Blayne Alexander

I love you.

But after that, silence.

As a mom, you knew in your heart something was wrong.

Jay, the youngest of Stephanie's four children, had always shared his cell phone location with his mom.

It started back in high school.

So we were keeping tabs on each other, you know.

I can roll over in the bed at 2 o'clock in the morning and say, okay, he's at home.

Can I say, it is remarkable that once he went off to college, he kept that location on.

He did.

But now?

Taylor reached out to Jay's college friend, Jose Reyes.

He tried to call and text his friend, but none went through.

So now, almost a day since Jay had last texted his mom, Jose drove to his friend's campus apartment to check things out.

Another red flag.

Jose knew Jay was obsessed with Lexi.

Everyone knew it.

He took her everywhere, to shops and museums, on road trips, even to class.

Jay's mom knew it was time to call police.

She reached out to the University of Mississippi PD to request a welfare check.

The dispatcher notified Captain Jane Mahan, a 19-year veteran of the Ole Miss Police Force.