The lives of two LSU seniors changed dramatically at 3:00 am on January 15th. Madison BrooksBrooks’ mother now calls them “guardian angels.”
On a busy four-lane highway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brooks, a 19-year-old LSU sophomore, was raped and killed on the side of the road after being removed from a suspected attacker’s vehicle.
Authorities said she had a blood alcohol level of 0.319%, nearly four times the legal driving level, and was hit by a car as she stumbled onto the road.
Bo Adams, 21, and his friend Kathryn DeVillier, 21, were on their way home after working as bartenders when a truck on the road collided with what they first thought was a deer. witnessed the
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They didn’t know who she was or what was going on, Adams told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.
“I was going to help the man stop the car to move the animals and leave,” Adams said. “When I peeled off the side of the shoulder, I could tell it was a girl.”
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The driver who hit Brooks was “just standing there in shock,” Adams said. “The truck was wrecked.
“Once I realized she wasn’t breathing, I kept on my knees asking, ‘Are you okay? Are you okay?’ But she didn’t respond.”
At that point, he applied CPR, which he had learned in eighth grade, and treated Brooks for 10 to 15 minutes before paramedics arrived.
Meanwhile, DeVilliers avoids traffic and finds Brooks’ belongings and ID. She said she found Brooks’ wallet on the other side of the highway.
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Brooks’ mother, Ashley Baustert, spent the day on Fox News Digital last week talking about Adams and Deville’s bravery.
“I felt so comforted and at peace with Bo and Kathryn being there. The last few people Maddie saw weren’t supposed to be her.” [alleged] It’s an attacker,” Baustart said.
Adams and De Villiers didn’t want to leave Maddie
After medical personnel rushed Brooks to the hospital, Devilliers and Adams felt they weren’t done yet.
De Villiers, who lost her mother in a car accident, knew how much pain Brooks’ family was going through, so she sought out Brooks’ mother on social media to talk to her.
“One of the people who was there[in Deville’s mother’s car accident]called my grandmother, and she was very relieved, so I wanted to at least let her know that Madison’s mother was in no pain. She wasn’t in pain, ‘responding,’ said De Villiers, who is saved on Baustert’s cell phone as “Maddy’s Guardian Angel.”
They located the hospital where Brooks had been taken, arrived there around 6 a.m. to check on him, and stayed there until they had an answer as to what had happened to the young LSU student.
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“We were so panicked that we needed to know if she was okay,” Devilliers said. So, some time later, hospital security introduced them to the responding police officer and briefly explained what had happened.
“They were put there for a reason, by the grace of God,” Baustad said. “I really believe that because no one else stopped and did what they did.”
Although Brooks eventually died in hospital, Baustad said Beau’s life support was enough to extend her daughter’s life so that her family could say goodbye and doctors saved her organs for donation. He believes it was “very important to Maddie”.
Since then, the lives of the Brooks family, De Villiers and Adams, have become intertwined. Both have wing tattoos on their arms in honor of Madison.
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In memory of Brooks along the Burbank Highway, LSU seniors marked the scene of the accident with a cross, where stuffed animals and other trinkets were placed. And they attended Brooks’ funeral and memorial service.
They are in contact with Brooks’ mother to see how she is doing.
Life after Brooks’ death
No one could have imagined how life would change by quitting work that weekend before LSU’s spring semester began.
That night, as the adrenaline wore off, Adams and Devilliers wrestled with their own grief and trauma.
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“When I got back to the car, I was completely blown away,” Devilliers said. “I lost it, and that’s what we still think about. We drive past the place every day.”
They told me everything in case and said they were getting treatment.
“I wish we could have done more at this point, and think about how we could have done more,” Adams said.
“I wish I could have been in the ambulance with her. There were a lot of things I wanted to do and change, but at least I’m glad I was there for her,” Devilliers said. rice field.
The roar of speeding cars on the Burbank Highway
The Burbank Highway is notorious for its pedestrian accidents, but it’s an important thoroughfare connecting off-campus student housing, the LSU campus and football stadium, the university’s social hub called Tigerland, and the rest of Baton Rouge.
However, there are no street lights or sidewalks, and drivers drive so fast that if you are standing on the side of the road, you can feel the vibrations of passing vehicles under your feet.
Adams told the driver that Brooks was walking in the middle of the road on the night of the accident, and police said the driver escaped foul play.
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Brooks died on January 15, less than a month after being hit by a car after being pulled off a highway in Baton Rouge by suspected rapists. Attorneys representing four suspects Released two short videos to local news stations that portrayed Brooks in a negative light.
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Four men have been arrested in connection with Brooks’ rape and subsequent death.
Käsen Carver, 18, and Desmond Carter, 17, were charged with third-degree and first-degree rape. Despite his age, Carter will be tried as an adult.
Two other suspects, Everett Lee, 28, and Kyvon Washington, 18, are awaiting indictment. Lee was charged with third-degree rape by the principal offender, and Washington was charged with third-degree rape.
“I hope Madison and her family get justice,” Adams said.
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The suspect’s attorney has pleaded not guilty to his client and claims the sex was consensual. Carver’s attorney, Joe Long, told WWLTV that the charges against his client were unjustified.
Mr Carver “rejected an offer to have sex and was called gay if he didn’t have sex,” Long told local news outlets. “The attorney’s office has decided it is appropriate to pursue a crime that could land him in prison for life. Facts don’t matter when the mob wants meat.”
The Madison Brooks Foundation sign in Times Square
Carver’s indictment is the latest update in a judicial process that could drag on for years.
To keep herself mentally and physically healthy, Baustart said she didn’t listen to the legal aspects of her daughter’s death and relied on her attorney, Kelly Miller, to relay important information. .
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“I really wouldn’t allow them to go there,” Baustart said.
Instead, she focuses on her family and devotes her time to the Madison Brooks Foundation, which advocates for organ donation (a subject the Brooks family is passionately supportive of), youth safety, and hard scholarship in the name of Madison. increase.
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Her best friend, Jenny Reimold, told Fox News Digital that she was proud to see Ms. Baustert “pour out her pain for the purpose of honoring Maddie.”
Baustert, Reimold, and Baustert’s mother, Mandy LeBlanc, continued the annual tradition by traveling to New York City, especially Times Square, where the Madison Brooks Foundation sign rises above the Big Apple, to honor Brooks. Celebrated my 20th birthday.
They spent Monday afternoon on Fox News Digital, checking out billboards and talking about Brooks’ life and how he’s coping with his loss.
“I feel like she’s always with me,” Baustart said. “Well, we’re going to pick up where Maddie left off.”
Brooks’ family registered a star in her honor. It sits at the tip of Taurus’ bull’s horn, which her family says represents her perfectly.
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“She was brave and fearless. She was strong and stood up for what she believed in. No one could persuade her to act or say something that she didn’t feel important.” ” said Baustert.
“But she loved everything she had. She treated her friends like brothers and family members.”
They bought a telescope for the brothers so they could always see the Brooks star.