arriving. besties 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. the other, 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.
what could he tell them, if anything, about what happened in the dorm room? i couldn t put together what happened because was so violent. there was so many things that didn t make sense. scenarios that you were it s an alteration between roommates. maybe possibly alex and clayton were on the run and this is the roommate on the ground. maybe clayton hurt the roommate. through your mind? yes. reporter: and at her parents house, samantha, her best buddy, was calling all her friends. a college official got on the line and told her there was a situation. and i broke down and i called my sister and was like we need to go back right now. and i rushed here. 4:00 in the morning? 4:00 in the morning. i didn t know exactly who it
midway through the evening, samantha texted alex. i told her, can t wait to see you tomorrow. love you. good night. she said the same. later, in the early hours of saturday morning, samantha awaken by a call. she was scared. she didn t know where alex was. she had a sign. i don t know how she knew something was wrong. her mother thought something was wrong and called you freaking out? yes. i was like, i m home. i don t know. a frantic mother searching for her daughter. what happened to set her off and why she was so distraught. a good friend of her parents. page s mom. they had gone off for a weekend vacation and been
almost dark colored hair. but when you saw the photos of her and clayton in the dorm room has light colored hair. the roommate had darker hair. investigators knocked on students doors. then a nugget buried in a conversation. they learned alex recently dyed her hair brown. they had what they needed to id their victim. now they wanted to hear from one more person, alex s roommate. when she did call in, finally, they learned she was staying in another dorm room. we had her come to us to speak to her. positive the girl on the floor was alex kogut. bubbly, happy, alex kogut. only 18 years old. best friend samantha was devastated. i broke down and i knew at that point, my life was changed. reporter: you knew without