unhooking his computer. i asked him if he was okay. and he said no. 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. at that point 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 brook 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 brook nicole morris. what s the emotions you re feeling when you hear that word snoo. of course, we can t show emotion in court. what s going on in the