killed. daniel hawkins said they tried to meet up but never did. were daniel s friends able to back up his alibi? his alibi was was verified he was really at the game? yes. because of the time the game ended, detectives concluded daniel hawkins couldn t have been in roane county at the time of the murder. he was eventually cleared by authorities. but could they verify shawn smoot s story? he told investigators he and brooke grabbed a drink after he picked her up. sure enough, here s video of them at one of the restuarants he said they went to. here they are taking their drinks out to the patio another camera captured the couple leaving at about 6: 30p. m. brooke is walking several steps ahead of shawn, something chief phillips thought was telling. normally if people are happy and all that stuff, you think they would walk out together.