hello, and welcome to dateline. lauren giddings spooked south to law school, and immediately felt right at home. smart and vibrant, she turned heads on campus, but kept her own eyes on her bright future. then, suddenly she vanished. turns out that someone close to lauren was hiding a secret and hiding in plain sight. but here is keith morrison with, the watcher . it was a summer morning in the heart of georgia. heat rose thick and damp among the old macon antebellum mansions. as the morning traffic drove by. something in the air that morning. something off. maybe just the trash truck. this was a 90-degree day.
it takes poise. lauren giddings s friends and neighbors had spent hours at police headquarters answering questions. but getting no answers back themselves. so when police drop them off near the apartment, they were surprised by quite a scene. it was quickly blocked. off news reporters were there. sheriffs officers were there. crime scene was there. the tv people knew about a body had been found, that s why they were here. but some of those down at police headquarters were quite up to date.
you never meet a stranger i guess, in the south. that is what makes it so wonderful, comforting. it is where she met lauren giddings. when we found out that we were both from the north, we just instantly connected on that but, then why would you not want to connect with lauren? she was bigger than life. she was infectious. i mean, you could not be around her for more than five minutes, and not already be having a good time. she was the adored eldest of three sisters. youngest, sarah. we would always go on runs together. kaitlan, in the middle. she was more like a book warm. she loves to read, academics. lauren grew up in maryland, halfway between baltimore and d. c., with her friend, katie o hare. she was a riot. the things that will come out of her mouth sometimes, she would not have a filter. why did she go with self for school? she loved the south. she was a country girl at heart. when she got there, she loved it. she did not want to come back up here.
myself, it will be no fault of mine. in death as in life, the eccentric millionaire keep people guessing. that s all for this edition of dateline. i m craig melville, thank you for watching. k yo for watching i m craig melvin and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline. i want to tell around which i miss her, and that i love her. and she is the reason why i am who i am today. i would tell her thank you. lauren giddings, law school grad with the world at her feet. fiercely intelligent? and fiercely her opinion, she made friends wherever she went. so, it was strange when she