out. he lost everything after that. yeah. and friends say shawn continued to harrass brooke. in fact, they say, things only intensified. beyond emotional abuse? was it physical? yes. she had just told me that shawn was getting violent. he broke into her apartment one night, came in through the bathroom window, threw her head up against the tile floor. brooke s family didn t know about any of this. the relationship, the alleged violence. it wasn t until after her death that her family finally learned brooke s secret. did that just give you chills when you found that yeah, it was manila envelope? it was horrible. it was brittany who discovered it, as she went about the grim task of cleaning out brooke s apartment. and we were kinda getting stuff in order to pack away and send. and so i went in her kitchen. and on top of the
mm-hmm. yes. she had just told me that shawn was getting violent. he broke into her apartment one night, came in through the bathroom window, threw her head up against the tile floor. reporter: brooke s family didn t know about any of this. the relationship, the alleged violence. it wasn t until after her death that her family finally learned brooke s secret. did that just give you chills when you found that yeah, it was manila envelope? it was horrible. reporter: it was brittany who discovered it, as she went about the grim task of cleaning out brooke s apartment. and we were kind of getting stuff in order to pack away and send. and so i went in her kitchen. and on top of the refrigerator reporter: brittany opened the folder. it was an order of protection brooke had taken out about a year before her murder against her former boss, shawn smoot. and it was page after page of
intensified. beyond emotional abuse was it physical? uh-huh, yes. she had just told me that shawn was getting violent. he broke into her apartment one night, came in through the bathroom window, threw her head up against the tile floor. brooke s family didn t know about any of this, the relationship, the alleged violence. it wasn t until after her death that her family finally learned brooke s secret. did that give you chills when you found that envelope? yeah it was horrible. it was brittany who discovered it when she went about the task of cleaning out brooke s apartment. we were getting stuff in order to pack away and send. i went in her kitchen and on top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. brittany opened the folder, it was an order of protection brooke taken out a year before her murder against her former boss, shawn smoot.
yes. she had just told me that shawn was getting violent. he broke into her apartment one night, came in through the bathroom window, threw her head up against the tile floor. reporter: brooke s family didn t know about any of this. the relationship, the alleged violence. it wasn t until after her death that her family finally learned brooke s secret. did that just give you chills when you found that yeah, it was manila envelope? it was horrible. reporter: it was brittany who discovered it, as she went about the grim task of cleaning out brooke s apartment. and we were kinda getting stuff in order to pack away and send. and so i went in her kitchen. and on top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. reporter: brittany opened the folder. it was an order of protection brooke had taken out about a year before her murder against her former boss shawn smoot.
she had just told me that shawn was getting violent. he broke into her apartment one night, came in through the bathroom window, threw her head up against the towel floor. brooke s family didn t know about any of this, the relationship, the alleged violence. it was until after her death that her family finally learned brooke s secret. did that give you chills when you found that envelope? yeah it was horrible. it was brittany who discovered it when she went about the task of cleaning out brooke s apartment. we were getting stuff in order to pack away and send. i went in her kitchen and on top of the refrigerator was a manila folder. brittany opened the folder, it was an order of protection brooke taken out a year before her murder against her former boss, shawn smoot. and it was page after page of crazy stuff that he did to her.