Nicole Madison Lovell, by all accounts, was at that awkward stage of growing up that all kids go through: clinging to childhood ways while beginning to venture into the adult world.
The 13-year-old still played in the snow with much younger children, a neighbor said. Her mom said she loved pandas and kept toys from the “Minions” movies in her bedroom—the same room where she apparently blocked the door and climbed out a window after telling 8-year-old friends she would sneak out that night to meet her 18-year-old “boyfriend.”
