and this is dateline! it s gut-wrenching. there s a body lying off the side of the road. this young woman shot three times. this was a murder. a young single mom, out with friends on game day. it was packed. but as night fell, fear grew. they re asking who would want to harm your sister? but as night fell, fear grew. 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 didn t she just tell us? did a secret lead to murder? it s got to be unimaginable. here s andrea canning with nightfall. 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 relationshi
game day. it was packed. but as night fell, if you re grew. yeah they re asking who would want 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. talk to 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 didn t she just tell us? did a secret lead to murder? it s 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. i d ask that you all close your eyes for a few minutes this morning. i d like for you to envision roane county in the middle of october. the leaves are changing,
him, he he had told us that he was home all night. so that s an inconsistency for you? it is. investigators were becoming increasingly suspicious of shawn smoot. and they weren t the only ones. brooke s closest friends never really suspected her ex-husband clayton, or daniel hawkins, but they knew her relationship with shawn had been stormy. she would just, you know, tell me little things here and there. her friends say shawn had a temper and kaitlyn witnessed it first hand one night after a dinner. shawn was drunk kaitlyn says, so she didnt want brooke to drive home with him. he did not like that. he began to get very angry. and we drove just down the street, pulled into the parking lot. and i pulled up right beside her car and and she opened the door. and shawn was, like, right there. //grabbed her by the arm. i told her, brooke, just get back in the car. and so she did. she got back in the car. and we drove off. friends say similar incidents followed, brooke felt
increasingly suspicious of shawn smoot. and they weren t the only ones. brooke s closest friends never really suspected her ex-husband clayton, or daniel hawkins, but they knew her relationship with shawn had been stormy. she would just, you know, tell me little things here and there. her friends say shawn had a temper and kaitlyn witnessed it first hand one night after a dinner. shawn was drunk kaitlyn says, so she didnt want brooke to drive home with him. he did not like that. he began to get very angry. and we drove just down the street, pulled into the parking lot. and i pulled up right beside her car and and she opened the door. and shawn was, like, right there. grabbed her by the arm. i told her, brooke, just get back in the car. and so she did. she got back in the car. and we drove off. friends say similar incidents followed, brooke felt shawn was stalking her. showing up unannounced and uninvited when she was out with friends. even after she stopped working for him.
reporter: her friends say shawn had a temper and kaitlyn witnessed it firsthand one night after a dinner. shawn was drunk kaitlyn says, so she didn t want brooke to drive home with him. he did not like that. he began to get very angry. and we drove just down the street, pulled into the parking lot. and i pulled up right beside her car and she opened the door. and shawn was like right there, grabbed her by the arm. i told her, brooke, just get back in the car. and so she did. she got back in the car. and we drove off. reporter: friends say similar incidents followed. brooke felt shawn was stalking her, showing up unannounced and uninvited when she was out with friends. even after she stopped working for him. she definitely knew that something was wrong, you know, after he was obsessive with her, calling her multiple times and texting her and then stalking her. you know, she knew that, you