Brad Milkey

They formed a really tight friendship.

They formed a really tight friendship.

Yeah, I've always loved them Social life was a big deal. Thursday nights were the unofficial party night I would say on campus. Pizza parties, movie gatherings, you name it. If it was something that we could do other than schoolwork, we were probably doing it.

Yeah, I've always loved them Social life was a big deal. Thursday nights were the unofficial party night I would say on campus. Pizza parties, movie gatherings, you name it. If it was something that we could do other than schoolwork, we were probably doing it.

Katie did get a job on campus. We had a little smoothie shop in the university center where our cafeteria and bookstore was. You could always count on seeing her behind the counter when you walked through the door there.

Katie did get a job on campus. We had a little smoothie shop in the university center where our cafeteria and bookstore was. You could always count on seeing her behind the counter when you walked through the door there.

May 4th, 2003, somewhere around 4 o'clock in the morning, the smoke alarm in the building went off. This was not an unusual thing. Kids like to play pranks, and the fire alarms got pulled quite often. At some point, our floor RA, resident assistant, came around and started knocking on all the doors.

May 4th, 2003, somewhere around 4 o'clock in the morning, the smoke alarm in the building went off. This was not an unusual thing. Kids like to play pranks, and the fire alarms got pulled quite often. At some point, our floor RA, resident assistant, came around and started knocking on all the doors.

It was a chilly, brisk, early, early morning. The dew had settled on the grass. It was a thick, moist night. Everybody's standing around. We're all in kind of little groups chatting and trying to figure out and understand like what's going on. We're starting to hear little bits and pieces of rumors. Something happened in room 214. It was the blonde, the blonde girl there.

It was a chilly, brisk, early, early morning. The dew had settled on the grass. It was a thick, moist night. Everybody's standing around. We're all in kind of little groups chatting and trying to figure out and understand like what's going on. We're starting to hear little bits and pieces of rumors. Something happened in room 214. It was the blonde, the blonde girl there.

Firefighters sort of cleared the perimeter. They didn't want anybody to really get too close. And I was sort of trapped in the crowd, but I was able to identify that that was Katie.

Firefighters sort of cleared the perimeter. They didn't want anybody to really get too close. And I was sort of trapped in the crowd, but I was able to identify that that was Katie.

I woke up at four in the morning and I thought it was just a regular rehearsal fire drill.

I woke up at four in the morning and I thought it was just a regular rehearsal fire drill.

The entire building was a crime scene. I don't think anybody really had any idea that something like this could possibly take place.

The entire building was a crime scene. I don't think anybody really had any idea that something like this could possibly take place.

There was a gentleman's club, I think it was the next county over, a really small dive bar, basically, that girls could dance in. And I did know that Katie had gotten a job there.

There was a gentleman's club, I think it was the next county over, a really small dive bar, basically, that girls could dance in. And I did know that Katie had gotten a job there.

She would do anything for you if she cared about you. I think that's really what should live on in people's memories.

She would do anything for you if she cared about you. I think that's really what should live on in people's memories.