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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — The Latest on charges against two Virginia Tech students in the death of a 13-year-old girl (all times local):

12:55 p.m.

A Virginia Tech student who is charged in the death of a 13-year-old girl was a cutter as early as eighth grade, was taking medication for anxiety problems, and was seeing a counselor on campus for treatment.

Those details came to light during an hourlong bail hearing Thursday for 19-year-old Natalie Keepers. She’s charged with being an accessory before and after the death of 13-year-old Nicole Lovell.

Keepers described some of her problems in her own words. Her father also was questioned, and he described her having an appendectomy sometime in the fall. He said fellow student 18-year-old David Eisenhauer took her to the hospital. He’s accused of kidnapping and fatally stabbing Nicole.

Keepers also said she’s not getting her full medication and is gluten intolerant and can’t eat jail food.

At the hearing’s end, bail was denied for Keepers.

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12:20 p.m.

A judge has denied bail for a Virginia Tech student charged with being an accessory in the death of a 13-year-old girl.

Nineteen-year-old Natalie Keepers appeared in court for an hourlong hearing Thursday. She wore an orange jumpsuit, her wrists cuffed and ankles shackled. She looked down as she entered but answered Judge Robert Viar Jr.’s questions clearly and without emotion.

Defense attorneys argued that they needed Keepers released to prepare for her case. They suggested she’s under duress and being held in isolation. Prosecutors argued that the accusations over 13-year-old Nicole Lovell’s death are reason enough to keep Keepers behind bars.

Keepers’ parents attended and held hands at they left.

Fellow student 18-year-old David Eisenhauer also is charged in the death; he’s accused of kidnapping and fatally stabbing Nicole. Keepers is charged with being an accessory before and after the crime, and she’s accused of helping to hide Nicole’s body.

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4:20 a.m.

Less than a year ago, David Eisenhauer smiled confidently into a television news camera, discussing his athletic and academic aspirations for a weekly feature on high school athletes in the Baltimore area.

Now the subject of sensational murder charges that have shocked those who know him, his university campus and the nation, Eisenhauer remains an enigma, the mystery compounded by his statement to police after his arrest: “I believe the truth can set me free.”

According to police, Eisenhauer, an 18-year-old freshman engineering student and a distance runner on the track team at Virginia Tech, kidnapped and fatally stabbed a 13-year-old girl. Another freshman, 19-year-old Natalie Keepers, is charged with being an accessory before and after the crime, and helping to hide Nicole Lovell’s body off a state highway in North Carolina, two hours south of campus.

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