Search for killer detailed
Nielsen slaying remains unsolved
Published: Tue, Aug. 28, 2007 12:30AM
Modified Tue, Aug. 28, 2007 03:04AM
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closeRALEIGH -- Police seized cigarette butts, security videotape and the broken lens of a car's taillight among other items in a search of vehicles and the AmeriKing Food Mart on the day newspaper carrier Jennifer Nielsen was murdered.
A search warrrant obtained by police on June 14 and an inventory of items seized became public through the Wake County Clerk of Court's Office. The documents did not indicate the significance of any of the items.
Nielsen's murder remains unsolved, despite an ongoing investigation and efforts by her family to solicit the public's help.
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The documents newly made public show that police searched a Chevrolet Silverado, a Ford Explorer, a Mazda and a Volvo in addition to Nielsen's beige Honda Civic.
They also searched the building on Lake Wheeler Road housing the AmeriKing and a Subway restaurant. Nielsen was found stabbed to death behind the building, where she had been stocking copies of USA Today.
Police searched for blood, fingerprints, hair, fibers, DNA and any other evidence that could lead to a suspect, according to the documents.
In addition the cigarette butts, videotape and lens, police obtained blood samples, a broken earring, a flip flop shoe and a strand of hair, among other items.
Nielsen, 22, was pregnant at the time of her death. She was married and had two small sons.
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