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,
friends. this is cannot be happening. it was really the worst day of my entire life. who would do this to our friend brooke. it was awful. it was horrible. it was a horrible time. secrets exposed, but would justice be served? it was never ending, never ending. and i was so frustrated. most people who knew brooke morris remember radiance and zest for life. she was always, always, always dancing everywhere she went. kaitlyn okal met brooke when they were teenagers, growing up just outside knoxville, tennessee brooke the yin to kaitlyn s yang. we kind of balanced each other out. she was a girly girl and i was more the tomboy. so i d go to her house. and change into a thousand outfits and try on makeup and do our hair. and then she d come into my house. and we d ride four wheelers and play on the farm. sounds like you two were
and shawn were talking on the day of the nobody knew that she even had contact with him. but to investigators, there was something different about this particular order of protection. brooke had asked the judge to allow her and shawn to have social contact. and sure enough they had continued to talk and spend time together. so they had to wonder if things were really that bad between brooke and shawn? the investigation dragged on for weeks. then months. it was almost too much for tina to bear. i got really frustrated. yeah, i did. you know, and i m sure they had to hear my wrath a few times. because you know, i m a mother. and i wanted to know who did it. and i wanted him put behind bars. but a major break in the case was coming. would a jury be able to put it all together? i said, were you directly or indirectly involved? will coming up. a murder charge at
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