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Child, mother, ex-boyfriend all found dead in west valley

Child, mother, ex-boyfriend all found dead in west valley

November 19, 2011
Jessica Fryman
News, Published Work Gallery

A young girl and her mother are dead in what police are calling a double murder-suicide at the hand of the woman’s ex-boyfriend.

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Popular bartender shot to death at work

Popular bartender shot to death at work

November 15, 2011
Jessica Fryman
News, Published Work Gallery

Early Monday at the gay bar, a place known for making friends quickly was transformed into a site where a dear one was lost. About 5:30 a.m., a man walked in and shot Wells dead.

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Police investigate deadly crosswalk crash, community rallies with support for girls' families

Police investigate deadly crosswalk crash, community rallies with support for girls’ families

October 29, 2011
Jessica Fryman
News, Published Work Gallery

Two stories from a series of coverage on a crosswalk crash that left one young girl dead and two others severely injured.
“She’s been crying every day, asking for her sissy to come home.”

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Priest admits stealing $650,000 to feed gambling addiction

Priest admits stealing $650,000 to feed gambling addiction

October 11, 2011
Jessica Fryman
News, Published Work Gallery

Two stories on a priest’s fall from grace.
Monsignor Kevin McAuliffe, second only to the bishop in the Las Vegas Diocese, admitted to stealing $650,000 from one of Nevada’s largest Catholic churches. Three days after his guilty plea in federal court, the pastor said he stole to feed his gambling addiction. Parishioners at his Summerlin parish wept when they learned McAuliffe could no longer lead their church and promised to forgive their beloved priest. One man credited the monsignor with his own gambling addiction recovery.

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Backlog for driver's licenses irks many

Backlog for driver’s licenses irks many

September 4, 2011
Jessica Fryman
News, Published Work Gallery

Kara Baldonado has slept outside four times in recent weeks, longing to win the hottest ticket in town — the chance at a driver’s license. First-time Nevada drivers now have to wait up to a month and a half to schedule a driving test, forcing those who need a license sooner to bear the overnight standby line.

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'Whitey' capture reward denied

‘Whitey’ capture reward denied

August 6, 2011
Jessica Fryman
News, Published Work Gallery

Tipster Keith Messina learned this week that the FBI officially denied his claim for the reward in a statement that said the information he provided did not lead to Bulger’s arrest. Messina said several tidbits surrounding the treatment of his tip just don’t add up, including why the FBI’s denial letter was delivered more than two weeks after its July 13 date or why his tip was ignored.

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Las Vegas firefighter Chris Stiles bares his abs for a national fireman's charity calendar

Las Vegas firefighter Chris Stiles bares his abs for a national fireman’s charity calendar

August 2, 2011
Jessica Fryman
Features, Published Work Gallery

Little old ladies love Las Vegas fireman Chris Stiles, who has been known to bring in their mail or put away groceries after helping them up from a fall. But next year, it’s safe to say the 26-year-old will have a new flock of women calling themselves his fans — and not just for his good deeds. The Las Vegas native stripped down to his bunker pants, showing off his perfectly sculpted abs for the first-ever national fireman’s calendar.

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Just a little about me

My name is Jessica Danielle Fryman, but I also answer to Fatoumata Camara.

I know three languages, the third being a tribal tongue less than one percent of the world speaks. I like to run even though I’m not that good at it. I read a lot. And I once published a book I wrote, setting all the type by hand on an old-fashioned printing press. I’m an avid traveler and amateur photographer. I’m also a master spider-killer and possess the ability to stalk my prey without the squeamish screams of my former urban life.

I’m originally from Las Vegas, a city with more people than the entire country where I currently live. I now reside in a two-room concrete house with a tin roof and a ceiling made of rice bags. I eat with my hand out of a shared food bowl. I walk down a dirt road to fetch my water and carry it home in a bucket on my head. And yes, I even poop in a hole in the ground.

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About The Gambia


The Gambia, known as "The Smiling Coast of Africa," is the smallest country on the continent's mainland. Just 210 miles long and no more than 30 miles at its widest point, The Gambia carves out a space in Senegal on either side of the picturesque Gambia River.
Although many regional languages are spoken, the official language is English. A majority of the 1.8 million people are Muslim. About a third of the population lives below the international poverty line on less than US $1.25 per day.

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