Girl's Final Message: 'I Love You Guys'

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BAILEY, Colo. -- As the hours dragged by and the gunman inside Platte Canyon High School released four hostages one by one, standing among the desperate parents was John Keyes, wondering about the fate of his 16-year-old daughter, Emily.

Louis Gonzalez, a spokesman for the family, said the father had just bought Emily and her twin brother cell phones for their 16th birthdays. As he stood near the school, he searched for a volunteer to send a text message to Emily.

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Girl's Final Message: 'I Love You Guys'

"How are U?" it asked.

At 1:52 p.m., Emily messaged back: "I love you guys."

Less than two hours later, Emily was dying from a gunshot wound to the back of her head delivered by the suicidal gunman as authorities stormed into the classroom. He died at the school, and she was declared dead at a Denver hosp...

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