BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- A second Virginia Tech student has been arrested in connection with the death of a 13-year-old girl who disappeared earlier this week.
Virginia Tech issued a statement Sunday confirming the arrest of Natalie Marie Keepers, a sophomore at the school.
Keepers is the second person to be arrested in the death of Nicole Madison Lovell, whose body was found in North Carolina on Saturday. She has been missing from her home in Blacksburg since the middle of last week.
Police earlier arrested David Eisenhauer, 18, another Virginia Tech student, and charged him with murder in the case.
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