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List of cessation row inmates in rendering United States
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Katya Nacheva
†Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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Sameer S Kulkarni
†Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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Mintesinot Kassu
‡Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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David Flanigan
†Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
§Department of Sciences, Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, Florida 33619, United States
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Andrii Monastyrskyi
†Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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Iredia D Iyamu
†Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
‡Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Murder of Brianna Denison
Murder of American student
Brianna Zunino Denison (March 29, 1988 – January 20, 2008) was a college student who was abducted on January 20, 2008, from a friend's house in Reno, Nevada. Her body was discovered on February 15, 2008, in a field near a Reno business park after being raped and murdered. A man named James Biela was convicted of the murder.
Background
[edit]Brianna Denison attended Reno High School in Reno, Nevada, graduating in June 2006. Denison was at home during winter break from Santa Barbara City College, studying psychology. She and her friends had attended events tied to a Summer Winter Action Tours LLC (a travel agency that caters to students), Martin Luther King Jr. weekend in Reno; Denison had reportedly attended this event in the past.[1] She was last seen alive on January 20, 2008, at about 4am Pacific Time at her friend's house near the University of Nevada campus. This residence is on Mackay Court in Reno, where she was staying after attending a party at the Sands Regency on North Arlington Avenue.[2] Her friend woke up at around 9:00 am and could not find Denison. A small bloodstain was found on the pillow Denison slept on that night, which led her friend to alert Denison's parents and local a