a college sophomore at southern illinois university in carbondale.seen leaving a house party, stepping out into the bitter cold. >> and i was like, where did this kid go? >> why did you think maybe he took an early spring break to travel? >> the young man that contacted me was in distress. he said, this is abnormal, he would not do this. something is wrong. >> monica learned that pravin came from chicago, a six hour drive away. he was the adored middle child of two first generation immigrants from india. his dad was a respiratory therapist, his mom lovely, a nurse. >> thursday morning i walk up with this awful feeling of something heavy in my chest. >> when the phone rang that night, lovely expected to hear pravin's voice. he called whom most evenings. but it wasn't her son, it was a police officer. >> and he said, well, your son is reported missing by his cousin. i just screamed. everything changed that moment. everything changed. >> so, lovely and her husband drove to carbondale and met their daughter at pravin's student apartment. there was no sig