Death penalty sought against Tennessee sex offender accused in Clemson crimes

South Carolina prosecutors said today they will seek the death penalty for a Tennessee man charged in the death of a Clemson University student who was strangled with a bikini top.

Jerry "Buck" Inman, a convicted sex offender, was arrested in Dandridge, Tennessee, in June and charged with murder, rape and kidnapping in the death of 20-year-old Tiffany Marie Souers.

Souers, of Ladue, Missouri, was found dead in her off-campus apartment May 26th. Inman was arrested about two weeks later.

Inman also faces charges in the attempted rape of a 24-year-old woman in Rainsville, Alabama, and the rape of a 28-year-old woman at her home in Sevierville, Tennessee. Authorities have said those crimes occurred in the days leading up to Souers' death.

Inman is currently being housed by the South Carolina Corrections Department. No trial date in the South Carolina case has been scheduled.