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06-04-2006, 10:25 AM
Prosecutor says surveillance photos show man trying to withdraw funds
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GREENVILLE, S.C. - Police investigating the slaying of a Clemson University student who was strangled with her bikini top released surveillance photos Friday of a man trying to use her bank card a few hours after the killing.
Prosecutor Bob Ariail said the man, who had covered most of his face with bandanas, tried unsuccessfully to use Tiffany Souers’ card six times at two cash machines. The man was driving an older sport utility vehicle.
“Hopefully someone will recognize an individual who has that type of headdress or bandana, who drives a vehicle of this type, who is exhibiting the behavior profile,” Ariail said.
Souers, a 20-year-old civil engineering junior from Ladue, Mo., was wearing only a bra when she was found May 26 on her bedroom floor in her apartment a few miles from campus. The bikini top was around her neck.
Ariail said the crime was sexually motivated, but he said tests so far have not indicated she was sexually assaulted. He said more tests were being done.
The prosecutor urged people to be aware of any man exhibiting “any inappropriate or aggressive sexual advances.”
ID found on highway
NBC News reported that late Friday morning Souers’ driver's license was found on Highway 76, a road leading out of the Clemson area, in a location less than 10 miles from her apartment complex.
A man collecting aluminum cans along the side of the road found the ID and brought it to a nearby auto shop. The owner of the store confirmed to NBC’s Virginia Johnson that it was Souers’ identity.
Police searched the grounds where the license was found.
Father frustrated at progress
Souers’ father says he doesn’t think the investigation into her killing is moving fast enough.
“I would hope that everyone is doing everything possible and then some,” Jim Souers said. “Someone needs to be found.”
Souers’ body was discovered by a former roommate about 12 hours after authorities think the Clemson University junior was killed in her apartment early on May 26.
Jim Souers expressed his frustration during a telephone interview with The Associated Press after his daughter’s funeral Thursday in Ladue.
Ariail said authorities were waiting to release the suspect’s photo because officials needed time to enhance it. He also said they had to complete plans for a tip line and make sure there was staff to answer phones.
Ariail would not say if the suspect was a student but said he was confident the young man would not flee.
Family, friends pack funeral
On Thursday, 600 hundred mourners gathered in Souers’ hometown in Missouri for her funeral.
They heard the pastor describe her as a “lovely person filled with great spirit and faith.” And as mourners wondered how this could’ve happened, he told them there are some questions that “seem not to have answers.”
“She was just an extraordinary child. She loved life,” family friend Delia Garcia said. “She could have done anything she set her mind to. The world was at her feet.”
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GREENVILLE, S.C. - Police investigating the slaying of a Clemson University student who was strangled with her bikini top released surveillance photos Friday of a man trying to use her bank card a few hours after the killing.
Prosecutor Bob Ariail said the man, who had covered most of his face with bandanas, tried unsuccessfully to use Tiffany Souers’ card six times at two cash machines. The man was driving an older sport utility vehicle.
“Hopefully someone will recognize an individual who has that type of headdress or bandana, who drives a vehicle of this type, who is exhibiting the behavior profile,” Ariail said.
Souers, a 20-year-old civil engineering junior from Ladue, Mo., was wearing only a bra when she was found May 26 on her bedroom floor in her apartment a few miles from campus. The bikini top was around her neck.
Ariail said the crime was sexually motivated, but he said tests so far have not indicated she was sexually assaulted. He said more tests were being done.
The prosecutor urged people to be aware of any man exhibiting “any inappropriate or aggressive sexual advances.”
ID found on highway
NBC News reported that late Friday morning Souers’ driver's license was found on Highway 76, a road leading out of the Clemson area, in a location less than 10 miles from her apartment complex.
A man collecting aluminum cans along the side of the road found the ID and brought it to a nearby auto shop. The owner of the store confirmed to NBC’s Virginia Johnson that it was Souers’ identity.
Police searched the grounds where the license was found.
Father frustrated at progress
Souers’ father says he doesn’t think the investigation into her killing is moving fast enough.
“I would hope that everyone is doing everything possible and then some,” Jim Souers said. “Someone needs to be found.”
Souers’ body was discovered by a former roommate about 12 hours after authorities think the Clemson University junior was killed in her apartment early on May 26.
Jim Souers expressed his frustration during a telephone interview with The Associated Press after his daughter’s funeral Thursday in Ladue.
Ariail said authorities were waiting to release the suspect’s photo because officials needed time to enhance it. He also said they had to complete plans for a tip line and make sure there was staff to answer phones.
Ariail would not say if the suspect was a student but said he was confident the young man would not flee.
Family, friends pack funeral
On Thursday, 600 hundred mourners gathered in Souers’ hometown in Missouri for her funeral.
They heard the pastor describe her as a “lovely person filled with great spirit and faith.” And as mourners wondered how this could’ve happened, he told them there are some questions that “seem not to have answers.”
“She was just an extraordinary child. She loved life,” family friend Delia Garcia said. “She could have done anything she set her mind to. The world was at her feet.”
© 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.