she had missed a meeting and then not to hear from her, this isn t right. it would have been impossible to get up every day knowing that she was gone. i had to believe we would find her alive. text her, she always got right back. i ve seen her step out of the shower to answer her phone. then one day she didn t. immediately, my spidey senses were high. where was nailah? i sent her an e-mail, all caps, are you alive? there was no sign of her. and such a confusing trail of clues, even the calls to 911 were silent. no voice, no struggles could be heard. this could be kind of eerie. yes, it is. in my heart, i knew she s not coming back. one of the suspects had an alibi, until a camera caught him in a lie. he lived a life of a lot of smoke and mirrors. and the strangest clue of all. there in an empty parking lot. six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. why were they there? what was in them? it was right adjacent to a lagoon. wow. i watch en
and such a confusing trail of clues, even the calls to 911 were silent. no voice, no struggles could be heard. this could be kind of eerie. yes, it is. in my heart, i knew she s not coming back. one of the suspects had an alibi, until a camera caught him in a lie. he lived a life of a lot of smoke and mirrors. and the strangest clue of all. there in an empty parking lot. six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. why were they there? what was in them? it was right adjacent to a lagoon. wow. i watch enough dateline to know that s probably not a good sign. hello and welcome to dateline. when nailah franklin vanished, her close-knit family was frantic to find her. a woman with a thriving career and a handsome new boyfriend. she was building the life she d always dreamed of. then suddenly there was silence. which was quite unlike her. a trail of clues led detectives to one of chicago s most exclusive neighborhoods. but would those clues lead them
This is dateline. She missed a meeting, the not to hear from her, this isnt right. It would have been impossible to get up every day knowing that she was gone. I had to believe we would find her alive. Texture, she always got right back. Then one day, she didnt. Immediately my spidey senses were hot. Where was natalie . I sent her an email, all caps, are you alive . There was no sign of her in such a confusing trail of clues. Even calls to 911 were silent. No voice, no struggles can be heard. In my heart, i knew shes not coming back. One of the suspects had an alibi, until a camera caught him in a lie. It was a lot of smoke and mirrors. And, the strangest clue of all, there in an empty parking lot six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. Why were they there . What was in them . Welcome to dateline. When Nailah Franklin vanished, her family was frantic to find her. A trail of clues led detectives to one of chicagos most exclusive neighborhoods, but with those clues lead them to nailah . H
murder. nailah, by then, had been dead three months. i was definitely relieved. i was kind of surprised that it took so long, but i was relieved. relieved, too, that reginald potts, as was his right, demanded a speedy trial. but then reginald potts used every resource at his disposal to delay the process. nbc chicago s reporter charlie wojnarowski watched in something like amazement as reginald turned speedy justice into something else altogether. he hired lawyers, he fired lawyers. he tried to act as his own attorney. at each step of the process, the trial had to be reset. one, two, three years passed that way. in the fourth year after the murder, illinois abolished capital punishment, so that was off the table. and still, reginald s actions forced delays. this is one of the most bizarre cases we ve seen in chicago. just as nailah s family had reached out to the media, reginald potts tried to launch a p. r. campaign from behind bars.
looking for in a piece of art. obviously, i tried to engage her. suddenly, this is a different search than it was before. i mean, the artwork became of little interest, to me, at that point. just like that, it was all over. for both of them. you know, i don t want to go all hallmark card on you or anything like that. that s okay. but i mean, this was clearly kind of a transcendental moment or something. yeah, absolutely, definitely. nailah s family loved andre. what family wouldn t? she brought him to my child s first birthday party. he brought my baby a gift. i was like who does that? because he s a nice, quality person. they liked you. i think so, yeah, yeah. due to her influence, though. you started planning on moving in together, right? on being together? we did. that was happening pretty fast. it felt good, though. it just felt natural. it was long distance, he in milwaukee, she in chicago. they stayed connected by phone and e-mail and text all day