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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — On May 5, 2017, Kaelin Kersh walked across the stage in Humphrey Coliseum on Mississippi State University's campus to receive her bachelor's degree.
Little did her family know, that would be Kaelin's final accomplishment.
"I still see her standing there like 'What's taking you so long?'," Toni Kersh recalls graduation night, the last time she saw her daughter's smile. The 22-year-old, like many college graduates, was anxious to say goodbye to family and celebrate her kinesiology degree with friends.
"We were talking. And the one thing that echoes in my mind is, she said 'You know you'll be glad when I come home'," Kersh said.
Kaelin, a Mississippi State track athlete, would not make it home.