Suspect in killing of Aiken teen brought to South Carolina
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Posted 7:14PM on Thursday, January 16, 2003
AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA - The Georgia inmate charged with killing a teen more than two years ago has been brought to South Carolina. <br>
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Robert Franklin Atkins, 31, was charged with murdering 17-year-old Jessica Carpenter after a DNA sample he was required to submit after being charged with violating parole matched genetic material found at the scene of the crime. <br>
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Atkins had been at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Ga., before authorities took him to the Aiken County Detention Center on Wednesday, authorities said. <br>
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Carpenter was found strangled to death in her home in August 2000, police said. <br>
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Investigators think Atkins met Carpenter while working for a package delivery company while out on parole.
