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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 2002
Page
7
South Carolina’s DNA database expanded from 2,000 samples in the 1990s to nearly 30,000 by 2000 and 20,000 analyzed entries today. Jeffcoat notes inclusion of nonviolent offenses and collection at crime scenes, enabling local and national comparisons to aid investigations, solve cold cases, and exonerate the innocent.
Detectives kept probing the 17 year old’s killer as tips trickled in over two years. DNA tests on suspects yielded no match, shocking Aiken residents. A memorial scholarship and a magnolia tree planted in Crosland Park honor Jessica as investigators persist toward justice.
Georgia entered Atkins DNA into a national database enabling a link to DNA samples from the crime. Atkins, a delivery driver for a company contracted to Airborne Express at the time, had no violent-crime record but faced warrants to be brought to South Carolina. The Carpenter family thanked Aiken Public Safety and investigators for their years of work.
South Carolina prep football opens as teams like Wagener-Salley, Ridge Spring Monetta, South Aiken, Midland Valley, Aiken, Strom Thurmond, North Augusta, Williston Elko, Barnwell, Silver Bluff, Newberry and others prepare for first games. Coaches discuss nerves, routine, and high expectations as players hit the field amid long preseason.
Negotiations unfold through the night as lawyers shuttle between the commissioner's office and union HQ. Port and Fehr express guarded optimism while noting the talks are fragile. First game at 3 20 pm ET, with four teen games after. Union asks players not to report if no agreement by Friday.
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