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somebody was telling her. my sister is in my driveway and her head is bloody. so you bury your little girl and then it s a murder destination? yes. there were two people brandi feared. one in town. she thought she was being followed. one thousands of miles away. josh was still in alaska. and then there was the new man in her life. anybody close to brandi we needed to take a hard serious look at. no state fingerprints, no dna and no arrest for years. you re grieving, how do you put all of that day by day. hints emerged of somebody s dark past. you have robberies going on, homicides. one brave woman willing to talk. he told me, the same thing that happened to brandi will happen to me. the question wasn t just who murdered the young mother, it was why? there was no money. there just wasn t a reason to do it. she didn t hurt nobody. she didn t bother anybody. why did they have to kill her? hello and welcome to dateline, imagine dr ....
reporter: and then there was the new man in her life. anybody close to brandy, we need to take a real hard, serious look at. reporter: no fingerprints. no dna. and no arrests, for years. reporter: you re grieving, how do you put all that awful time together, molly? day by day. reporter: then hints emerge of someone s dark past. you ve got robberies going on, the homicide. reporter: and one brave woman willing to talk. he told me the same that happened to brandy would happen to me. reporter: the question wasn t just who murdered a young mother. it was why? there was no money. there just wasn t a reason to do it. she didn t hurt nobody. she didn t bother nobody, why did they have to kill her? reporter: i m lester holt and this is dateline. here s dennis murphy with out there in the dark. reporter: it was a chillier than usual monday night in may, as brandy daniels drove home from her shift at kohl s. zanesville in eastern ohio is the kind of not- ....
the new man in her life. anybody close to brandy, we need to take a real hard, serious look at. reporter: no fingerprints. no dna. and no arrests, for years. reporter: you re grieving, how do you put all that awful time together, molly? day by day. reporter: then hints emerge of someone s dark past. you ve got robberies going on, the homicide. reporter: and one brave woman willing to talk. he told me the same that happened to brandy would happen to me. reporter: the question wasn t just who murdered a young mother. it was why? there was no money. there just wasn t a reason to do it. she didn t hurt nobody. she didn t bother nobody, why did they have to kill her? reporter: i m lester holt and this is dateline. here s dennis murphy with out there in the dark. reporter: it was a chillier than usual monday night in may, as brandy daniels drove home from her shift at kohl s. zanesville in eastern ohio is the kind of not-too-big, not-too-small, city wh ....
my sister is in the driveway and her head is bloody. reporter: so you bury your girl. and then it s a murder investigation. yep. reporter: there were two people brandy feared. one in town. she thought she was being followed. reporter: one thousands of miles away. josh was still in alaska. reporter: and then there was the new man in her life. anybody close to brandy, we need to take a real hard, serious look at. reporter: no fingerprints. no dna. and no arrests, for years. reporter: you re grieving, how do you put all that awful time together, molly? day by day. reporter: then hints emerge of someone s dark past. you ve got robberies going on, the homicide. reporter: and one brave woman willing to talk. he told me the same that happened to brandy would happen to me. reporter: the question wasn t just who murdered a young mother. it was why? there was no money. there just wasn t a reason to do it. she didn t hurt nobody. she didn t bo ....
she thought she was being followed. reporter: one thousands of miles away. josh was still in alaska. reporter: and then there was the new man in her life. anybody close to brandy, we need to take a real hard, serious look at. reporter: no fingerprints. no dna. and no arrests, for years. reporter: you re grieving, how do you put all that awful time together, molly? day by day. reporter: then hints emerge of someone s dark past. you ve got robberies going on, the homicide. reporter: and one brave woman willing to talk. he told me the same that happened to brandy would happen to me. reporter: the question wasn t just who murdered a young mother. it was why? there was no money. there just wasn t a reason to do it. she didn t hurt nobody. she didn t bother nobody, why did they have to kill her? here s dennis murphy with out there in the dark. reporter: it was a chillier than usual monday night in may, as brandy daniels drove home from her sh ....