>> IS THIS A PICTURE OF YOUR SON? >> IT IS.
>> CAN YOU SHOW THE JURY?
>> YES.
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT MY SON SCOTT BEIGEL.
IT’S BEEN 1630 DAYS SINCE I
LAST SPOKE TO MY SON.
ON FEBRUARY 14TH, 2018, MY
LIFE WAS SHATTERED FOREVER.
I HAVE A BOX OVER MY HEART
WITH A LID SO TIGHTLY CLOSED
TRYING TO KEEP ALL MY EMOTIONS
UNDER CONTROL.
BUT TODAY I’M TAKING THE LID
OFF THAT BOX.
SCOTT HAD SUCH AN IMPACT ON SO
MANY PEOPLE.
I’M NOT SURE WHERE TO BEGIN.
SCOTT AND I HAD AN AMAZING
MOTHER-SON BOND THAT COULD NOT
REALLY BE PUT INTO WORDS.
I SPOKE WITH SCOTT ALMOST
EVERY DAY.
THE CONVERSATIONS COULD BE
JUST 30 SECOND TOUCH, HI MOM.
CAN’T TALK BUT JUST MAKING
SURE YOU’RE OKAY.
OR A FIVE MINUTE CONVERSATION,
MOM, I GOTTA TELL YOU ABOUT
OUR CROSS COUNTRY MEET TODAY.
OR I HAVE A GREAT IDEA FOR A
LESSON PLAN I WANT TO RUN BY
YOU.
SCOTT WAS MY GO TO PERSON.
NO MATTER WHAT THE ISSUE, WE
HAD AN UNSPOKEN UNDERSTANDING
THAT WE COULD VENT TO EACH
OTHER, NOT BE JUDGE MENTAL,
GIVE ADVICE ONLY IF ASKED AND
NEVER, EVER GET IT THROWN BACK
IN OUR FACE.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE DID THAT
QUITE OFTEN.
IF I COULDN’T REMEMBER A TITLE
OF A MOVIE, I CALLED SCOTT.
IF I FORGOT WHO WROTE A SONG
OR SANG THE SONG, I CALLED
SCOTT.
IF I WANTED TO KNOW THE BEST
EXERCISE TO WORK ON ANY PART
OF MY BODY, I CALLED SCOTT.
SCOTT WAS VERY HUMBLE AND VERY
PRIVATE.
HE HAD A DRY SENSE OF HUMOR
COUPLED WITH SARCASM AND AN
EXTREMELY QUICK WIT.
SCOTT WOULD TELL YOU A STORY
AND YOU WOULD WALK AWAY
SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD WONDERING
IF HE WAS PULLING YOUR LEG OR
BEING SERIOUS.
SCOTT SAID SURE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WHEN HE CALLED ME TO SHARE HIS
GOOD NEWS ABOUT GETTING THE
TEACHING POSITION, HE SAID BY
THE WAY, I ALSO GOT THE CROSS
COUNTRY COACHING POSITION.
I HESITATED A MOMENT AND ASKED
HIM, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT
CROSS COUNTRY COACHING?
HIS ANSWER WAS NOTHING.
BUT IF I SAID NO, I MIGHT NOT
HAVE GOTTEN THE TEACHING
POSITION.
HE NEVER POINTED FINGERS OR PLACED BLAME ON ANYONE. HERE’S A PERFECT EXAMPLE,
AFTER HIS TEAM MISSED PLACING
IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BY
ONLY A FEW POINTS, THE TEAM
WENT OVER TO SCOTT AND ASKED
COACH, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER
NEXT TIME?
SCOTT IN HIS TYPICAL
NON-JUDGMENTAL WAY ANSWERED
THEM ALL "JUST RUN FASTER."
TO THIS DAY, JUST RUN FASTER
IS THE MSD CROSS COUNTRY
TEAM’S MOTTO.
THE TWO OF THEM HAD A VERY SPECIAL BOND. AFTER SCOTT’S GRANDPA DIED,
HIS GRANDMA ALWAYS HAD THE
SECURITY OF KNOWING SCOTT WAS
ONLY 40 MINUTES AWAY IF SHE
EVER NEEDED HIM.
SCOTT LOVED HIS GRANDMOTHER
AND WOULD MOVE HEAVEN AND
EARTH FOR HER.
THAT ALL ENDED ON FEBRUARY
14TH, 2018.
SCOTT WAS THE SAFETY NET SHE
ALWAYS COUNTED ON.
SCOTT’S SUNDAY BRUNCHES WITH
HIS GRANDMA WERE THE HIGHLIGHT
OF HER WEEK.
SHE CONTINUES TO HAVE A REAL
EMPTINESS WITHOUT HER
GRANDSON.
SCOTT LOVED BEING AN UNCLE
WHILE REMY AND DYLAN
DEFINITELY REAPED ALL OF THE
BENEFITS.
SCOTT WOULD GET ON TO THE
FLOOR DOWN TO THEIR LEVEL AND
PLAY WITH THEM FOR HOURS UNTIL
THEY GOT TIRED.
THEY STILL TALK ABOUT THEIR
UNCLE SCOTTY.
WHAT A TREMENDOUS LOSS FOR
THEM.
SCOTT WAS THE MAGICAL UNCLE IN
THEIR LIVES.
THEY WOULD SEE SCOTT AND THEIR
EYES WOULD LIGHT UP.
REMY, SCOTT’S 7-YEAR-OLD
NEPHEW AND DYLAN, HIS
5-YEAR-OLD NIECE NOW LOOK UP
IN THE SKY FOR THEIR UNCLE
SCOTTY’S STAR.
SCOTT WILL ALWAYS AND FOREVER
BE THEIR AMAZING UNCLE SCOTTY.
LET ME SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT
SCOTT’S SISTER MELISSA WHO IS
STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY COPING
WITH THE LOSS OF HER BROTHER.
AT LEAST ONCE A DAY, SHE HAS A
SCOTT MOMENT WHERE SHE IS
OVERCOME WITH EMOTION AND
SADNESS.
EVEN WITH ALL THE SIBLING
RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO OF
THEM, SHE TRULY LOVED HER
BROTHER MORE THAN HE’LL EVER
KNOW.
SCOTT IMPACTED PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
SINCE HIS MURDER, I’VE HEARD
FROM HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE
UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF
THE WORLD.
AS FAR AWAY AS AUSTRALIA,
GERMANY, ENGLAND, CANADA AND
SOUTH KOREA.
WHETHER BY TEXT, E-MAIL OR
LETTERS, THEY’VE EXPRESSED
THEIR SENSE OF LOSS AND GRIEF.
I ONLY WISH SCOTT WOULD HAVE
KNOWN HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE
HE MADE IN SO MANY LIVES.
I MISS MY SON TODAY.
I WILL MISS MY SON TOMORROW.
I WILL MISS MY SON FOR THE
REST OF MY LIFE.
I AM STILL TRYING TO LEARN TO
LIVE WITH THIS EVERY DAY AND
IT IS NOT GETTING ANY EASIER.
I WILL NEVER GET OVER IT, I
WILL NEVER GET PAST IT.
MY LIFE WILL NEVER, EVER BE
THE SAME.
>> THANK YOU, MRS. SCHULMAN.
>> YOU WERE JUST LISTENING
THERE TO LINDA BEAGLE
SCHULMAN, SCOTT BEIGEL’S
MOTHER.
TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT HER
SON HAD MADE WITH PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD AS A TEACHER,
A CROSS COUNTRY COACH, UNCLE,