LSU death: Madison Brooks' last text to mom who 'knew something terrible happened'

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Times Square, New York City – Madison Brooks' mom, Ashley Baustert, texted her daughter that she loved her late Saturday night, Jan. 14, and said, "I'll see you tomorrow."

The two planned to meet at Brooks' student housing the next morning to unload the rest of Brooks' things before she started her sophomore spring semester at LSU. 

Brooks texted her mom back from Reggie's Bar at 11:38 p.m. and said, "I love you with three exclamation points and sent me a picture of her and one of my sorority sister's sons," Baustert told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.

About 3.5 hours later, Brooks was hit by a car and lay dying in the middle of a busy Baton Rouge, Louisiana, parkway while the rain poured. First responders rushed her to a local hospital but could not save her. 

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Ashley Baustert, mother of Madison Brooks, stands in front of a billboard for the Madison Brooks Foundation in Times Square on Monday, May 8, 2023. Brooks was fatally struck by a car earlier this year. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital )

Investigators initially believed the 19-year-old died in a tragic-but-non-criminal car accident, but her mom said, "I immediately knew that foul play was involved."

"I knew something was wrong. I knew something terrible happened," Baustert said. "Based on the circumstances of how she was hit, where she was, the time and her being alone."

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The driver who hit Brooks stayed on scene and immediately called 911, police said. Two other Good Samaritans pulled over and tried to