with possessing the stolen cameras of slain University senior Jennifer Stone, said assistant District Attorney Rick Dickson. Athens residents Ernest Brown Jr., 29, and Donald R. Wilson, 32, were charged with retaining two cameras stolen from Stone’s Hull Street…
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The downtown rape of a 19-year-old University student Friday occurred across the street from the former apartment of slain University student Jennifer Stone. Dave Hartley, the University student now living in Stone’s apartment, said he was in the area at the time of the latest attack. Hartley said he was returning to the downtown apartment…
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Despite a letter of complaint from a state representative to Gov. Zell Miller asking that the investigation into the murder of Jennifer Stone be turned over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Athens-Clarke County police say their efforts to catch her killer will remain undaunted. “They’re continuing their investigation. This is our first priority,” said…
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Frustrated with slow progress in a high-profile slaying case in Athens, a state representative has asked Gov. Zell Miller to request that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation take control of the probe. Rep. Charles “Judy” Poag (D-Eton) has asked that Mr. Miller order the GBI to replace the Athens/Clarke County Police Department as the principal…
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In a heated letter to Gov. Zell Miller, a state lawmaker has called for greater involvement by Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents in the investigation of the April 22 murder of Jennifer Stone. “This case has been dragging on for over five months and I want this murder solved,” wrote Charles Poag, D-Eton, in the…
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ATHENS — Other than a for-sale sign on one corner and a new restaurant on the other at the intersection of Clayton and Hull streets, little seems to have changed physically in the five months since University of Georgia student Jennifer Stone was found strangled in her off-campus house nearby. The changes, many Athenians say,…
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Students at Georgia’s five state universities have a one in 100 chance of being involved in a serious on-campus crime each year, according to new statistics. The federal Campus Security Act, which took effect this year, requires colleges to report crime statistics to the state. Georgia’s state colleges reported last week that nearly 800 serious…
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DNA samples taken from the three men charged with stealing murder victim Jennifer Stone’s cameras do not match samples taken from the murder scene, results from the state crime lab revealed late last week. Larry D. Brown, 34, Donald Wilson, 32, both listed as homeless, and Earnest Brown Jr., 29, a UGA employee, were charged…