i first realized, i had been trying to talk to her that week. just assumed others had talked to her of course. and it hadn t been a problem. then i got a next from a close family friend asking if i had talk today to her? right then i knew something was probably up. i started facebooking different friends in atlanta and macon and just trying to check in on lauren. to make a long story short, i ended up getting on to her g-mail and facebook. and saw she hadn t sent, read an e-mail or facebook message since saturday night. i started calling the hospitals and a friend called the police. judge jeanine: since she was studying for the barney guess it was not unusual to be in contact on a regular basis. did lauren say she was worried about her safety? she had not told us she was worried about her safety. it did say that in the e-mail
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? i first realized, i had
i first realized, i had been trying to talk to her that week. just assumed others had talked to her of course. and it hadn t been a problem. then i got a next from a close family friend asking if i had talk today to her? right then i knew something was probably up. i started facebooking different friends in atlanta and macon and just trying to check in on lauren. to make a long story short, i ended up getting on to her g-mail and facebook. and saw she hadn t sent, read an e-mail or facebook message since saturday night. i started calling the hospitals and a friend called the police. judge jeanine: since she was studying for the barney guess it was not unusual to be in contact on a regular basis. did lauren say she was worried about her safety? she had not told us she was worried about her safety. it did say that in the e-mail sent to a friend that night.
joey, mcdaniel is a person of interest. he s been arrested for burglary. lauren sends an e-mail saying she is in fear of someone who tried to break into her apartment. would it be a big leap to charge him? i think at this point. look, earlier in the show the chief was pointing out the investigation ensuing and what was happening. at this point it is too preliminary. you can say he looks strange. he has a master key. he s going around to these apartments. he was at the crime scene. they always say the criminal returns to the scene of the crime. to focus on him to the examine of other things might hamper the investigation because you lose time and you might want to focus on her people before you make conclusions. judge jeanine: i agree with you. you have to have the evidence. i m going to greg mccreary. greg, you are a criminal profiler. what about the fact they say mcdaniel went into the apartment, he was an signatures the chief, when the investigation of the case
have killed lauren giddings? dr. sir dr. little we can join us. amy, local reporter what do lauren s friends think happened here? few of her friends have been willing to talk with us. the few that have i think there s kind of a mix between the people who were afraid that it is mr. mcdaniel. they are looking at that trying to cope with that side of it. then i think there s others that they just don t know what to believe. they can t believe it is mr. mcdaniel. they don t know who it might be. they are very concerned. judge jeanine: chief, you have indicate add that you don t have enough yet to make an arrest for murder and you do have several suspects. we are not keying in on one person. when you went to lauren s apartment, what did you find there? when we first went in, we didn t find anything out of the ordinary. there was no signs of a struggle.