i didn t realize how much in danger she was. one of our friends looked him up. this is not the guy you think he is. he kind women to get what he wanted. he was good at it. he was peaking in her dorm room. spirit lauren kept saying the police will handle it. we got the notification on our phones, lockdown. he was lying in wait. i said this is not real. how do you not recognize this girl needs help. what could scare every parent to see could happen at any campus across the country. hello, and welcome to dateline. college senior lauren mccluskey was known as a star athlete. few knew that off the field, she was trapped in an abusive relationship. she turned to campus police for protection not once but several times. most of us would agree it was the right thing to do. why did things turn out so very wrong? here is josh mankiewicz with lauren s promise. graduation at the university of utah in salt lake city, home . it time for selfies. smiles. celebration.
gone, dead, murder. did bill have any problems with anyone? he had an affair a couple of years ago. he believes that there is this lady out there. stalking him. someone starts tapping on the window. i see the guy for a weekend, and now he s murdered, and you re coming for me? there was anger around those that did not go away. why is this happening? who did this? did you shoot your dad? why would you asked that? what actually happened the other night? i m not sure how you want me to respond. a level of devious this, it s hard to get your head around. it s pretty horrible stuff. i couldn t fathom this. how much can one family bear? how do you contain her? if this happened to you, where would you put it?
in so many ways one of those things that was chasing me was my guilt. i think that i couldn t save my brother and i wanted to. nothing was really the same after that. there was stress that piled on to my parents as a result of my brother s death. marriage does come under enormous strain when a child passes. especially when a child dies in that way. it wasn t their fault. ben had a challenge that he felt he couldn t overcome and he chose to make a decision that was entirely his own. mark ecker suggested counseling. bill s answer was unyielding. oh, no. no. no. we re good. so, it was kind of that pack it down inside and maybe we can deal with it some other day. but now? seven years after the day of ben s suicide, on the same property. bill was dead. i couldn t fathom this. gone. dead? murdered? none of that seemed real.
she cramped her students into a tiny bathroom at the back of the bat classroom. i did what any teacher would, do and i can only think whoever is up there who helped us get into the bathroom on the day. cause if you seen it, you wouldn t think that 16 people could fit inside of it. i remember a lot from that day. i remember when the noses started. i remember holding everyone and holding all my classmates. i pretty much the only thing i think about is she saved my life. do you remember anything she said, julia? one thing she said is she loved us. going back, thinking about it, i think that s the first thing we think about. they are six. and i m thinking that they re about to die. and i want them to know how loved they are. i couldn t fathom in my 29 year old mind that this is it for them. you wanted one of the last things they heard potentially to be out of. you i needed to be. eventually, a swat team
lot. do you remember anything she said? one thing that she said is that she loved us. going back and thinking about it, that was the first thing that i think about. they are six years old and i am thinking that they are about to die and i want them to know how loved they are. i couldn t fathom in my 29 year old mind, like, that this is it for them. you wanted one of the last things they heard to be i love you. i need it to be. eventually, a swat team led them to safety. without her quick thinking, i wouldn t be here today. and neither would any of my other classmates. i am so thankful. that is the bond. she s kind of like my second mom. in the months afterwards, their classroom received get from all over the country and caitlin saw a way to teach. i said, you know, why did somebody do this for us? and they raise their hands and they said, well, you know, someone wanted us to be happy. and i said, what is our job?