she didn t answer the phone. she was scared. then terrible news. a student had been murdered. a young woman, but apparently it wasn t alum. the girl on the floor had very black colored hair. she had lighter hair. who was it and where was alex. at that point, it was perhaps one dead and another missing. the killer could be roaming the campus. we are really scared. a mysterious tweet. what do you think it meant? i don t know. a terrifying phone call. my son just called. and a terrible truth. i didn t know how? i didn t know who? i didn t know anything. i just know she was gone. hello and welcome to dateline. a college freshman found brutally beaten, so gruesome, they couldn t identify the victim, but identifying the killer wasn t nearly as hard. he admitted what he did, turning himself into police within hours. it was why he said he did it, it would become the foundation for his defense. here is andrea canning with after midnight. every yea
Campus full of students. We were really scared. A mysterious tweet. What do you think it meant . I dont exactly know. Reporter a terrifying phone call my son just called me and told me he killed somebody. Reporter and a terrible truth. I didnt know how. I didnt know who. I didnt know anything. I just know she was gone. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with after midnight. 3 f2 medianoche. Days at the beach come to an end, students flood back to college. Its the same scene year after year, at campus after campus. And every year, theres that new bunch, the freshmen. I was nervous for classes the first day because, you know, im that scared little freshman. Reporter all those worries, all those questions. Do i really have to go to these classes . And whats this teacher like . And all that kind of stuff. Reporter theyre not quite adults, theyre not quite teens. But now, suddenly, theyre on their own. I mean, leaving home for the first time can be scary. Sca
Campus full of students. We were really scared. A mysterious tweet. What do you think it meant . I dont exactly know. Reporter a terrifying phone call my son just called me and told me he killed somebody. Reporter and a terrible truth. I didnt know how. I didnt know who. I didnt know anything. I just know she was gone. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with after midnight. 3 f2 medianoche. Days at the beach come to an end, students flood back to college. Its the same scene year after year, at campus after campus. And every year, theres that new bunch, the freshmen. I was nervous for classes the first day because, you know, im that scared little freshman. Reporter all those worries, all those questions. Do i really have to go to these classes . And whats this teacher like . And all that kind of stuff. Reporter theyre not quite adults, theyre not quite teens. But now, suddenly, theyre on their own. I mean, leaving home for the first time can be scary. Sca
We were really scared. A mysterious tweet. What do you think it meant . I dont exactly know. Reporter a terrifying phone call my son just called me and told me he killed somebody. Reporter and a terrible truth. I didnt know how. I didnt know who. I didnt know anything. I just know she was gone. Reporter im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Andrea Canning with after midnight. 3 f2 medianoche. Days at the beach come to an end, students flood back to college. Its the same scene year after year, at campus after campus. And every year, theres that new bunch, the freshmen. I was nervous for classes the first day because, you know, im that scared little freshman. Reporter all those worries, all those questions. Do i really have to g these classes . And whats this teacher like . And all that kind of stuff. Reporter theyre not quite adults, theyre not quite teens. But now, suddenly, theyre on their own. I mean, leaving home for the first time can be scary. Scary for the kids. For their pa
A mysterious tweet, a terrifying phone call. My son just called. And a terrible truth. I didnt know how, didnt know who. I just know she was gone. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Here is after midnight. Every year as summer fades into fall and lazy days at the beach come to an end students flood back to college. Its the same scene year after year at campus after campus. Every year there is that new bunch. I was nervous for classes the first day because im that scared freshman. All those worries and questions. Do i have to go to these classes . What is this teacher like . They are not quite adults, they are not quite teens but now suddenly they are on their own. Leaving home for the first time can be scary. Scary for the quids and for their parents, too. Every mom has that my baby. Its hard. Most of the times kids sail through the experience and make new friends and move on. There are others who are not so lucky. They are victims of a troubling trend that has caught the nations att