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
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
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 he was assisting the chief, in
would be very hard to deal 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?
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 building to investigate.