building, wouldn t you try to hide that? you would if you had a chance. it could have been an interruption, panic, something like that. clearly there was enough time to take the other parts of the body some place. we don t know where they are. for whatever reason they put the torso right there where it would be found. whether they intended to do that or not it is difficult to know. judge jeanine: absolutely crazy. chief, back to you. why remove a refrigerator from an apartment beneath lauren s apartment what is that about? within the search warrants that we executed, we ve got over 200 pieces of evidence that we sent to the fir or the gbi. to the fir ro fbi or the gbi. some of it was the pipes from the tubs, the sinks, from different items we located. we ve asked them to do trace evidence analysis for us latent prints analysis and dna
now back to more i m harris faulkner, now back to more justice. judge jeanine: welcome back. laura giddings was a beautiful young woman with a bright future, then she vanished. lauren giddings love to run she ran everyday. she also knew self-defense. she was a bright student who friends describe as outgoing and funny. after growing up in maryland in a close it in family she graduated from in a close-knit family she graduate and stayed in macon to take the bar. june 25th, she left her apartment to grab take-out at a nearby restaurant. when she returned home she sent an e-mail to a friend in atlanta saying she didn t feel safe in her apartment that someone had tried to break in. that was the last time any of her friends or family heard from her. five days later, lauren s friend reported her missing. police were dispatched to her
chance. it could have been an interruption, panic, something like that. clearly there was enough time to take the other parts of the body some place. we don t know where they are. for whatever reason they put the torso right there where it would be found. whether they intended to do that or not it is difficult to know. judge jeanine: absolutely crazy. chief, back to you. why remove a refrigerator from an apartment beneath lauren s apartment what is that about? within the search warrants that we executed, we ve got over 200 pieces of evidence that we sent to the fir or the gbi. to the fir ro fbi or the gbi. some of it was the pipes from the tubs, the sinks, from different items we located. we ve asked them to do trace evidence analysis for us latent prints analysis and dna analysis. judge jeanine: what i m hearing chief sounds like
with if they found out it was some psycho amongst them. we follow where the evidence takes us. as we get more clues or learn of more evidence. if we have to go back to the apartment or elsewhere that s where we go. judge jeanine: police say there are several persons of interest. i didn t know she was missing until last night. judge jeanine: one is lauren s next door neighbor. when police search his apartment they found a master key, giving him access to all the apartments in the complex. right now, he s being held on burglary charges. kaitlin wheeler and sarah giddings are lauren s sisters. they join me now. i m so sorry for your loss, how are you doing? as good as can be expected at a time like this. judge jeanine: i can t imagine what you are going through. when did you first realize that something was wrong and she was missing?
building to investigate. lauren s apartment was locked. inside police found her purse, her cell phone and keys. nothing seemed amiss. but lauren wasn t there. police began searching outside for clues. made a shocking discovery, someone had murdered lauren and placed her dismembered body in the building s dumpster. i ask the public to help us with this investigation. judge jeanine: people living in the building are stunned and frightened. lauren s next door neighbor was interviewed by reporters after her body was discovered. no sign of a struggle. no sign anyone had broken in. nothing. she was gone. all of her stuff was there. judge jeanine: why would someone want to kill lauren giddings? the police and her family are desperate for answers. this is such a bizarre and gruesome case that i think it would be very hard to deal