direction and usher the kids around but nicole just jumped right in. kids looked up to her and she was respected. sunday, the church held a special service to remember her life. people on social media and throughout the new river valley are also remembering lovell by wearing blue or posting this blue ribbon. her dad and friends made their profile pictures of her favorite animal - a panda. the search began for lovell wednesday after her mother reported her missing from her blacksburg home. she left without her daily medication after having a liver transplant. over the weekend the investigation led police to david eisenhauer charged with murder and abduction, and natalie keepers, charged with disposing of a dead body and being an accessory after the fact. her body was found in surry county, north carolina, not far from grayson county. it s now at the medical examiners office in roanoke. josh blankenship: these teens are just emotionally broken. it s something you don t mccoy
being on american she left the podium statement, overcome with emotion. lovell s youth pastor finished what was written. josh blankenship/youth pastor: what it meant to lose you no one will ever know. now the woman charged in the case is being accused of perhaps more involvement, natalie keepers was already charged with improper disposal of a body and being an accessory after the fact. now she faces a third charge- being an accessory before the fact of first degree murder - a charge that is punished the same as first degree murder. mary pettitt/montgomery county commonwealth attorney: that charge carries a term from 20 years to life in prison. blacksburg police chief anthony enforcement is processing more than 400 tips. chief anthony police: federal investigators assigned to the case progress with reconstructing the timeline of those two individuals movements and activities leading up to nicole s abduction david eisenhauer is charged with first degree murder in lovell s
their first court appearances this morning. the judge did not allow cameras inside. the judge appointed a lawyer for eisenhauer while keepers hired her own attorney. we have copies of arrest warrants for both. while there s not a lot of information other than what we ve already been told. the warrants describe what little eisenhauer said when talking to police. documents relating to the abduction charge show eisenhauer told investigators. i believe the truth can set me free. also here this morning. nicole lovell s father. a family friend tells us david lovell came here wanting answers. 10:36:30 it s just been terrible to the family. the family is in shock. there are really no words they can say right now. they re at a loss for and she still is an angel. we talked to nicole s father david lovell. we ll talk about what he shared with me as well as more about what s in these court documents, tonight starting at 5. we re also continuing to learn new details about the two in t