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
sent her nasty e-mails and voice mails. did she worry about that a lot? she didn t exhibit any worries to me about it. but she must have been worried. you detectives found a report that nailah had called a nonemergency police phone number, asked about filing an order of protection against a threatening ex-boyfriend. she mentioned mr. potts. so yes, reginald potts was a murder suspect, but he wasn t exactly hiding from the police. remember, he had given them a very detailed alibi to check out. he was pretty specific on where he s at. and as the weeks went by, he seemed quite eager to help. he continuously called me on my cell phone. really? yes. called you to tell you what? to try to direct the investigation. why haven t we talked to hugh eccles. his friends, the eccles, were with him much of the day, he said. they were at a target store shopping. and sure enough, mr. eccles confirmed his account. there
and as the weeks went by, he seemed quite eager to help. he continuously called me on my cell phone. really? yes. called you to tell you what? to try to direct the investigation. why haven t we talked to hugh eccles. his friends, the eccles, were with him much of the day, he said. they were at a target store shopping. and sure enough, mr. eccles confirmed his account. there they are on surveillance cameras at the target store, which would seem to exclude potts as a suspect. if he was shopping, he wasn t kidnapping and killing nailah. but this was curious. for some reason, reginald did not show up on camera. so if you were going to commit a crime, do not do it at target because they re going to have everything down to your signing your transaction on the keypad. very clear.