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Second Virginia Tech student arrested in teen's death

A second Virginia Tech student has been arrested in the death of a 13-year-old girl who disappeared from her Blacksburg, Virginia home last week.

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David Eisenhauer and Natalie Keepers
BLACKSBURG, VA. — A second Virginia Tech student has been arrested in the death of a 13-year-old girl who disappeared from her Blacksburg, Virginia home last week.

Blacksburg Police say Natalie Keepers, 19, is being held without bond at the Montgomery County Jail on one felony count of improper disposal of a dead body and one misdemeanor count of accessory after the fact in the commission of a felony.

She is being held in the death of Nicole Madison Lovell, who disappeared from her home late Tuesday or early Wednesday.

Another Virginia Tech student stands charged with Lovell's murder. David Eisenhauer, 18, is being held at the county jail on one count of first-degree murder and one count of abduction.

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