DURHAM COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Teresa and Paul Lowe are deeply missing their daughter, Auriel Lowe , 34, who was killed in her Durham apartment in September.

"She was like a ray of sunshine," Teresa Lowe, her stepmother, said.

Lowe's boyfriend, Christopher Whitley, 31, is facing a murder charge and remains at the Durham County Jail.

According to a newly released 911 call, a woman claims to the dispatcher that Whitley allegedly confessed to "killing his girlfriend."

The Lowes say they never met Whitley in person, but they wish there were safeguards on dating apps, saying the two met online.

"Everything that she thought this person was, wasn't that," Paul Lowe, her father, said.

Lowe's death comes as officials say North Carolina set a "horrifying record" last year in domestic-viole

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