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Monday, Sep. 22 2008 @ 11:13PM

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Corrie Wood would have turned 29 today. On Friday, September 19, she decided to celebrate her birthday early. She was joined in celebration by her boyfriend and others.

The following morning, her boyfriend found Corrie dead in her home. Though the final results of her autopsy haven't come back yet, police in Grant, Nebraska say Corrie was beaten to death.

Police say she was the victim of a homicide.

At the moment, that's just about all that's been reported about Corrie's death.

She was born on September 22, 1979 and died on September 20, 2008. Those are the dates given by one of Corrie's friends on her MySpace profile. The friend left a comment today that also said, "Happy birthday Corrie... rest in peace [...] Love you and miss you always."

Here was how Corrie introduced herself to profile readers under "About Me":

It's all about me! haha just kidding, actually if you know me I'm really not but anyway lets see. I live in Grant with my boyfriend Scott and my fabulous 4 year old daughter, she has blonde hair and blue eyes, and she facinates me. She is a little tornado, but I love her to death, someone once told me that I would get my payback as a mother for all the stuff I put my parents through and I definetly think I have met my match in her. She is awesome though and I can't imagine life without her. We also have a 3 year old son, Wyatt that has recently come to live with us, a boy and a girl 9 months apart, our life is crazy. But Wyatt is the cutest little boy I have ever seen and I love seeing the difference between the way boys and girls do things. Life is good. .. .. ;

Corrie's profile also gave her details -- she was in a relationship, about 5'6" and slender, a Virgo, a proud parent, and a business owner. She did not say that she owned the company, but the business she listed as employment was Acousti Construction.

Corrie had posted one entry on her MySpace blog, in 2006, a bit of a ramble about monogamy. She was all for it, and was "irritated" by people who thought that humans were not naturally inclined to having only one long-term partner.

Still, her profile could only provide a small glimpse into moments and random thoughts from the woman whose birthday celebration apparently ended in violence and death. For now, the most profound words found there come from friends who have come to begin mourning Corrie, when they should have been leaving birthday wishes. Friends like Kristi, who wrote, in part: "I'm going to miss you so much. You were the first person to be my friend when I moved to Imperial [...] I will never forget you and I will love you always."

[Nebraska.TV/AP]