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who were these two students uh they were both young I think they were both freshmen or at least
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people assumed as much going through class going through everyday life walking across this drill field every
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single day probably police arrested David Eisenhower in his dorm saying he killed the middle schooler no one saw it
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coming uh he was normal what do you want the world to know about David Eisenhower he was a good person at least
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at least from my experience my name is Kirk artrell and I went to high school in junior high with
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David Eisenhower everything he did he worked hard at and he wanted to be the best at
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whether it was school whether it was just the chess game I make my personal goals achievable like what is your
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favorite memory of David Eisenhower my very favorite I held the 800 meter record and I knew this entire year he
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was trying to beat it and I cheered him on during his race and he walked up to me he's he's all slouched over and he's
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got this giant smile on his face and I was like so did you beat me he's like I finally beat you by one
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second and uh I just gave him a big old hug and smiled and said it's about time you've told me as much as you know about
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David Eisenhower give me a portrait of Natalie Keepers Natalie Keepers was extremely smart she was very
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academically driven uh she had connection to NASA she wanted to be successful as any
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person does finding a job in this economy has gotten to be extremely important so what first attracted you to
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Natalie first I just got to know her as a friend and eventually a crush developed in e8th grade she struggled
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with mental illness what did you sense or see um I knew that she was self Haring back then she had self-inflicted
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wounds on her wrist and I believe she would cut her stomach as well with a thumbtack and you said she struggled
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with depression did she talk to you about that yeah uh not terribly often but it would come up every now and again
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so how did you hear the awful news my friend uh who was actually his neighbor sent me a text and he said you'll never
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believe whose mug shot this is and I look at the article and there's David's face I didn't know how how to take it in
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how about now now I still don't know what to feel her accused Killers appeared in court together until he's
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tried either guilty or innocent to be honest and you're going into this with an open mind yes very much so