and white outfits. and -- and -- figure out where you were going to be. >> reporter: october 15, 2011 started out as one of those fun days. the vols were taking on louisiana state and brooke was tailgating with friends. but by nightfall, something was terribly wrong. >> where's your emergency? >> uh, we're down here on blair road. >> reporter: 40 miles away from knoxville, a couple was driving down a country road. they were keeping an eye out for crossing deer when their headlights illuminated something else. >> and there is a body laying off the side of the road. >> ok, i need somebody to check for a pulse. >> she's, she's a bloody mess, ma'am. >> reporter: chief deputy tim phillips of the roane county sheriff's office just finished watching the football game when dispatch called him at home. >> what information were you given before you arrived at the scene as -- as you were driving there? >> essentially had -- had a white female that was deceased that was laying on the side of the road. >> reporter: the body had been