and this is dateline! it s gut-wrenching. there s a body lying off the side of the road. this young woman shot three times. this was a murder. a young single mom, out with friends on game day. it was packed. but as night fell, fear grew. they re asking who would want to harm your sister? but as night fell, fear grew. 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 didn t she just tell us? did a secret lead to murder? it s got to be unimaginable. here s andrea canning with nightfall. 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 relationshi
game day. it was packed. but as night fell, if you re grew. yeah they re asking who would want 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. talk to 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 didn t she just tell us? did a secret lead to murder? it s 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. i d ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. i d like for you to envision roane county in the middle of october. the leaves are changing,
the naacp on saturday issued a travel advisory for florida saying the state is hostile towards black americans. this comes as a response to what the advisory described as, quote, aggressive attempts to erase black history. i m frances mara, now back to your program. welcome back, i m craig melvin. with very little evidence found at the scene of brooke morris s murder data from her cell phone showed he she had been in contact with two men the day she was killed. could one of them be responsible for brooks murder? or was this another dead and. here again is andrea canning. the brutality of brooke morris murder fueled the search for her killer. we really hate that that, you know, they came into our community and committed such a crime. roane county investigators had cleared brooke s ex-husband,
here again, is andrew mckinney. the brutality of brooke morris murder fueled the we really hate that that, you know, they came into our community and committed such a crime. roane county investigators had cleared brooke s ex-husband, clayton. but they had two other men to look at, two men whose names and numbers were right there in brooke s phone. who was brooke communicating with that day that seemed to be of potential importance? daniel hawkins. this is a man she used to date? this is a person that that we believe that she had a relationship with, yes. i think they were talking, nothing too extreme. maybe a couple of dates. albert knew daniel through mutual friends. we would just hang out with daniel, you know. i would text him, and be, like, hey, man, are you coming out? and he d meet up with us. but albert hadn t spoken to daniel that weekend. and didn t know daniel and brooke had been texting each other, making plans to meet up. investigators say they cal