neighbor did not want them to know about the discovery. took them all downtown to records their statements. and while they were there there was a call to our newsroom. this telegraph reporter joe kovac. there had been a body found outside the parchment, along coleman hill. police tried to keep the discovery quiet, but it did not take long before the news was online. and then back in maryland, where lauren s family had gathered my uncle came in and asked, he heard the news and we were like, no, we are in maryland. tell us what you are talking about. and he said, well, they found a body. and at that point, it was just hysterics. was it her? it must be. downtown, investigators resorted to methods. who is closest to her, unromantically or geographically? start close, as they say. close to the victim.
but how close? oh, they had no idea. coming up, police look at the man in lauren s life. her boyfriend david, and her ex, joe. they wondered, could there have been a love triangle gone wrong? people react badly to that sort of thing? very badly, sometimes. when dateline continues. s effective and vet recommended. seresto. learn more at seresto.com. it s the most wonderful time of the year. claritin provides non-drowsy symptom relief learn more at seresto.com.
they closed the bar, went to ashley s boyfriends place. lawrence ex, joe, was his roommate. eventually, we just all kind of decided we are going to go to sleep now. right. i will remind you, there was alcohol involved. surprise, surprise. right! lorraine stayed the night in joe s room. the next day, everybody was moving a bit slowly. i did not see lauren that morning. i also did not see joe that morning. we just assumed they were in the room together. it was then time to buckle down. all of the friends, joe included, went off to cram. you just kind of go into this hole, and you study constantly, you have no contact with anybody. so it took a few days to realize that nobody had heard from lauren. no reason yet to assume anything was wrong, but soon, there would be. coming up
her jewel for example, had he rejoined her? impossible to tell from this. willie no one can vouch for him because we re all doing our own thing. we were all studying. it seemed pretty certain lauren was still alive and well at 10:30 pm. because that s when she sent that strange email her friends found on her computer. essentially that she thought someone was trying to break into her house. on a night prior. the recipient of that email was the man she intended to move in with, david. now the detectives wondered if they were dealing with a love triangle gone wrong. had david found out about lauren s night with joe? some people react badly to that sort of thing. very badly sometimes. so down at the station, detectives question david on tape. we found a body. we don t know if it s her or not. i heard that. that s why my coworker told me on the way down. all right. so i need your help. you ve got it. well, somebody knows
towards the end of june. there was a hot wind blowing that day. joe kovac was down at the local paper. but and all of the sudden i could remember the buzz in the newsroom. oh, this would be big. big, and disturbing. sometimes, things can be like that in the south, says joe. it was the shock, a shock to the system. but, there is something else about the south, something sweet, magnetic. it draws people in, and macon, with a storied history and his cherry blossoms at its very heart. but slow, relaxing. everybody here is welcoming. even for a new yorker but, who signed up at the mercer law school over here.