lauren geoghegan and jay austin have ties to georgetown. and together they set out to see the world. and then sunday the dream trip came to an early end in what the state department is cal ng a senseless attack. the couple was tracking their journey withheir online blog both quitting their jobs to travel the world onke lauren was a georgetown grad but also worked here in the georgetown admissions office. jay earned his masters at georgetown and went on to work at hud., on sundoth were killed of what is being called a car and knife attack in tajikistan alongside twother tourists. and lauren's family released a statement, as did colleagues at the d.c. tiny house building company, saying the year-long bicycle adventure lauren and harer jay austin were enjoying was typical of her enthusiastic embrace of life's opportities, for openness to new people and places and her quest for a di better underst of the world. jay's colleagues writing, jay, of the former studios, left the world doing what he loved. nnecting with people a cycling the world with

lauren anne geoghegan and jay austin are known as a loving couple. a now lauren a jay did cite their bikeling trip. lauren was a georgetown grad and worked in the admissions office here for some yme. earned his masters at georgetown and wked at hud. they lost their life on sunday in what is called a car and knife attack with two other tourists in tajikistan. adventure ng bike that lauren and her partner were enjoyed was typical of her enthusiastic and embrace life opportunities. she was on a quest for a better understanding of the jay's colleagues at the d.c. tiny house company boneyard studios released a statement here, jay, of theormer boneyard studios, left the world doing what he loved, connecting with people and cycling the world with the person he loved, lauren geoghegan. i ju isis just r claimponsibility for this attack. based on reporting, one person wain detainehe attack and three others were killed. we are outside georgetown, justin finch, news4. back to you. >>>k justin, thu. now to breaking news in princeg geors county. police are searchin

. >> reporter: a little more than a year ago, jay austin and lauren geoghegan gave up their comfortablen washington, d.c.-- he with the federal government, she with georgetown university-- for the adventure of a lifetime-- traveling the world by bicycle. on their website, simply cycling, they chronicled their adventures as they pedaled thousands of miles through africa, europe, and central asia. austin wrote of bumpy roads, strong headwinds and tough challenges, but also of the freedom to see some amazing places, meet some wonderful people and spend lots and lots of time with a really lovely girl. the dream for the 29-year-old couple ended suddenly sunday in tajikistan, near the border with afghanistan, when they and two european cyclists were killed by suspected terrorists, who ran into them with a car, then attacked them with knives. three other europeans in the group were injured. isis, whose membership has been growing in recent years in predominantly muslim tajikistan, claimed responsibility for the attack. tajik authorities say police tracked down the five suspects and killed four

lauren geoghegan and jay austin were touring the world and blogging about it.laimed responsibility. and this video does appear to show a vehicle deliberately ramming the cyclists. two europeans were also killed. >>> there's new fallout tonight after that hostage-taker was killed near l.a., along with the hostage. the family of elizabeth tollison filing a lawsuit tonight against the lapd. body cam video showing police opening fire on the suspect, who was holding a knife to her neck. both were killed. the family calling her death tonight totally preventable. >>> and the usda issuing a public health alert for two dozen salads and wraps contains beef, pork and poultry. products distributed by caito foods may be contaminated with a parasite causing intestinal illness. sold at trader joe's, walgreens and kroger. we have more on our website. >>> when we come back, why michael phelps will want to hear our america strong tonight. you're turning o the street when you barely clip a passing car. minor accident - no big deal, right? wrong. your insurance company is gonna ra

. >> reporter: a little more than a year ago jay austin and lauren geoghegan gave up their comfortableffice jobs in washington, d.c., he with the federal government, she with georgetown university, for the adventure of a lifetime. traveling the world by bicycle. on their website, simply cycling, they chronicled their adventures as they pedaled thousands of miles through africa, europe, and central asia. austin wrote of bumpy roads, strong headwinds and tough challenges, but also of the freedom to see some amazing places, meet some wonderful people, and spend lots and lots of time with a really lovely girl. the dream for the 29-year-old couple ended suddenly sunday in tajikistan, near the border wit eupe suspected terrorists, who ran into them with a car, then attacked them with knives. three other europeans in the group were injured. isis, whose membership has been growing in recent years in predominantly muslim tajikistan, claimed responsibility for the attack. tajik authorities say police tracked down the five suspects and killed four of them. >> devastation is the word i've been usi

jay austin and lauren geoghegan chronicled their adventures on their website, simply cycling. they chose to see the world by bike because life is short and the world is big. and we want to make the most out of our youth and our good health before they're gone. >> they're the kind of people you wanted to open your heart to. >> reporter: molly scal i ce was lauren's friend and roommate. >> they were the both kind empathetic principled people that i knew. >> reporter: the couple's dream ended suddenly sunday in tajikistan near the border with afghanistan when terrorists ran into their group with a car and then attacked them with knives. they were killed along with two europeans and three other europeans were injured. tajik authorities say police tracked down five of the isis suspects killing four of them. on their blog, austin had written of the challenges of their trip, writing, bikes create the expectation that disaster is pretty much inevitable and should be embraced. but he also wrote, it was a privilege to see some amazing places, meet some wonderful people and spend lots an