you think he was out visiting his girlfriend in brockport? >> what?l, he -- he's in canada right now. >> well, he's not in canada. >> he's not? >> no. at least his cell phone wasn't in canada. if you were just talking to him on his cell phone, he's not in canada. >> okay. >> just take a couple of deep breaths and we're going to try to find him to get him help. >> reporter: they got the name alex kogut from the stressed out mom. slightly wrong but enough. seconds later he was on the phone with the campus police in brockport. and finally, the pieces of the story began to fit together. >> we got a call from a father about an hour ago that said his son found him and stated he killed somebody. we pinged his phone. the suspect is clayton whittemore. apparently he went to see a girlfriend at your college. >> yeah, that's who we're looking for. i had him in an open container earlier. we don't know where this alex kogut is. we can't locate her, but the roommate is doa. >> but the roommate was dead and alex was with clayton somewhere. but then new information f