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  • Nicole Lovell Murder Plotted at Fast-Food Restaurant

    Nicole Lovell Murder Plotted at Fast-Food Restaurant

    Nicole Lovell is the 13-year-old Virginia girl whose body was discovered nearly a week ago about 80 miles away from her home. Virginia Tech students David Eisenhauer and Natalie Keepers have been arrested for her murder. Details of that murder are slowly making their way to the media, with this latest one especially disturbing.

    It was while eating at a fast-food restaurant called the Cook Out–located in Blacksburg, Virginia, that Eisenhauer and Keepers allegedly plotted to kill Nicole Lovell and dispose of her body. This detail became known on Thursday as a prosecutor argued against granting bail for Natalie Keepers.

    Keepers, a 19-year-old Virginia Tech sophomore, is accused of being an accessory to murder before the fact, concealing a body, and being an accessory to murder after the fact. Eisenhauer, an 18-year-old freshman at Virginia Tech, stands accused of both kidnapping and killing Nicole Lovell.

    Fox News reports that Keepers’ motive in the murder was that she was “excited to be part of something secretive and special.” Bail for Natalie Keepers was denied.

    David Eisenhauer allegedly told Natalie Keepers he would lure Nicole Lovell from her home, take her to a remote location, and slit her throat with a knife, according to prosecutor Mary Pettitt.

    Investigators believe Eisenhauer may have had an inappropriate relationship with the 13-year-old, and that she was threatening to expose it. They think this was the motive for the murder. Keepers allegedly helped Eisenhauer move Nicole Lovell’s body into the trunk of his Lexus, after which the two went to purchase cleaning supplies.

    David Eisenhauer hasn’t confessed to killing Nicole Lovell, nor did he lead investigators to her body.

    It’s obvious that many details from this horrific case are still under wraps. In the meantime, Nicole Lovell’s family is left with the kind of grief and anguish that will haunt them for the rest of their days.

    How shocking is it that these Virginia Tech students plotted her murder over a fast-food meal in such a callous manner?

  • Natalie Keepers: Second Virginia Tech Student Arrested in Death of 13-Year-Old Nicole Lovell

    Natalie Keepers, a 19-year-old Virginia Tech student, is the second person arrested this weekend in the murder of 13-year-old Nicole Lovell.

    Lovell’s body was discovered by investigators in North Carolina on Saturday. Natalie Keepers was charged with helping David Eisenhauer, 18, dispose of the body. Eisenhauer, also a Virginia Tech student, has been charged with murder.

    Natalie Keepers is being held without bail at the Montgomery County jail in Maryland on one felony count of improper disposal of a body and one misdemeanor count of accessory after the fact in the commission of a felony. She is from Laurel, Maryland.

    Nicole Lovell disappeared from her home in Blacksburg on January 27 between midnight Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday. The family reportedly found a dresser pushed against the girl’s bedroom door. Fred Hawks Jr., Nicole’s uncle, told the paper the family believes she climbed out of a window to get out of the apartment complex where she lived with her family.

    While it doesn’t sound like Natalie Keepers knew Nicole Lovell, investigators say Lovell and David Eisenhauer were acquainted before she went missing.

    “Eisenhauer used this relationship to his advantage to abduct the 13-year-old and then kill her,” police said in a statement.

    The Virginia Tech Police Department issued a statement about the horrific crime.

    “The entire Virginia Tech community extends its support to (the girl’s) family and friends,” the statement reads. “The university is also reaching out to our campus community and the greater New River Valley community who may be affected by the events that have occurred over the past several days.”

    David Eisenhauer was studying engineering at Virginia Tech and was a member of the cross country team. No word on what Natalie Keepers was studying has emerged.

    Both Natalie Keepers and David Eisenhauer will be arraigned in the Montgomery County Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court on Monday, according to Lt. Mike Albert, a spokesman for the Blacksburg Police.