Mike Pence: “On March 9, 2002, Natalya Skryl, a business reporter working for the Nashe Vremya newspaper in the City of Rostov-on-Don…”

“On March 9, 2002, Natalya Skryl, a business reporter working for the Nashe Vremya newspaper in the City of Rostov-on-Don in southwestern Russia died from head injuries sustained during an attack the previous evening. Her image appears on our poster at the lower right-hand. Perhaps the gentleman from California could point that out for our C-SPAN camera team, Natalya Skryl. Late on the night of March 8, Natalya was returning to her home in the town of Taganrog just outside of Rostov-on-Don when she was attacked from behind and struck in the head about a dozen times with a heavy blunt object. Neighbors called an ambulance and the police after hearing her scream. Natalya was found unconscious just outside her home and taken to Taganrog hospital, where she died the following day. Natalya, who was 29, reported on local business issues for a newspaper owned by Rostov regional authorities. Just before her death, she was investigating an ongoing struggle for the control of Tagmet, an metallurgical plant. Nashe Vremya editor-in-chief Vera Yuzhanskaya believes that Natalya's death was related to her professional activities, ITAR-TASS news agency reported. Since opening an investigation shortly after her murder, officials have changed their theory several times. Initially, the prosecutor's office said that because Natalya was carrying jewelry and a large sum of cash that were not taken at the time of the murder, that robbery could be ruled out as a motive.”