Man pleads guilty to raping and strangling SC student

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Man pleads guilty to raping and strangling SC student

Story Published: Aug 19, 2008 at 8:51 PM EST

Story Updated: Aug 19, 2008 at 8:51 PM EST

PICKENS, S.C. (AP) - A convicted sex offender has admitted he
strangled a 20-year-old South Carolina college student, leaving her
body in her off-campus apartment with her bikini top still wrapped
around her neck.

Jerry Buck Inman pleaded guilty Tuesday to kidnapping, raping
and murdering Tiffany Marie Souers. The 37-year-old Inman could
face the death penalty.

The Clemson University engineering student's body was found in
May 2006. Authorities say Inman used her own swimsuit top to
strangle her.

Inman tried to plead guilty last year with the caveat that he be
sentenced by a jury, but a judge ruled that wasn't allowed under
state law.

Inman spent about 18 years in prison in North Carolina and
Florida for rapes committed in those states as a teenager.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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