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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…
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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,”…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Ed Tolley’s behind-the-scenes manipulation of the prosecution in Carol Purvis’ 1992 racketeering trial was also accompanied by efforts to derail the defense, according to information recently received by The Athens Observer. Deedra Brewer, then a new attorney, has said in a sworn affidavit that Tolley solicited her to lodge a complaint with the state bar…
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Athens-Clarke County officials have failed to turn up any evidence that they denied a request by local attorney Ed Tolley to produce documents from the Jennifer Stone investigation. Tolley’s 1992 request to then Police Chief Ronald Chandler was filed in connection with a divorce case brought by Naomi Fontaine Gaines against Michael E. Gaines. In…