she didn t answer the phone. she was scared. then terrible news. a student had been murdered. a young woman, but apparently it wasn t alum. the girl on the floor had very black colored hair. she had lighter hair. who was it and where was alex. at that point, it was perhaps one dead and another missing. the killer could be roaming the campus. we are really scared. a mysterious tweet. what do you think it meant? i don t know. a terrifying phone call. my son just called. and a terrible truth. i didn t know how? i didn t know who? i didn t know anything. i just know she was gone. hello and welcome to dateline. a college freshman found brutally beaten, so gruesome, they couldn t identify the victim, but identifying the killer wasn t nearly as hard. he admitted what he did, turning himself into police within hours. it was why he said he did it, it would become the foundation for his defense. here is andrea canning with after midnight. every yea
Campus full of students. We were really scared. A mysterious tweet. What do you think it meant . I dont exactly know. Reporter a terrifying phone call my son just called me and told me he killed somebody. Reporter and a terrible truth. I didnt know how. I didnt know who. I didnt know anything. I just know she was gone. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with after midnight. 3 f2 medianoche. Days at the beach come to an end, students flood back to college. Its the same scene year after year, at campus after campus. And every year, theres that new bunch, the freshmen. I was nervous for classes the first day because, you know, im that scared little freshman. Reporter all those worries, all those questions. Do i really have to go to these classes . And whats this teacher like . And all that kind of stuff. Reporter theyre not quite adults, theyre not quite teens. But now, suddenly, theyre on their own. I mean, leaving home for the first time can be scary. Sca
Campus full of students. We were really scared. A mysterious tweet. What do you think it meant . I dont exactly know. Reporter a terrifying phone call my son just called me and told me he killed somebody. Reporter and a terrible truth. I didnt know how. I didnt know who. I didnt know anything. I just know she was gone. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with after midnight. 3 f2 medianoche. Days at the beach come to an end, students flood back to college. Its the same scene year after year, at campus after campus. And every year, theres that new bunch, the freshmen. I was nervous for classes the first day because, you know, im that scared little freshman. Reporter all those worries, all those questions. Do i really have to go to these classes . And whats this teacher like . And all that kind of stuff. Reporter theyre not quite adults, theyre not quite teens. But now, suddenly, theyre on their own. I mean, leaving home for the first time can be scary. Sca
We were really scared. A mysterious tweet. What do you think it meant . I dont exactly know. Reporter a terrifying phone call my son just called me and told me he killed somebody. Reporter and a terrible truth. I didnt know how. I didnt know who. I didnt know anything. I just know she was gone. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with after midnight. 3 f2 medianoche. Days at the beach come to an end, students flood back to college. Its the same scene year after year, at campus after campus. And every year, theres that new bunch, the freshmen. I was nervous for classes the first day because, you know, im that scared little freshman. Reporter all those worries, all those questions. Do i really have to g these classes . And whats this teacher like . And all that kind of stuff. Reporter theyre not quite adults, theyre not quite teens. But now, suddenly, theyre on their own. I mean, leaving home for the first time can be scary. Scary for the kids. For their pa
As soon as i met her, i knew we were the Perfect Match for each other. Reporter alex kogut and Samantha Turner met within days of arriving on campus, besties from the beginning. Reporter you really clicked with alex. I did. Reporter right away. I did right away. Reporter why did you like her so much right away . I liked her because i could act so funny in front of her and i could act myself. If i had a problem, she was always there for me. Reporter by late september, alex and samantha were inseparable, swapping clothes and confidences. Sounds almost like you were sisters. Pretty much. Every second i saw her, we would have fun and laugh together. Every possible thing just made our relationship grow stronger. Reporter but on friday, september 28th, they were going off in different directions. Samantha was heading home to see her family. Alex was staying on campus, counting the hours until her longtime boyfriend arrived for a weekend visit. That afternoon, alex went down the hall to saman