Georgia Tech Recruit Bryce Gowdy Death Ruled A Suicide By Train

The two made their way to the room, and Winelle went to the bathroom to calm herself more, she said. Bryce would periodically check on her to ask her if she was going to be okay.

She emerged from the bathroom after a half-hour to a cold room, so she asked her oldest son to go get the blanket out of the car. Bryce obeyed his mother, leaving his phone, shoes, and wallet in the room.

Twenty minutes pass. He didn’t show.

Winelle went to the car and noticed her blanket was gone. The panic set in, alongside reassurance with her worries about Bryce.

“I sat there for like 20 minutes just thinking — just thinking,” she said.

“Like, ‘Come on, I know you’re going to come back. I know you’re going to come back.’ ”