she had missed a meeting and then not to hear from her, this isn t right. it would have been impossible to get up every day knowing that she was gone. i had to believe we would find her alive. text her, she always got right back. i ve seen her step out of the shower to answer her phone. then one day she didn t. immediately, my spidey senses were high. where was nailah? i sent her an e-mail, all caps, are you alive? there was no sign of her. and such a confusing trail of clues, even the calls to 911 were silent. no voice, no struggles could be heard. this could be kind of eerie. yes, it is. in my heart, i knew she s not coming back. one of the suspects had an alibi, until a camera caught him in a lie. he lived a life of a lot of smoke and mirrors. and the strangest clue of all. there in an empty parking lot. six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. why were they there? what was in them? it was right adjacent to a lagoon. wow. i watch en
and such a confusing trail of clues, even the calls to 911 were silent. no voice, no struggles could be heard. this could be kind of eerie. yes, it is. in my heart, i knew she s not coming back. one of the suspects had an alibi, until a camera caught him in a lie. he lived a life of a lot of smoke and mirrors. and the strangest clue of all. there in an empty parking lot. six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. why were they there? what was in them? it was right adjacent to a lagoon. wow. i watch enough dateline to know that s probably not a good sign. hello and welcome to dateline. when nailah franklin vanished, her close-knit family was frantic to find her. a woman with a thriving career and a handsome new boyfriend. she was building the life she d always dreamed of. then suddenly there was silence. which was quite unlike her. a trail of clues led detectives to one of chicago s most exclusive neighborhoods. but would those clues lead them
This is dateline. She missed a meeting, the not to hear from her, this isnt right. It would have been impossible to get up every day knowing that she was gone. I had to believe we would find her alive. Texture, she always got right back. Then one day, she didnt. Immediately my spidey senses were hot. Where was natalie . I sent her an email, all caps, are you alive . There was no sign of her in such a confusing trail of clues. Even calls to 911 were silent. No voice, no struggles can be heard. In my heart, i knew shes not coming back. One of the suspects had an alibi, until a camera caught him in a lie. It was a lot of smoke and mirrors. And, the strangest clue of all, there in an empty parking lot six perfectly stacked cardboard boxes. Why were they there . What was in them . Welcome to dateline. When Nailah Franklin vanished, her family was frantic to find her. A trail of clues led detectives to one of chicagos most exclusive neighborhoods, but with those clues lead them to nailah . H
he s a con man who fooled a lot of people. and when the con man was challenged, everybody, even law enforcement, was a target. he would kill me. he would kill my family, my family would never be safe. when he was struck three times by mr. potts in the face. he spent much of his adult life in prison, where he assaulted guards. i was struck in the right eye by mr. potts. all of that was too prejudicial to present at trial but now absolutely relevant. and he took her in back by the elevator and i heard slap. this guy has been an absolute menace his entire adult life. do you see mr. potts in court today? and when a woman stood up to him, witness after witness testified that reginald betrayed them, bullied them and
believe is false. and i believe it is invalid. and i believe that a court of appeals will overturn that. but for now this court has to honor what they said and impose a sentence. but i tell you, your honor, i am not the person that miss mccarthy has tried to paint in this courtroom. i m not a monster. i m not a monster. we waited to see if the judge would buy reginald s story or the prosecutor s. and here it was. you are a cold, calculating, conniving coward of a con man who must be punished. and indeed he was. life without parole. take him away. so that was justice. the most nailah s family could hope for. terribly important. and strangely empty. it s still not done. she s still not back. you still can t talk with her. no. they try to remember nailah not as a murder victim