in harm s way. you wouldn tb think. but that was something shannon s children did worry about a lot. i m sure you know dateline nbc and how to catch a predator. the weirdos on the internet. detectives were in fact chasing down a new lead in connection with shannon s internet dating. if there s a murder investigation, there s no stone unturned. hiding under one particular rock was one very likely suspect. the man calling himself john wilson who planned to meet with shannon december, the last day she was seen alive. they realized he was a imposter and had been communicating with
voice message. he even stopped by her house again, frustrated, peered through her windows, didn t see anything, he said. and then he told detectives he spent the rest of the day and into the evening exchanging messages with shannon. i texted her and i got a text message in reply from her that said did you come over? and she says something to the effect of how about tonight or later tonight? he really wanted to see her? right. but never did? or at least said he never did? right. there was, however, a problem with his story. for much of december 1st, he couldn t say if anyone had seen him. in other words no one to back up portions of his alibi.
and her friend, somer said she d never not pick her kids up from school, let alone answer their calls. i knew she doted on them. reporter: a deputy met shannon s landlord, got him to open the house. two deputies with went inside and right away radioed for back up. they found shannon. she was dead, her body on her blood and displayed in such a way detectives knew her killer had more than just murder on his mind. coming up. i just backed up and i screamed, no! no! it can t be true. the crime scene would raise more questions than it hanserred and soewould a tip from shannon. she said look at a tip in her
through the list of possible suspects. shannon s killer was still out there, which, judging from the story her friends had been telling, might have been building up to an attack. her house had been broken into or the barbecue would be messed up, knocked over. lights would be unscrewed. you could tell somebody had been in but things went missing sometimes. odd things you would notice weren t right when you would come home. shannon filed police report. the incidents were investigated. but never solved. shannon had been accusing clay. shannon thought clay was behind everything that was happening. that he was trying to scare her or trying to assess a way into her home. beut police didn t find any
someone has been can kidnapped. so they had no idea shannon called 911 until they got the records from her wireless carrier. were you able to find out what was in the 911 call? when it lasted? when it came? yes, they were able to, based on date and time, find a recording of the exact date and call. it started with a noise. could you hear it? you could. and unfortunately for the 911 call operator, i believe he talked over it and he didn t hear it. 911, what are you reporting? so brief, so garbled but listening to it now, they became convinced this must have been shannon as she was being attacked. 9:17 a.m. 911, what are you reporting? hello. it sounded like someone was