Lauren Astley murder draws attention to teen breakup violence

“I was hoping up until the last moment that it was not her, even when we went to the Medical Examiner’s office,” Lauren’s father, Malcolm Astley told “48 Hours” correspondent Tracy Smith.

Astley had done what no father should ever have to do: adidas philippines sale identify the body of his first and adidas running shoes only child. Lauren had just turned 18 a bright, musically gifted girl with her whole life in front of her.

“You know, Lauren became, pretty much, a member of the family,” George Mattingly, Nathaniel’s uncle, told Smith. “. she was at the Fujita home quite a bit. She was a big part of Nathaniel’s life.”

“Good choice for him,” Smith remarked.

“I thought so,” Mattingly said. “She was she was lovely. She was great.”

“And I think for the first two years, it was pretty fine,” said Dunne.

“They were both very attractive,” Chloe said. “. they seemed like the ideal couple.”

But their three year relationship was a rollercoaster ride.

Said Chloe, “Lauren would say, like, ‘Nate’s so cute. He was so, like, cute and fun last night.’ And she’d “

” or,” Hannah interrupted, “‘He was so boring, he was on his phone the whole time, I’m so annoyed, I’m over it.'”

“They started getting so chronically into fights,” Dunne explained.

“And then it would be back together, broken up, back together, broken up.”

And then in the spring of senior year, adidas philippines careers on her 18th birthday, Lauren broke it off with Nathaniel for good.

“I think with what was the final breakup she felt some relief, life was somehow opening up along with college,” said Astley.

In the fall, Lauren was on her way to Elon University in North Carolina.

“She was really looking forward to college because she would get to meet a lot of new people,” said Genevieve.

But Nathaniel saw the breakup in an entirely different light.

“That was not so good for him. He was sad about it. He felt a sense of loss,” said Mattingly.

It should have been a time of celebration. Nathaniel had been recruited to play football at Trinity College in Connecticut a childhood dream come true.

“I said, ‘Well, man, you’re you’re going to Trinity to play football, aren’t you excited?’ And he was just kind of deadpan. not to become animated about football . it was just not the same kid.”