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June 07, 2006
Tennessee sex offender sought for killing Clemson student
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Authorities say they have issued arrest warrants for murder, rape and kidnapping against a Tennessee man in the death of a Clemson University student strangled with her bikini top.
Jerry "Buck" Inman's DNA matched samples taken from Tiffany Marie Souers' apartment, State Law Enforcement Division Chief Robert Stewart said Tuesday night.
Inman is considered extremely dangerous and is likely in a green Chevrolet Camaro or an Econoline van, prosecutor Bob Ariail said.
The construction worker is a registered sex offender under the name James Inman in Blount County, Tenn., authorities said.
Souers' body was discovered about 12 hours after authorities think the junior was killed in her off-campus apartment early on May 26.
Souers, a 20-year-old civil engineering junior from Ladue, Mo., was wearing only a bra when she was found on her bedroom floor a few miles from campus. The bikini top was still around her neck.
Authorities were searching for a white man between the ages of 18 and 25. Photos of the suspect at an ATM machine trying unsuccessfully to use Souers' card were released last week, but the man's face was covered mostly in bandanas. The surveillance photos also captured a sport utility vehicle, which authorities think may have belonged to the suspect.
Posted by Nealus at June 7, 2006 01:41 PM
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