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By WILLIAM BENDER & DANA DiFILIPPO

Philadelphia Daily News

Selene Raynor, a Philadelphia High School for Girls graduate and an aspiring dentist enrolled at West Chester University, didn’t care what anybody thought of her.

She was smart as a whip and quick with a smile, and it made no difference to Raynor, 21, if you were laughing with her or at her – as long as you were happy.

She was the goofball who busted out dance moves in the dorm hallway and the rock-solid friend who stood by your side during the toughest time of your life.

“You could talk to her about anything, and she wouldn’t judge you,” said Brian Jackson, a member of the university’s gospel choir. “She was a very special person.”

Yesterday, Raynor’s friends struggled to comprehend how someone who was always there for them was suddenly snatched away – allegedly by her boyfriend, who police say shot her at point-blank range.

Homicide Capt. James Clark said Raynor, who was pregnant, last was reported seen about 9 p.m. Wednesday, when she left to pick up Tyrell Hart, 19, at his home on Clifford Street near Montgomery in Strawberry Mansion.

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