The emotional David Lovell, Nicole Lovell's father, opened up in an interview with "Dr. Phil" aired Wednesday, Feb. 11, as he shared how he felt toward the incident that cost his daughter's life.

"I would have locked her down and grabbed her up and hugged her and told her, 'You're so loved, you don't need to be worrying about all these boys. You're beautiful,'" David Lovell told Dr. Phil.

Lovell said that the cops were unable to inform him about his daughter's death before the news was brought out to the media the very day the incident was discovered. He learned about it unfortunately while watching TV, as posted by CBS News.

The devastated father has confirmed that Nicole's death was due to multiple injuries she had when she was stabbed to death by David Eisenhauer, an engineering student at Virginia Tech. According to him, the cops have yet to give more details behind the motive of the "senseless" killing or any information whether Nicole was sexually abused by her murderer or not.

As reported in the Daily News, Police told Lovell that the suspects had plans of slitting Nicole's throat, but they never succeeded. Lovell believed that his daughter, who was still taking her daily dose of medication when she disappeared from her mom's apartment in Blacksburg, has fought bravely for her life.

Lovell said, "I bet she fought like a wildcat. She's my kid. I know she fought like a wildcat."

He also shared how broken he felt when Nicole's body was brought to the funeral home. He doesn't even have the guts to handle the situation that's why he was unable to determine where her stab wounds were.

"When they brought her to the funeral home, I couldn't look at her body. I know that she was murdered, and I know that I want justice for that. But as far as going in and seeing the wounds, I'm not man enough to handle that," the grieving father added.

Nicole's father broke down crying and said he had "so many regrets" for not investing so much time with his daughter that's why he can't help but to blame himself for Nicole's death. He also added that with the regrets he has right now, he's not sure if he will still be able to get over it.

"If I would have been there, maybe she wouldn't have went looking for acceptance from older guys," he said.