In this 2009 photo, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell pauses during an interview in her office at the Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Allyson Phillips, second from left, mother of Laken Riley reacts as John Phillips, stepfather of Laken Riley, comforts her during a trial of Jose Ibarra, accused of killing the Georgia nursing student earlier this year, at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Athens, Ga. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
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Flags with red swastikas are carried Saturday through downtown Columbus, Ohio.
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In addition to the Athens-Clarke County Coroner, the University of Georgia is now also identifying the victim found dead on their campus in Athens on Thursday, as Laken Hope Riley.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />According to the university, Riley was an undergraduate student at the University of Georgia until the spring of 2023, and then she became a nursing student at the Augusta University nursing program in Athens.
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FILE - In a July 9, 1995 file photo, visitors walk down the ramp where Alex and Michael Smith were drowned in a car in 1994 in Union, S.C., by their mother, Susan Smith. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)
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Susan Smith, who killed her 2 young children 30 years ago, denied parole
Allyson Phillips, second from left, mother of Laken Riley reacts as John Phillips, stepfather of Laken Riley, comforts her during a trial of Jose Ibarra, accused of killing the Georgia nursing student earlier this year, at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Athens, Ga. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)
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