Murder of Jennifer Cave

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The murder of Jennifer Cave occurred in the West Campus area of Austin, Texas. On August 18, 2005, Cave's body was discovered. In 2009, Chuck Lindell of the Austin American-Statesman called it the "most infamous West Campus crime". Cave had dropped out of the Texas State University. She instead attended the Austin Community College, Riverside Campus and had been hired by a law firm as a legal assistant. On August 16, 2005, Cave and her friend Colton Aaron Pitonyak went to Sixth Street in Downtown Austin to celebrate Cave's new job. While the two were in Pitonyak's apartment at the Orange Tree Condominiums, Pitonyak shot Cave through the arm. The bullet traveled into the chest and through the heart, killing her instantly. Pitonyak proceeded to partially dismember her body and to inflict several post-mortem injuries. On Monday, January 29, 2007, Pitonyak was convicted of murder. Pitonyak received a 55-year sentence. Pitonyak's former girlfriend Laura Ashley Hall was convicted of tampering...

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