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Man Gets Long Prison Term for Killing College Dance Student

An upstate New York man was sentenced today to 23 years to life in prison for strangling his ex-girlfriend and dumping her body in a wooded park. Steven Pieper, 21, apologized in the Syracuse court, saying it was "cowardly and self-centered" to kill Jenni-Lyn Watson, The Post-Standard newspaper said. He pleaded guilty...

Ex Arrested in NY in Death of Missing Student

CLAY, N.Y. (Nov. 27) -- A 20-year-old Pennsylvania dance student who vanished last week while on Thanksgiving break in her hometown was killed by her on-again, off-again boyfriend, who then dumped her body in a park "like garbage," a prosecutor said Saturday. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said...

Family, Friends Hold Vigils for Missing College Student

ERIE, Pa. (Nov. 24) -- A large number of classmates and concerned members of the community turned out for a vigil today for Jenni-Lyn Watson, a Mercyhurst College student who disappeared last week from her family's home in near Syracuse, N.Y. The Rev. James E. Piszker led a prayer service in the college's Christ the King...

NY Authorities Search for Missing Pa. College Student

(Nov. 23) -- Authorities in upstate New York are searching for a missing Pennsylvania college student who disappeared while on holiday break. Jenni-Lyn Watson, a 20-year-old junior dance major from Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., had gone home early for the Thanksgiving holiday. She was last seen on Friday at her...