nicole lovell one of the suspect's former teammates is speing out. we'll tuque to a leading fbi profiler after this report from eva pilgrim. >> reporter: overnight mourners, loved ones and former teachers her funeral just hours away. >> everybody is going to tell you they're going to miss her smile b becausehe had somome kind of, you know, magic. i will miss her potential. >> reporter: two virginia tech students david eisenhauer and natalie keeps behind bars facing charges for her death. >> one in five people don't have jobs. >> reporter: this video on youtube belonging to a student name natalie keepers may be giving us a glimpse at the now 19-year-old more than a year before the alleged murder. authorities say eisenhauer, a former member of the track team was abusing his relationship with the s seventh grade girl he chatted with on a message,kik, his teammates stunned by the charges. one iting, none of this had to happen y yet i'm left here wonding why it did. gaige kern posting this open letter to his friend. i hate what y y've done but i don't hate you. three lives are now wa

. >> that is all coming up. new developments in the murder of nicole lovell. prosecutors say one of the students facing charges has confessed saying she did it for the thrill and one of the victim's friends claimed she tried to warn the police something was wrong. abc's eva pilgrim is in blacksburg, virginia, with the latest. good morning,eva. >> reporter: good morning, george. we are learning this morning exactly h prosecutors say these two virginia tech students allegedly plotted to murder 13-year-old nicole lovell. chilling details about the muer of 13-year-old nicole lovell. her family fing into the courtroom thursday wearing blue clothes and bbons. prosecutors allege virginia tech students natalie keepers and david eisenhauer planned the murder of the middle school student for weeks, scouting out locations, even buying tls when police showed up to talk to keepers she tried to warn eisenhauer texting him police, it was then she told fbi investigators that eisenhauer in his lexus reportedly saying the two drove with the body in the car to walmart where they bought supplies to cle

dead. >> nicole touched man people throughout her shortlife. >> reporte aording to investigators nicole had secretly been messaging with this virginia tech student. 18-year-old david eisenhauer on kik and snuck out of her parents' how to meet up wit him and never returned home. nicole's story now stands as a reminder to parents of the dangers lurking on sociall media. >> i mean, i think it's probably impossible if you have a teenage daughter right now thashe it's known for a place where you s evacuatesext. that's how kis use it. >> reporter: the new book "american girls: social media and the secret lives of teenager by journalist nancy sales explores the lives of girls who are coming of age in a world ruled by sociall media. tell me about the role this is playing in the lifef the average teenage girl in this country. >> one of the first conversations that i had with some girls in los angeles really set the tone for the whole book to me.. e said social media is destroying our lives. and d i said, so why don't you just go off it and she said then weould have no life. >> she s said

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developments in the murder of nicole lovell. her motherovercome with emotion as she tried to speak about her daughter and new details about how the teen may have met the man charged with her murder. abc' eva pilgrim has the latest. od morning,eva. >> reporter: we're learning didiurbing details about nicole's final moments. police still not releasing a motive a to why two college students would allegedly kill a seventh grader. new details this morning on the murder of 13-year-oldd nicol lovell. authorities now saying at least one of the two virginia tech students had been planning it >> a very preliminary determination of the cause of deat is stabbing. >> reporter: nicole's mother remembing how her daughter beat the odds fighting to survrve chchdhood cancer a and illnesses. >> she had passion for pandas, music, dancing. >> repter: heartbroken. >> nicole touched many people throughout her short life. >> reporter: unable to complete her statement tuesday. >> i can't do that part. >> reporter: 13-year-old nicole lovell last seen january 26th. her parents say she pushed the dresser up a

: nicole vell's parents said she vanished wednesday between midnight, pushing a dresser against her bedroo drawer and climbing out of her window. fami and friends worried that lovell a liver transplant recipient, needed medication daily. saturday morning, p police arrested a freshman engineering student, saying that eisenhauer knew lovell and used that to his advantage. sunday a second studentatalie keepers charged a an accessory, accuse of helping eisenhauer dispose of the girl's body. for "good morning america," eva virginia. >>>he world healthh organization is holding an emergency meeting on the months e quito-born zika virus. whether to declare it a global healthemergency.y. indonenea has reported its first case. >>> horfying attack by the radical iamic group boko haram, setting homes on fire, setting 86 people including children. >>> back here at home, a amtrak train traveling through philadelphia was hit by an object, large enough to damage e window. police are not sure what it was. >>> and hee a surfer is speaking out about his wild wipeout. it launche him into a 44-foot tied to his

relationship to his advantage to abdu and then kill her. >> reporter: nicole lovell's mom telling "the washington post" that the 13-year-old met eisenhauer online. authorities belieieve lell active on kick, a messaging app that allowow them anomity and ability to send photos. eisenhauer, a track star, his incipal reevacuate remembering him as goal driven and focused. >> i don't want to speculate because 's at this poin just very concerned. >> reporter: the second student, natalie keepers an engeering stududent who once interned at nasa accused of helping eisenhauer get rid of thegirl's body. >> i waseally shocked to seeee her face as one off the suspepectct for the murder because i dididn't know she was like -- she didn't seem like that type of person. lovell pushed a dresser up against her door before climbing out her window. thousands joininghe search but police discovered her body 80 miles away in north carolina. neither student was charged with using a gun and neithth enterer a plea but eisenhauer making this statement, quote, i i believe the truth will set me free." george. >> mor

. nicoco lovell's father talks out his daughter this morning. the father of nicole lovell speang out for the firyt time sisce learning the details of his daughter's death. >> i know sheought like a wildcat. i mean, she's my kid. >> reporter: two virginia a tech students, 18-year-old david eisenhauer and 19-year-old natalie keepers are behind bars accused of allegedly plotting to murder the 13-year-old for weeks. authorities say eisenhauer had an inappropriate relationship with r, communicatingng with her on social media. lovell's father telling dr. phil her family tried to step in after finding out she was talking to older m men online. >> my d daughter in ohio had dug accounts and kik and so on and screenhotted me a few of those. >> reporter: abc newsinding this screen shot ofer kik account showing that around thanksgiving she was chatting with a guy named david. >> they had actually had some very vigorous and on point discussions about her social media activity in novemr and december leading up to this. they had taken her phone away from her because they felt like she was having some i

alarm bells on social media. father. this morning, the father of 13-year-old nicole lovell speeging out for the first time. >> i bet she fought like a wildcat. >> reporter: two virginia tech students, are behind bars accused of allegedly plotting to murder the 13-year-old for weeks. authorities s, eisenhauer had an inappropriate e relationship with r. lovell's father telling dr. phil the family tri to step in. >> my daughter in ohio had dug around in nicole's instagram accounts and she screen shotted me a few of those. >> reporter: abc news finding this screen shot of her kik account. she was chatting with a guy named david. >> they had some vigorous and on-point discussions about her social media activity in november and december. leading up to this. they had taken her phone away from her b%cause they felt like she was having some inappropriate conversations.s. telling abc news she referred to eisenhauer as her boyfriend. authorities say david saw her the night before. four days later, police finding the girl's body about two miles from eisenhauer's grandparents' home. >> he took m

this could have been one of my children it really hits home. >> reporter: nicole lovell's parents said she vanished wednesday between midnight, pushing a dresser against her bedroom drawer and climbing out of her window. by friday more than a thousand volunteers searching to find her. family and friends worried that lovell a liver transplant recipient, needed medication daily. the investigation led us to 18-year-old david eisenhower, a virginia tech student. arrested a freshman engineering student, saying that eisenhauer knew lovell and used that to his advantage. around 4:00 that afternoon they found her body. sunday a second student natalie keepers charged as an accessory, accuse of helping eisenhauer dispose of the girl's body. both being held without bail expected in court later today. for "good morning america," eva pilgrim, abc news, blacksburg, virginia. >>> the world health organization is holding an emergency meeting on the months e quito-born zika virus. whether to declare it a global health emergency. indonesia has reported its first case. >>> horrifying attack by the radica

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second child. nicole herwitz knows the stress of going from one to two. the new yoyo mom says she was just getting into a routine with her firstborn max when she welcomed a new baby two months ago. >> mornings used to be really easy. my son would wake up, and we would do breakfast for him and get him off to school. and now it's a lot of preparing at night to get the toddler out the door and then start things all over again with the newborn. >> reporter: parenting experts say the key for new moms and kim kardashian is enlist help from a baby sitter or spend time with mommy friends who understand the stress and schedule some "me" time on a regular basis. >> if your older child is feeling jealous or left out, you can always make them feel included in taking care of the baby. >> reporter: for "good morning america," reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> yeah, you have to watch those two, right? >> absolutely. >> and kim is very fortunate. she has her resources to be able to help heheout that some other mothers might not have. >>> now to the moment we've been waiting for all morning, lar

relationship to his advantage to abduct and then kill her. >> reporter: nicole lovell's mom telling "the washington post" that police believe the 13-year-old met eisenhauer online. authorities believe lovell active on kik, a messaging app which offers users anonymity and ability to send photos. eisenhauer, a track star, his high school principal remembering him as goal driven and focused. >> it's just very difficult to hear something like that. i don't want to speculate at this point. just very concerned. >> reporter: the second student, natalie keepers, an engineering student who once interned at nasa, accused of helping eisenhauer get rid of the girl's body. >> i was really shocked to see her face as one of the suspects for the murder because i didn't know she was like -- she didn't seem like that type of person. >> reporter: her parents say lovell pushed a dresser up against her bedroom door before climbing out her window. thousands joining the search for her but, on saturday, police discovered her body 80 miles away in north carolina. neither student was charged with using a gun and

that eisenhauer killed nicole and put her body in his lexus reportedly saying the two drove with the body in the car to walmart where they bought supplies to clean up the crime telling authorities where to locate the murder weapon and nicole's body. keepers allegedly saying she was, quote, excited to be a part of something secretive and special. nicole's childhood friend says she noticed nicole was posting

disturbing details about nicole's final moments. police still not releasing a motive as to why two college students would allegedly kill a seventh grader. new details this morning on the murder of 13-year-old nicole lovell. authorities now saying at least one of the two virginia tech students had been planning it for weeks. >> a very preliminary determination of the cause of death is stabbing. >> reporter: nicole's mother remembering how her daughter beat the odds fighting to survive childhood cancer and illnesses. >> she had a passion for pandas, music, dancing. >> reporter: heartbroken. >> nicole touched many people throughout her short life. her statement tuesday. >> i can't do that part. >> reporter: 13-year-old nicole lovell last seen january 26th. her parents say she pushed the dresser up against her bedroom door before climbing out the window. police saying she was killed the next day, her body discovered saturday 80 miles south of her blacksburg home. police saying the 13-year-old was active on facebook with multiple the accounts and active user on kik. that's where police

grader. new details this morning on the murder of 13-year-old nicole lovell. authorities now saying at least one of the two virginia tech students had been planning it for weeks. >> a very preliminary determination of the cause of death is stabbing. >> reporter: nicole's mother remembering how her daughter beat the odds fighting to survive childhood cancer and illnesses. >> she had a passion for pandas,