and i knew at that point in my life, my life was changed. we just knew what s happened without even anyone telling you? i didn t know how. i didn t know who. i didn t know anything. i just know she was gone, and i could never see her again. sandra whitney and her daughter paid our family friends often kogut s. paige was a student at brockport too. her omit woke her up around seven at that morning. and she said we had to go. we re all meeting together. something happened. page called me, and she said something happened to alex. what? she said it s a terrible accident, and she said she okay? and she said, no. i said is she in the hospital? and she said, no, mom. she s not. and i said, has she died. and she said, yes. so, i was shocked and all i
baseball bat by my own father. i watched my own father beat my sister. beat my own mother. [inaudible] her fingerprints are on his car. the interview room cops asked him how he felt about his dad now? [inaudible] in the minutes before he was arrested, clayton wrote a bizarre apology to alex and the kogut s. it s already to the family and you, he texted. nothing will ever fix or undo what i did. i became my father. in court, clayton cystic took the stand, and supported her brother s story.
her father, scott whittemore did not respond to declines call. there is no record of complaints against him, but the defense expert, a psychic twist, testified, got admitted that as a former marine, he may have been rough. because of that abuse, the expert concluded that clayton was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance and snapped in the dorm room. the prosecution back to the for. it was tragic. and you know, we never discounted or denied his past. but that as an excuse what he did. three weeks after the trial began, the case went to the jury. the verdict was swift. guilty of second degree murder. i just felt this overwhelming sense of relief, that the truth came out, and that there was finally a verdict. it was the right verdict. alex s mom did not attend the trial, but followed it closely, and tweeted
as soon as i met her, i knew we were the perfect match. alex and samantha met within days of arriving on campus, betsy s from the beginning. you really clicked? i did. why did you like her right away? i could act so funny or myself. if i had a problem, she was there for me. by late september, they were inseparable, swapping clothes and confidences. on friday september 28, they were going off in separate directions. samantha heading home to see her family. alex, remaining on campus. that afternoon, she went down to the dorm room to say goodbye. it was around 3:00, i was about to go home. she said, can i pick out some clothes in your closet. i said sure. she took three of my shirts. she was so excited. her
but clayton had been a model of cooperation that. what could he tell them, if anything, about what had happened in the dorm room that night? i couldn t put together what happened because it was so violent. there was so many things that didn t make sense in the room, that it was very hard to gauge what happened. you know, case closed. but whatever the scenarios you are thinking of? maybe there was an altercation between roommates. maybe, possibly, alex and clayton were on the run, and this was the roommate that was on the ground. maybe alex was abducted by clayton. maybe clayton had hurt the roommate. lots of things running through your mind? yes. lots of things on other peoples minds too. at her parents house, samantha turner, alex best buddy, was phoning all her friends. when she got to a roommate, a college official got on the line, and told her that there was a situation. and i broke down. and i grabbed my sister and i was like, we need to go back