girl. i know i'm partial because i'm her mom. she was a lot of fun to be with. she made people feel special. she made us feel special. >> whitney was a freshman, laura a senior at taylor university. a small evangelical christian school in indiana. >> this sounds maybe quaint, but a real family feeling that you connected with so many other people there. >> laura and whitney were both outgoing and athletic with a wide circle of friends. they didn't know each other well, but one night they work ed together at taylor's fort wayne campus setting up a banquet. >> suzy, did you talk to laura that day? >> actually i had tried to call her phone between 8:00 and 8:30 that evening. i didn't get through. and so i thought, well, i'll call her later. >> how about you, lisa? >> we had been playing phone tag up to that day. she left me a message, i