(NewsNation) — Like many loving parents, Ashley Baustert was nervous when her daughter, Madison, went off to college. It often kept her up at night.
"I had her call me when she got home, I did all of that," she said.
On Jan. 14 at 11:38 p.m., 19-year-old Madison Brooks, a student at Louisiana State University, texted her mom for the last time. It read: "I love you!"
Just over three hours later, Baustert's nightmare became a reality.
Brooks was hit by a ride-share vehicle and later died at the hospital. Police say the 19-year-old had been dropped off drunk in a Baton Rouge sub-division by a group of four men, two of whom allegedly raped her in a car moments earlier.
"It's gut-wrenching," Baustert told NewsNation. "Losing her and reliving this pain every single day. It's traumatic."
Four individuals have been...