Missing Clay girls body found near marsh
After hoping and praying for Jenni-Lynn Watsons safe return home, the tragic news of her death traveled all over Central New York Saturday.
Watsons body was found in a marshy area on Wetzel Road behind the Clay Central Park, Onondaga County Sheriffs deputies said later that day.
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Pieper pleads not guilty in Jenni-Lyn Watson murder case
Steven Pieper was arraigned in the Town of Clay court this evening on charges of second degree murder. A plea of not guilty was entered.
Pieper will be back in court on Friday, December 3rd for a preliminary hearing in Clay.
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Ex charged with murdering Mercyhurst student
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.
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Update: Steven Peiper pleads not guilty
21-year-old Steven Pieper has pleaded not guilty in Clay Town Court to charges of second degree murder, in connection with the death of 20-year-old Jenni-Lyn Watson.
The Liverpool man, and ex-boyfriend of Watson, was arraigned just after 7:30 Saturday evening in front of Clay Town Justice Brian Lauri. Pieper did not have anything to say, but did answer routine questions from the judge.
Judge Lauri also read the court document to Pieper, which says that he intentionally caused the death of Jenni-Lyn Watson by a manner that has yet to be determined. It goes on to say that Pieper removed Watson's body from the family's home along Donegal Way in Clay and then transported and dumped her remains in the Clay Central Park.
Pieper, dressed in a track suit, showed no remorse during the court proceedings.
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Friend at Mercyhurst College: Jenni-Lyn was 'pure of heart'
Nicole Lyons was a freshman at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pa., when she met a prospective student who was visiting the campus to get a taste of college life.
We basically hung out the entire weekend she was here and instantaneously we were like friends for life, said Lyons, 21.
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