brooke s killer was like looking for a needle in an orange haystack. i thought that maybe someone had kidnapped her, you know? and we were all just tryin to to figure out who would have done this and why. what was their motive, you know? it was a very horrible time. did you think that maybe it could be connected to the game? you never know. you never can you can you can never rule it out it s tennesse football, and you know, she so happened to be wearin a bright orange top and if anybody knows anything about tennessee football, bright orange is the color for the tennessee vols. reporter: but brooke s body had been discovered about 40 miles from the football stadium and investigators were still stymied as to how she ended up there. did it lend itself to that she maybe was dumped here? or did you think that she was actually shot here? based off of everything that was here at the scene, it appeared that she was shot here. reporter: the crime scene itself yielded li
welcome back. i m craig melvin. with very little evidence found at the scene of brooke morris murder her cell phone showed she was in contact with two men. could one of them be responsible for her murder or is it another dead end? reporter: 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. reporter: 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.
you know, she knew that, you know, it this man has got some issues. i ve got to try to get away from him. reporter: brooke reached her breaking point, and in january 2011, did something she thought would get shawn out of her life forever. she was just, like, i m done with this situation. he won t leave me alone. i m you know, i m going to the wife. she needs to know about the situation. i think she was probably tired of you know, living in this this secret. you know, she wanted to be free from the situation. the wife knows, he ll leave me alone. yeah. i mean, you know, if i m honest with the wife, then maybe, you know, they can try to work out their problems. and he ll leave me alone. reporter: but it backfired. shawn s marriage imploded. she was just, like, i ve gone to the wife. she s getting a divorce. she s made him move out. he lost everything after that. yeah. reporter: and friends say shawn continued to harass brooke. in fact, they say, things o
oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40 s. reporter: brooke morris was laid to rest at just 23 years old and while her friends said their goodbyes, her mother,
reporter: lots and lots of orange? lots of orange. reporter: was this something that brooke looked forward to? oh yeah. reporter: on saturdays? all of us at that age, you know? that was what you did on saturday. you wanted to get your orange 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 th