it was like oh, wow. he did it. he took off and we didn know where he was. he took off, and we did not know where he was. call it a mother intuition. she had a sign. i don t know how, something wa wrong. her daughter away at colleg was not answering her phone. she was scared. she did not know where ale was. then, terrible news, student had been murdered, i young woman, but apparently it was not alex the girl on the floor had very dark, almost black colore hair she had much lighter hair. so, who was it, and where was alex at that point, it was one that, and perhaps anothe missing. the color could be roaming campus of students we were really scared in a serious tweet. what did you think? i don t exactly know. a terrifying phone call my son just called and told me he killed somebody. and a terrible truth. i did not know how, and i did not know who and i did not know anything. i just knew she was gone hello, and welcome to dateline
i couldn t comprehend wha was happening. i couldn t sleep losing my husband. it s an image that is neve gonna go away. a father out for a walk wit his son. i heard shots very loud shots. the child survives, the father doesn t all he was asking was honey, tell me how s the baby is the baby okay? it was an execution yes the killers never caught. we re waiting for a phone call, waiting for a break. nothing was coming in. then, one month later another shooting the victim the dead man s partner and no question this time wh the killer was i panicked because i though he was reaching for his gun an that s when i shot was it self-defense the lead detective kept telling us, everyone s life is in danger. or was it something else? it s a lousy excuse to kill somebody what secrets were stored on this tape? when he come out, i was ready. villain i just couldn t believe wha i heard. or victim hug your family kiss your children you don t know when y
thing that can come at you two years later, there were still purple ribbons in alex kogut s hometown, friend attending a college memorial t honor students will have die at a college that has itself had to heal, a college that ha hope in the center to rais awareness about dating violence and there are still those, lik page with me, who will never let the memory of a graceful joyous young spirit fade away. for the rest of my life whenever i see purple i will think of her whenever i hear a story of any type of domestic violence will think of her. and i will not stop telling he story. that is all for this editio of dateline. i m craig melvin, thank you fo watching i m craig melvin. and this is dateline.