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Colleen Slemmer, murdered by Christa Pike, remembered as a ‘computer geek’ with a nurturing heart

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By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — A driven and caring 19-year-old packed her belongings in Florida and traveled over 500 miles to live out her dream of studying computing in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was there, in January 1995, that Colleen Slemmer’s life was cut short.

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    Colleen Slemmer, murdered by Christa Pike, remembered as a ‘computer geek’ with a nurturing heart (opens KION Central Coast)

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    By Avni Trivedi, CNN (CNN) — A driven and caring 19-year-old packed her belongings in Florida and traveled over 500 miles to live out her dream of studying computing in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was there, in January 1995, that Colleen Slemmer’s life was cut short.

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