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[Music] every time I seen her she would be texting or facebooking and she was constantly on her phone she's a
happy-go-lucky kid she smiled and she's saying all the time tonight the search intensifies for a missing teen from
Blacksburg take a good look this is Nicole Lovell she's 13 and was last seen in the Lantern Ridge area of Blacksburg
between midnight and 7 Wednesday morning her father posted this message to Facebook Nicole
honey if you see this if you're out there you can come to me I'm not mad at you I'm worried about you we're looking
into weather and app popular with teens was used to lure the girl that night I was gonna knock on the wall and tell her
to come in and sleep with me like she usually does and I didn't do it it's with a heavy heart that I have to
announce that we've located the remains of 13-year old Nicole Madison level 100 see calm in route 89 West Snowbird curve
so where was Nicole level's body Nicole was from what we understand in the trunk
of the car and they move a rod over here got close to the edge and just a very preliminary determination of the cause
of death is stabbing I went to high school with David Eisenhower everything he did you worked hard at and he wanted
to be the best at investigators have said the 18 year old college athlete and engineering student knew the little girl
and quote used the relationship to his advantage to abduct her a second Virginia Tech student Natalie keepers
has also been charged Natalie keepers was an extremely smart person she was very academically driven she had
connections to NASA they stopped Walmart they buy cleaning supplies clothes whites bleach the
defendant purchase a garden shop I trust the courts will do what they feel is just this is really scary I
don't think anyone ever expected any of our classmates to become a alleged murderer it's no longer a situation
where you worry about your child meeting a stranger in the park you really need to worry about the stranger your child's
meeting on the phone that you gave them for Christmas this is the new crime of our time
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Two promising college students stand trial after a teenager is lured to her death with a smartphone app. "48 Hours"' Peter Van Sant updates the case Saturday, August 31 at 9/8c on CBS.

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Brief Summary

The episode discusses the abduction and murder of 13-year-old Nicole Lovell by two college students in Virginia, highlighting modern dangers of online interactions.

Key points

Search for Missing Teen Intensifies. The search for 13-year-old Nicole Lovell escalates as her father expresses concern on social media.
Tragic Discovery. Authorities announce the discovery of Nicole Lovell's remains, raising questions about her abduction.
Alleged Murderer Identified. Investigators reveal that David Eisenhower, a college athlete, is charged with abducting Nicole.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I'm not mad at you, I'm worried about you.

A father's heartfelt message to his missing daughter.

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