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By coincidence, Deanna Cremin and her mother, Katherine, found themselves on the same bus that afternoon. Katherine was coming home from work and Deanna was going to her boyfriend's house, where the high school junior often did her homework. They spoke on the phone a few hours later. Deanna told Katherine she would be home after she finished watching TV with her boyfriend. Katherine remembers telling her daughter she loved her, and Deanna saying, "I love you too, mom." That was the last thing Deanna said to her mother.