Tag: Athens Daily News


  • 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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  • Fingerprints found in Jennifer Stone’s house after her April slaying don’t match the fingerprints of three new suspects in the case, Athens-Clarke police said Thursday. “None of the prints have come back positive,” said David Camp, bureau chief of administration. “We have no matches at all.” As of late Thursday, police had not received results…

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  • Three men charged with stealing Jennifer Stone’s cameras sold them four blocks from her house in the early morning hours of April 23 — the day her slain body was found, authorities said Wednesday. Investigators charged a University of Georgia employee and two homeless men with stealing two of Ms. Stone’s cameras, Police Chief Ronald…

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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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  • 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…

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  • ROSWELL — Jennifer Stone, 22, died Thursday, April 23. A 1988 graduate of Lovett Schools, Miss Stone was a daughter of Raymond Stone and Joan Stone. She was a senior at the University of Georgia School of Journalism, and minored in photography. She was a member of Kappa Delta sorority. Funeral services will be at…

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  • Further autopsy results released Saturday confirmed University of Georgia student Jennifer Stone was raped as well as strangled to death in her off-campus house. Search of the crime scene resumed early Saturday morning, ended shortly after 3 p.m. and will begin again Sunday. The ongoing investigation has revealed hundreds of pieces of evidence, among them…

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  • A wave of fear passed through on-campus dorms this weekend after unfounded rumors circulated of a second slaying. Police received more than 60 calls in 24 hours from students and parents considering withdrawing their children from school. University officials are trying to quell the tide of concern with flyers and counseling sessions. They’re considering a…

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  • Preliminary autopsy reports have confirmed that strangulation is the cause of death of University of Georgia senior Jennifer Stone. The news came to local investigators late Friday, more than 24 hours since the death of the 22-year-old journalism student from Roswell. Stone was murdered sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, police said. Her partially…

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