Slain woman's husband returning to Utah

The husband of slain newspaper carrier Jenna Nielsen is moving back to his home state of Utah, saying he hopes eventually to go to law school.

Tim Nielsen said Wednesday that he plans to get a bachelor's degree in criminal justice at Weber State University and then attend law school. His last day on the job at Boon Edam, which makes revolving doors and turnstiles in Lillington, is Oct. 4.

Jenna Nielsen, 22, was stabbed to death June 14, 2007, behind the AmeriKing Food Mart and Exxon station on Lake Wheeler Road, near the State Farmers Market. She had an early morning job stocking USA Today newspaper boxes in Garner and South Raleigh, and the AmeriKing was one of her stops.

Police have not identified a suspect or made an arrest in the killing.

Jenna Nielsen was eight months pregnant with the couple's third child when she was killed.

On Tuesday night, following a debate between the two major candidates for governor, Nielsen sent an e-mail to area news organizations condemning the state's political leaders for not passing a fetal homicide law. Under state law, prosecutors cannot charge someone with murder for killing a child in the womb.

"These people who oppose this law in [this] state should be ashamed of themselves," Nielsen wrote.

"If this ever happened to one of their loved ones, this law would be the top of the priority list. This is the only state in the South that doesn't want to have anything to do with this subject, and it needs to end now, and the people that are supporting these politicians need to be made aware of this."