. nicole lovell's body was found saturday near the virginia/north carolina border more than 50 miles from her home and the virginia tech campus. jan crawford is outside in christiansburg, virginia, where the pair is held today. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. i mean, this is an incredibly disturbing story that has people in this community asking not only how, but why it happened. now, the two suspects are expected to be arraigned here at the courthouse before a judge at some point today and police are continuing to sift through about 300 tips sickening feeling this could it really hits home. >> reporter: authorities believe virginia tech freshman david eisenhauer abducted and murdered the girl and another student natalie keeper has been charged with helping him get rid of lovell's bot. >> body. >> eisenhaw you're used to his advantage to abduct and kill her. >> reporter: permissinthere, you can come to me. i'm not mad at you. i'm worried about you. >> reporter: lovell's facebook page shows she was a member of at least one teen dating group but it's unclear whether she

boy would kill that little innocent sweet girl. >> reporter: the family of nicole lovell is struggling to make sense of her death. her from the headlines and negative things. i would like them to see her as we did as such a beautiful, sweet, loving child. >> reporter: monday virginia tech university students david eisenhauer and natalie keepers were arraigned in connection with lovell's murder. it could be weeks before autopsy results determined how the girl died. but eisenhower's newly released arrest want showed no firearm was used. he stated, i believe the truth can set me free. by the time he was accused of murder, he had no comment. in an interview with "the washington post," lovell's mother said police told her the 13-year-old and eisenhowerauer recently met online. >> a lot of them make fun of her because she was a little bit overweight from the medication years. >> reporter: while authorities who know eisenhauer are stunned. >> surprise and shock. >> reporter: at the high school where he was a star athlete, his former principal said the teen fit in like any other stu

nicole lovell was stabbed to death. the 13-year-old's body was found hidden off a north carolina road days after she was killed. two virginia tech students are charged in connection with her murder. don dahler is say their final good-byes with a viewing later today and a >> she had a passion for pandas, music, dancing. >> reporter: a devastated tammy weeks trembled as she remembered the daughter she called choly. >> nicole touched many people throughout her short life. yeah, i can't do that part. >> reporter: at a press conference, authorities revealed 13-year-old nicole lovell was murder the hours after she snuck out of her bedroom window last wednesday. >> a very preliminary determination of the cause of death is stabbing. >> reporter: it's still unclear why virginia tech engineer students david eisenhauer and natalie keepers allegedly carried out the crime. keepers is accused of being an accessory to the murder before the fact. a new arrest warrant suggests her involvement may have started weeks ago. >> my daughter, we have been talking to a virginia tech student. >> reporter:

says she was afraid for 13-year-old nicole lovell who was later killed, but police dispute that and say the school got no warning about the relationship. it's not clear if the adult is murder suspect david eisenhauer. don dahler is outside the montgomery county court where the second suspect in the case is expected to appear. natalie keepers is due back in court later today on a bail hearing that had been postponed. she is accused of being an accomplice in the murder of a 13-year-old girl. a case that has raised concerns among parents everywhere over the dangers lurking online. >> just too many outlets out there for young kids, young girls to get involved way over their head before they even realized it. >> reporter: in this invisible world online that these kids are in. >> we have no idea who they are talking to. >> reporter: like most teenagers, nicole lovell was active online and had multiple social media accounts. it's in the shadows of cyberspace, police believe, the 13-year-old communicated with her accused killer, virginia tech student david eisenhauer. the two possibly excha

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