Alexandra Kogut Murder: Victim and suspect, boyfriend Clayton Whittemore, exchanged Tweets before her death

By: Julia Dahl
Topics: Daily Blotter

Alexandra Kogut and Clayton Whittemore

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(CBS/AP) Brockport, N.Y. - At 12:13 p.m. on Saturday, just hours before she was found murdered in her dorm room, New York college student Alexandra Kogut, 18, sent out her last message on Twitter, reports the Utica Observer-Dispatch. It read: "Should've known."

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Kogut's badly beaten body was discovered just before 3 a.m. Saturday in her college dorm at the State University of New York College at Brockport. Her boyfriend, Clayton Whittemore, 21, was captured at a rest stop around 4 a.m. He has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and is being held without bail.

According to the Observer-Dispatch, two days before her death, Kogut tweeted "Ahhh see you sooon !! :)" in anticipation of Whittemore's weekend visit.

Earlier in September, Kogut tweeted "So excited for @Whittemore21 to come to Brockport Saturday and bring me half moons," reported the paper. Kogut's Twitter account has since been taken down. On September 9, Whittemore tweeted "@a_kogut miss you too sweetheart." And on August 23, Kogut "favorited" a tweet by Whittemore that read "You might be leaving physically but you will still be right here in my heart."

According to the paper, Kogut and Whittemore were both athletes at New Hartford High School in New York. She was on the swim team and he played hockey. Kogut was a freshman majoring in communications at SUNY Brockport at the time of her death.

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by Joharrow October 3, 2012 9:39 AM EDT: Sadly, domestic violence is not rare. 3 women die a day at the hands of a husband or boyfriend. This case made the news because it happened on a college campus and both involved were from good families, attractive, and had so much promise in life. It is a very sad tragedy. This is a reminder that domestic violence happens in all walks of life.; Reply to this comment


by Ottawabill October 2, 2012 12:27 PM EDT: It's a sick man who would give it all up and kill a smart sweatheart. What is the matter with people; Reply to this comment


by gynse October 1, 2012 4:55 PM EDT: if he did it he should burn,, the pos; Reply to this comment

by JaneSteinbeck October 1, 2012 3:55 PM EDT

Half moons are cookies commonly found in Upstate NY. Here is a photo: http://pegasuslegend-whatscookin.blogspot.com/2009/06/half-moons-black-and-white-cookies.html

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by dkn1234 October 1, 2012 4:26 PM EDT: thx! i was wondering what they were...


by askagain October 1, 2012 5:21 PM EDT: As a child, over 50 years ago, living in Elmira, NY, my grandmother would give me a nickel to buy a couple of half-moon cookies. She would send me to a bakery several blocks away to buy them as she took a short nap. Half-moon cookies were a real treat for a young child.


by JaneSteinbeck October 1, 2012 3:48 PM EDT: Half-moonas are cookies that are commonly found in Upstate NY. Here is a photo: http://pegasuslegend-whatscookin.blogspot.com/2009/06/half-moons-black-and-white-cookies.html; Reply to this comment

by BlueTrooth October 1, 2012 2:46 PM EDT

The "bring me half moons" seemed rather odd. At first I thought it might be some reference to his eyes, or some inside joke. However, after a little research the biggest search result comes from pill reports. Apparently, "half moons" are often pressed into ecstasy pills. I'm not raising the issue as a means of implying anything regarding character, just an FYI really. I went to College too. It's a tragic story regardless.

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by JaneSteinbeck October 1, 2012 3:57 PM EDT: Half moons are cookies commonly found in Upstate NY. Here is a photo: http://pegasuslegend-whatscookin.blogspot.com/2009/06/half-moons-black-and-white-cookies.html


by USA-is-Back October 1, 2012 4:03 PM EDT: So far off track. The boyfriend was attending Utica College. Utica, NY is the home of Holland Farms Bakery, famous for their "Half Moon" cookies. Let's use some logic...If a college kid wanted drugs, she wouldn't need to wait for a dlivery from her visiting boyfriend because she could probably get them right there in her own dorm. See below.

http://hollandfarms.com/bakery/halfmoon-cookies/

by VA_Jill October 1, 2012 2:14 PM EDT

Another George Huguely....what is wrong with these guys? Can't they get their violence out on the playing field (or in his case, the rink) or do they think being athletes gives them license to beat up women and get away with it?

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by USA-is-Back October 1, 2012 4:06 PM EDT: there are hundreds of thousands of college athletes in this country that never left a finger to hurt a woman. So now you're going to blame athletics for the acts of these 2 guys who just happen to be athletes? Please, you can't go through life being that simple.


by askagain October 1, 2012 6:25 PM EDT: USA-is-Back is correct. America has over 314,000,000 people. Though tragic, this type of incident is rare. It just seems like it happens a lot because of modern communications.