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,
tickets to a concert. she was super excited about going to that. so she was just, like, okay, i ve gotta go i ve gotta go find something to wear. i m gonna go to dinner. after dinner, brooke left her car in a shopping center parking lot near the restaurant, and drove with friends to the concert. she spent the night at dina s house. i called it hotel dina like everyone just stayed. yeah. left it unlocked for everyone, you know. the next day, saturday, was the tennessee lsu football game and everyone was looking forward to tailgating. but the fun day turned sour. brooke borrowed something out of dina s closet, the girlfriends had an argument about it. and i had found out she had wore it without asking. it was a silly fight, but it stuck with brooke. she didn t tailgate for long. she had been calling all these people to pick her up to take her to her car because she wanted to change her outfit for the night, for that night. brooke s friend albert dotson had been tail
language but he just seemed like, what in the world s goin on? and despite the tension during the marriage and divorce, those who knew brooke best didn t think her ex-husband was a killer. i just never entertained that thought. clayton was a good person. so i didn t think that, you know, he would be capable of doing something like that to brooke. more importantly, clayton s alibi checked out. investigators cleared him. if not the ex-husband, then who? who had brooke come in contact with that weekend? investigators retraced brooke s steps, starting not with the game on saturday, but with the night before, friday. friends told investigators they had tickets to a concert. she was super excited about going to that. so she was just, like, okay, i ve gotta go i ve gotta go find something to wear. i m gonna go to dinner. after dinner, brooke left her car in a shopping center parking lot near the restaurant, and drove with friends to the concert. she spent the night at dina s hou
read people and and, you know, people throw off body language but he just seemed like, what in the world s goin on? reporter: and despite the tension during the marriage and divorce, those who knew brooke best didn t think her ex-husband was a killer. i just never entertained that thought. clayton was a good person. so i didn t think that, you know, he would be capable of doing something like that to brooke. reporter: more importantly, clayton s alibi checked out. investigators cleared him. if not the ex-husband, then who? who had brooke come in contact with that weekend? investigators retraced brooke s steps, starting not with the game on saturday, but with the night before, friday. friends told investigators they had tickets to a concert. she was super excited about going to that. so she was just, like, okay, i ve gotta go i ve gotta go find something to wear. i m gonna go to dinner. reporter: after dinner, brooke left her car in a shopping center parking lot nea