Murdered Student Laken Riley Sent This Final Text Message to Mom Before Going for Jog

Content warning: This story discusses assault and murder.

Details about Laken Riley‘s final moments are being revealed.

Nine months after she was killed while out for a jog, prosecutors shared the final text message the 22-year-old sent to her mom Allyson Phillips just before leaving for her morning workout at the intramural fields at University of Georgia. 

“Good morning,” read the message shared by an investigator during the Nov. 19 trial, according 11 Alive, “about to go for a run if you’re free to talk.”

And that wasn’t the only way Riley tried to communicate with Phillips. The nursing student also tried calling her mom less than 10 minutes later and 911 shortly after that— though the latter call was abruptly cut short, according to a timeline shared by prosecutors in court, per the outlet. 

Phillips wound up missing her daughter’s call, but she tried following up 20 minutes later and sent a string of anxious messages.