The Last Text Message
Ava Moore sent her roommate a single sentence at 2:17 AM: “The guy from the library followed me home.” Campus security logs show she called their emergency line six minutes later. No one answered.
Her body was found seven hours later behind the chemistry building, just 300 yards from a broken emergency blue light station.
The System That Failed
University records revealed:
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82% of campus security calls went to voicemail during night shifts
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43% of emergency towers were non-functional
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The alleged attacker had three prior stalking complaints from other students
Yet the school’s official statement called it “an isolated tragedy.”
What the Investigation Uncovered
Ava’s parents discovered:
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Security personnel were working 80-hour weeks due to budget cuts
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The library stalker had been banned from another university the previous year
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Campus tours still falsely advertised 24/7 emergency response
The Change Her Death Inspired
Since the lawsuit:
✅ 37 universities have upgraded their security systems
✅ Ava’s Law now requires background checks on all campus visitors
✅ That broken blue light? It’s been replaced with a plaque bearing her favorite quote:
“Be the light you wish to see.”
Her mother now carries Ava’s student ID everywhere. “I won’t let them forget,” she says at every campus safety rally.