question any time that we re talking about domestic violence. why does anyone go back? the prosecutors hoped any doubt the jury may have regarding his guilt would be wiped away when they called their key witness to the stand. amy was working for smoot during that time. the impression of the nice outgoing man didn t last. why did it change? he was cold. he got angry easily. not satisfied really r. seemed like he enjoyed getting somebody riled up. in court, she testified about what happened the monday following brook s murder. on that day, did mr. smooth 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.
married, was no longer married at that particular time. reporter: 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. reporter: 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 had the interview. we had lunch right before, and she was so excited, you know? it was a real job. and i said, there s gonna be so much potential for you to move up in this company. you know? i was really proud of her. did you feel like this was kind of the fresh start brooke needed? yeah, we did. we thought we we all thought it was gonna be a good thing for her. did she seem happy? oh yeah, she loved it. i think there was a couple other ladies in the office that she worked with. everybody got along, and she enjoyed it.
unhooking his computer. i asked him if he was okay. and he said no. 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. at that point i asked him if he was directly or indirectly involved and he said both. did you take that as a total admission of guilt? absolutely. absolutely. it had taken nearly five years after brook s murder to get her alleged killer before a jury. it took the jury less than four hours to reach its verdict. we the jury find the defendant, shawn nelson smoot, guilty of premeditated first degree murder of brook nicole morris. what s the emotions you re feeling when you hear that word snoo. of course, we can t show emotion in court. what s going on in the
and i asked him if there was anything i could do, and he said, turn back time. reporter: 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. reporter: did you take that as an admi a total admission of guilt? absolutely. absolutely. reporter: 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 verdict. we the jury, find the defendant, shawn nelson smoot guilty of premeditated first degree murder of brooke nicole morris. reporter: what s the emotions that you re feeling when you hear that word? well, of course, we can t show emotion in court. reporter: okay, what s going on, on the inside? on the inside, i m screaming. i m jumping for joy. i was able to give tina gregg
reporter: 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. reporter: 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 had the interview. we had lunch right before, and she was so excited, you know? it was a real job. and i said, there s gonna be so much potential for you to move up in this company. you know? i was really proud of her. did you feel like this was kind of the fresh start brooke needed? yeah, we did. we thought we we all thought it was gonna be a good thing for her. did she seem happy? oh yeah, she loved it. i think there was a couple other ladies in the office that she worked with. everybody got along, and she enjoyed it. she had formed a really, i