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| Va. Tech student intimately involved in Blacksburg teen’s killing, prosecutor says | |
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| A Virginia Tech freshman was intimately involved in the plan to kill a 13-year-old Blacksburg, Va. girl, helping her alleged killer pick a remote spot for the slaying and buying a shovel with him, before disposing of Nicole Lovell’s body, a prosecutor said Thursday. | |
| Montgomery County, Va. prosecutor Mary Pettitt laid out the allegations against Natalie Keepers, 19, during a hearing at which a judge denied her bond request in Christiansburg, Va. | |
| Keepers, a Laurel, Md. native, is accused of assisting another Virginia Tech student, David Eisenhauer, 18, of Columbia, Md., who has been charged with abducting and killing Lovell. The middle schooler disappeared on Jan. 27. | |
| [Prosecutors say teen was stabbed to death] | [Prosecutors say teen was stabbed to death] |
| Two law enforcement officials have said Eisenhauer had sexual contact with Lovell and used their relationship to lure her out of her home. | |
| Tammy Weeks, Lovell’s mother, said she discovered a nightstand pushed up against the door to Lovell’s room and a window ajar on the day she disappeared. Authorities said it was likely Lovell was killed the same day. | Tammy Weeks, Lovell’s mother, said she discovered a nightstand pushed up against the door to Lovell’s room and a window ajar on the day she disappeared. Authorities said it was likely Lovell was killed the same day. |
| Keepers and Eisenhauer were both engineering students at Virginia Tech, and friends said they appeared to have bright futures. Keepers hoped to work for NASA, and Eisenhauer was a standout runner. | Keepers and Eisenhauer were both engineering students at Virginia Tech, and friends said they appeared to have bright futures. Keepers hoped to work for NASA, and Eisenhauer was a standout runner. |
| A friend of Lovell’s told The Washington Post on Wednesday that she reported to officials at Blacksburg Middle School that she feared Lovell was having a relationship with an older man. Lovell had posted about him on Facebook. | A friend of Lovell’s told The Washington Post on Wednesday that she reported to officials at Blacksburg Middle School that she feared Lovell was having a relationship with an older man. Lovell had posted about him on Facebook. |
| [Friend says she warned school about Lovell’s relationship with older man] | [Friend says she warned school about Lovell’s relationship with older man] |
| Keepers has been charged with accessory before the fact to first-degree murder, accessory after the fact and concealing a body. The most serious charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Prosecutors have not detailed how, as police said, Keepers helped Eisenhauer. | Keepers has been charged with accessory before the fact to first-degree murder, accessory after the fact and concealing a body. The most serious charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Prosecutors have not detailed how, as police said, Keepers helped Eisenhauer. |
| Attorneys for Keepers and Eisenhauer have declined to comment, but in court documents Eisenhauer is said to have told investigators, “I believe the truth can set me free.” | Attorneys for Keepers and Eisenhauer have declined to comment, but in court documents Eisenhauer is said to have told investigators, “I believe the truth can set me free.” |