Girl's final message: 'I love you guys'

BAILEY, Colo. -- As the hours dragged by and the gunman insidePlatte Canyon High School released four hostages one by one, standingamong the desperate parents was John Keyes, wondering about the fateof his 16-year-old daughter, Emily.

Louis Gonzalez, a spokesman for the family, said the father hadjust bought Emily and her twin brother cell phones for their 16thbirthdays. As he stood near the school, he searched for a volunteerto send a text message to Emily.

"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 tothe back of her head delivered by the suicidal gunman as …

Girl's final message: 'I love you guys'

BAILEY, Colo. -- As the hours dragged by and the gunman insidePlatte Canyon High School released four hostages one by one, standingamong the desperate parents was John Keyes, wondering about the fateof his 16-year-old daughter, Emily.

Louis Gonzalez, a spokesman for the family, said the father hadjust bought Emily and her twin brother cell phones for their 16thbirthdays. As he stood near the school, he searched for a volunteerto send a text message to Emily.

"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 tothe back of her head delivered by the suicidal gunman as …