then terrible news. a student had been murdered. 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. a mysterious tweet. what do you think it meant? i don t know. 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. welcome to dateline a college freshman found brutally beaten, so gruesome, they couldn t identify the victim but they could identify the suspect. he tells why he did it. here is andrea canning with after midnight. every year as summer fades into fall and lazy days at the beach come to an end, students flood back to college. the same scene year after year at campus after campus. every year, there s that new bunch, the freshman. i was nervous that first day. all those worries. all those questions. do i really
something was wrong. her daughter, away at college wasn t answering her phone. she was scared. she didn t know where alex was. then, terrible news. a student had been murdered. a young woman. but apparently, it wasn t alex. the girl laying on the floor had dark, almost black colored hair. she had much lighter hair. so who was it and where was alex? at that point, it was one dead and perhaps another missing. the killer could be roaming a campus full of students. we were really scared. a mysterious tweet. what do you think it meant? i don t exactly 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 in her dorm room. a crime scene so bloody, police could not identify the victim, but identifying the killer was not nearly as hard. he admitted what he did, turning himsel
it was like oh, wow. he did it. he took off and we didn know where he was. he took off, and we did not know where he was. call it a mother intuition. she had a sign. i don t know how, something wa wrong. her daughter away at colleg was not answering her phone. she was scared. she did not know where ale was. then, terrible news, student had been murdered, i young woman, but apparently it was not alex the girl on the floor had very dark, almost black colore hair she had much lighter hair. so, who was it, and where was alex at that point, it was one that, and perhaps anothe missing. the color could be roaming campus of students we were really scared in a serious tweet. what did you think? i don t exactly know. a terrifying phone call my son just called and told me he killed somebody. and a terrible truth. i did not know how, and i did not know who and i did not know anything. i just knew she was gone hello, and welcome to dateline
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 don t exactly know. reporter: a terrifying phone call: my son just called me and told me he killed somebody. reporter: 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. reporter: i m lester holt and this is dateline. here s andrea canning with after midnight. 3 f2 medianoche. days at the beach come to an end, students flood back to college. it s the same scene year after year, at campus after campus. and every year, there s that new bunch, the freshmen. i was nervous for classes the first day because, you know, i m that scared little freshman. reporter: all those worries, all those questions. do i really have to go to these classes? and what s this teacher like? and all that kind of stuff. reporter: they re not quite adults, they re not quite teens. but now, suddenly, they re on their own. i m