• Publication: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, Georgia)
• Author: Not credited
• Original Publication Date: Thursday, May 29, 2003

The man suspected in the killings of five Louisiana women has been eliminated as a suspect in the unsolved 1992 slaying of a University of Georgia student, authorities said Wednesday.

DNA obtained earlier this month from Derrick Todd Lee, 34, was compared to DNA recovered from the crime scene where Jennifer Lynn Stone, 22, was raped and strangled in her downtown Athens apartment, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Vicki Metz.

The DNA patterns of Lee and Stone’s killer did not match, Metz said.