On top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. Did it just give you chills . It was horrible. Why didnt she just tell us . Reporter did a secret lead to murder . Its got to be unimaginable. Welcome to dateline. When the body of brook was discovered by the side of the road, her family started looking for answers. They were surprised to discover she may have been involved in an allegedly violent relationship. P could that revelation be the see to solving her murder . Heres Andrea Canning with nightfall. Id ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. Id like for you to envision roane county in the middle of october. The leaves are changing, theres a little bit of a nip in the air. Now envision Brooke Morris standing there and brooke feels like shes been punched in the throat. Shes been shot. Brooke feels like a bomb goes off in her body, this is the second shot, and it tears through her chest. Shes terrified, and shes in extreme pain. Thank you, you can open your eye
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 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 didnt she just tell us . Reporter did a secret lead to murder . Id ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. Id like for you to envision roane county in the middle of october. The leaves are changing, theres a little bit of a nip in the air. Now envision Brooke Morris standing there and brooke feels like shes been punched in the throat. Shes been shot. Brooke feels like a bomb goes off in her body, this is the second shot, and it tears through her chest. Shes terrified, and shes in extreme pain. Thank you, you can open your eyes. Reporter the final minutes of a young womans life detailed in a tennessee courtroom. A tragedy that devastated her family and friends. Th
On top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. Did that just give you chills . It was horrible. Why didnt she tell us . Did a secret lead to murder . Its 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. Id ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. Id like for you to envision rom county in the middle of october. The leaves are changing. Theres a little bit of a nip in the air. Now envision Brooke Morris standing there and brooke feels like shes been punched in the throat. Shes been shot. Brooke feels like a bomb goes off in her body. This is the second shot, and it tears through her chest. Shes terrified, and shes in extreme pain. Thank you, you can open your eyes
verdict. we the jury, find the defendant, shawn nelson smoot guilty of premeditated first degree murder of brooke nicole morris. what s the emotions that you re feeling when you hear that word? well, of course, we can t show emotion in court. okay, what s going on, on the inside? on the inside, i m screaming. i m jumping for joy. i was able to give tina gregg a hug, and see her smile through all of the tears that she had over the last five years. this was the moment she d been waiting for? yes. i think it was the moment we d all been waiting for. for the prosecutor, the case was about more than winning a conviction. there s a lesson to be learned. for a woman watching this who is maybe going through a similar situation what is what s the message from this story for her? get out. get help. get out. don t go back. it s not gonna change. speak out. and don t be afraid. don t be ashamed. cause you know, it s not your fault
he came in that morning. when i saw him the first time, he didn t see me and he was crouched down under his desk, um, unhooking his computer. and i asked him if he was ok, and he said, no. and i asked him if there was anything i could do, and he said, turn back time. amy had already heard about the murder, and that investigators had been to smoot s house. she told the jury what the defendant said next. i asked him if he was directly or indirectly involved, and he said, both. did you take that as a total admission of guilt? absolutely. absolutely. it had taken nearly five years after brooke s murder to get her alleged killer before a jury. it took the jury less than four hours to reach its verdict. we the jury, find the defendant, shawn nelson smoot guilty of premeditated first degree murder of brooke nicole morris. what s the emotions that