Teen May Be Buried On Birthday
Taylor Behl, Found Slain, Would Have Been 18 This Thursday
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Play CBS Video Video A Parent's Worst Nightmare Rene Syler spoke to Matt Behl, whose daughter's body was found buried in a shallow grave one month after Taylor, who was a Virginia Commonwealth University freshman, was reported missing.
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Taylor Behl (CBS/The Early Show)
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Matt Behl, Taylor's father, on The Early Show Monday. (CBS/The Early Show)
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He adds Fawley didn't register with him at the time: "It wasn't 'till the discussion that I had with Taylor on the way home from VCU, after she had spent the day visiting and going to classes and things, that we talked about Ben and the fact that he was 38 years old, which immediately raised a red flag (with Matt)."
Behl says there's a lesson parents everywhere can take from his daughter's death.
"I think a lot of parents are probably in similar situations, in not knowing exactly what is going on with their kids, other than the precautionary tales of, 'Be careful what you put out there.'
"But some of these Internet sites where children are putting out a lot of personal information about themselves, I don't think parents are wholly aware of it. And in the discussions that I've had with some of my friends who have children, or other parents, they are becoming more aware.
"So, if there's any bright light or legacy of Taylor's death, it's perhaps that parents will take the time to sit down with their kids and understand exactly what's being put out there, and open up a dialogue with them."
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