On top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. Did it just give you chills . It was horrible. Why didnt she just tell us . Reporter did a secret lead to murder . Its got to be unimaginable. Welcome to dateline. When the body of brook was discovered by the side of the road, her family started looking for answers. They were surprised to discover she may have been involved in an allegedly violent relationship. P could that revelation be the see to solving her murder . Heres Andrea Canning with nightfall. Id ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. Id like for you to envision roane county in the middle of october. The leaves are changing, theres a little bit of a nip in the air. Now envision Brooke Morris standing there and brooke feels like shes been punched in the throat. Shes been shot. Brooke feels like a bomb goes off in her body, this is the second shot, and it tears through her chest. Shes terrified, and shes in extreme pain. Thank you, you can open your eye
To harm your sister . Was it someone that was a stranger . Was it someone that we knew . I just had this weird feeling that there was something she was hiding tucked away. In her kitchen a clue to it all. On top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. Did it just give you chills . It was horrible. Why didnt she just tell us . Reporter did a secret lead to murder . Id ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. Id like for you to envision roane county in the middle of october. The leaves are changing, theres a little bit of a nip in the air. Now envision Brooke Morris standing there and brooke feels like shes been punched in the throat. Shes been shot. Brooke feels like a bomb goes off in her body, this is the second shot, and it tears through her chest. Shes terrified, and shes in extreme pain. Thank you, you can open your eyes. Reporter the final minutes of a young womans life detailed in a tennessee courtroom. A tragedy that devastated her family and friends. Th
On top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. Did that just give you chills . It was horrible. Why didnt she tell us . Did a secret lead to murder . Its got to be unimaginable. Welcome to dateline. When the body of Brooke Morris was discovered by the side of the road, her family started looking for answers. They were surprised to discover that she may have been involved in an allegedly violent relationship. Could that revelation be the key to solving her murder . Here with nightfall is andrea canning. Id ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. Id like for you to envision rom county in the middle of october. The leaves are changing. Theres a little bit of a nip in the air. Now envision Brooke Morris standing there and brooke feels like shes been punched in the throat. Shes been shot. Brooke feels like a bomb goes off in her body. This is the second shot, and it tears through her chest. Shes terrified, and shes in extreme pain. Thank you, you can open your eyes
about what happened the monday following brooke s murder. now on that day did mr. smoot come into the office? he came in that morning. when i saw him the first time, he didn t see me and he was crouched down under his desk, um, unhooking his computer. and i asked him if he was ok, and he said, no. and i asked him if there was anything i could do, and he said, turn back time. amy had already heard about the murder, and that investigators had been to smoot s house. she told the jury what the defendant said next. i asked him if he was directly or indirectly involved, and he said, both. did you take that as an admi a total admission of guilt? absolutely. absolutely. it had taken nearly five years after brooke s murder to get her alleged killer before a jury. it took the jury less than four hours to reach its
until we clear him and rule him out, we do consider people like daniel hawkins a person of interest. but daniel hawkins wasn t the only person texting with brooke. who else had brooke been texting with? shawn smoot. what did you learn about shawn smoot? we found out that he ran an allstate office there in west knoxville. married, children? married, was no longer married at that particular time. amy denlinger is a former employee of shawn s. what were your impressions of, of shawn? seemed like a nice enough person, outgoing, typical sales, easy to get along with. shawn smoot, the name rang a bell with brooke s family and friends. not long after brooke s divorce, sean had hired brooke as an assistant in the insurance office. i remember the day that she