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,
and if there was something going on, maybe she was like, you know, i wanna just get away from him, or whatever. i d be glad when he drops me off at my car. this is the parking lot where shawn smoot said he dropped brooke off at her car. none of the security cameras around here had the car in view, but it was still sitting here the next day after brooke died. which made investigators wonder was shawn smoot telling them the truth? and if he wasn t, where did they really go? so they decided to trace his steps. they pulled his cell phone records and found something unusual. in the two and a half hours after shawn and brooke had last been seen together, there was no activity on his cell phone. and here s what also stood out around 11:00 p. m. his phone started pinging off towers along this major interstate heading out of knoxville. then it looked like shawn turned around. his phone started pinging in the other direction, all the way back to his house. did he talk about why he was maybe
around here had the car in view, but it was still sitting here the next day after brooke died. which made investigators wonder was shawn smoot telling them the truth? and if he wasn t, where did they really go? so they decided to trace his steps. they pulled his cell phone records and found something unusual. in the two and a half hours after shawn and brooke had last been seen together, there was no activity on his cell phone. and here s what also stood out around 11:00 p. m. his phone started pinging off towers along this major interstate heading out of knoxville. then it looked like shawn turned around. his phone started pinging in the other direction, all the way back to his house. did he talk about why he was maybe about to leave town but didn t or why he turned around? well, initially talking to him, he he had told us that he was home all night. so that s an inconsistency for you? it is. investigators were becoming
steps. they pulled his cell phone records and found something unusual. in the 2 1/2 hours after shawn and brooke had last been seen together, there was no activity on his cell phone. and here s what also stood out. around 11:00 p.m. his phone started pinging off towers along this major interstate heading out of knoxville. then it looked like shawn turned around.ard pinging in the other direction, all the way back to his house. did he talk about why he was maybe about to leave town but didn t or why he turned around? well, initially talking to him, he he had told us that he was home all night. so that s an inconsistency for you? it is. reporter: investigators were becoming increasingly suspicious of shawn smoot. and they weren t the only ones. brooke s closest friends never really suspected her ex-husband clayton, or daniel hawkins, but they knew her relationship with shawn had been stormy. she would just, you know, tell me little things here and there.