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    Pregnant newspaper carrier's stabbing death still unsolved
    Jenna Nielsen was delivering newspapers in Raleigh on the morning of June 14, 2007, when, police say, someone stabbed her in the neck and left her body behind the store.
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    Eight months' pregnant, Jenna Nielsen, 22, was delivering USA Today newspapers to the AmeriKing Food Mart on Lake Wheeler Road on June 14, 2007, when someone stabbed her in the neck and left her body behind the store.
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    Three years later, Nielsen case remains unsolved
    Raleigh police say slaying of Jenna Nielsen is "very solvable," but there have been no arrests in the three-year-old case.
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    Jenna Nielsen, a pregnant newspaper carrier and mother of two, was stabbed to death outside a Raleigh convenience store two years ago this week.
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    Raleigh police say they are confident they will clear the as-yet unsolved stabbing death of 22-year-old Jenna Nielsen, a pregnant mother of two.
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    New search warrants released Tuesday in the death of a pregnant newspaper carrier show investigators searched her e-mail accounts to see if she might have known her killer.
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    Reward Increased in Nielsen Slaying Case
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    Single Stab Wound to Neck Killed Pregnant Newspaper Carrier
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    Vigil Raises Calls For N.C. Fetal Homicide Law
    During a candlelight vigil for an unborn baby that died last month when his mother was murdered, scores of people called Monday for a state law to make killing a pregnant woman a double murder.
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    Jenna Nielsen's family plans to distribute about 6,000 more fliers this weekend for information about her homicide.
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    Volunteers Hit Streets to Help Find Slain Mom's Killer
    About 30 volunteers handed out fliers Saturday in downtown Raleigh and near the convenience store where Jenna Nielsen was found dead. They’re hoping the personal push will lead to a break in the case.
    July 1, 2007 11:33 a.m. EDT
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    Pregnant Mom's Slaying Could Help Change Fetal Homicide Law
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    June 30, 2007 9:37 a.m. EDT
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