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Impact in my life. welcome back. heres keith morrison with more of our story "smoke and mirrors." >> september 19, 2007, dawned in chicago like any other late summer day. hot, humid, windy. the usual. except for one thing. nailah franklin, ambitious, dependable and always on her phone was suddenly radio silent. even with her new love, andre. >> i called her that morning. e-mailed her. called her again. called her again early afternoon. >> and thats when he sent her that all caps e-mail. "are y...

>> yeah, to manage that and your career. >> there were men, of course, there were. though she was, shall we say, discerning. >> the young men she dated were of a caliber that, you know, we expected of her. >> what sort of guys did she like? >> successful, nice, respectable men. >> professional men. >> she was dating a plastic surgeon guy and this guy and that guy. >> she took up briefly with a dashing investor who drove a white bentley. and then in july, 2007, nailah attended an art gallery open...

Anyone we knew who had a relationship with her. >> maybe leahs p.r. campaign helped because -- >> we had some anonymous tips, people saying that they saw her at this location. >> but not a single one of them led to nailah. by now the detectives believed they were dealing with a serious crime, and yet -- >> shes missing. technically there hasnt been a crime committed. >> that makes it somewhat awkward when youre looking into it. >> but anyone we knew in a had contact with her, the boyfriend were ...

>> we had some anonymous tips, people saying that they saw her at this location. >> but not a single one of them led to nailah. by now the detectives believed they were dealing with a serious crime, and yet -- >> shes missing. technically there hasnt been a crime committed. >> that makes it somewhat awkward when youre looking into it. >> the only one that we knew she had contact with, the boyfriend she was in wisconsin with the weekend before she went missing, they were all interviewed. >> that ...

I had to be taken from the area. >> of course, the cops canvassed the neighbors. and what do you know? >> they had seen a male mulling around the vehicle. and then enter another vehicle and leave. and that was a few days prior to us actually locating the vehicle. >> did they give you a good description? >> male african-american, thin build. >> that description might have fit a lot of people in nailahs life, like for example her new boyfriend, andre wright. police had questioned him right away, o...

>> the young men she dated were of a caliber that, you know, we expected of her. >> what sort of guys did she like? >> successful, nice, respectable men. >> professional men. >> she was dating a plastic surgeon guy and this guy and that guy. >> she took up briefly with a dashing investor who drove a white bentley. and then in july, 2007, nailah attended an art gallery opening, and he came. this lawyer from milwaukee, andre wright. >> she had a big, beautiful smile. she was a very pretty woman. v...

Welcome back. heres keith morrison with more of our story "smoke and mirrors." >> september 19th, 2007, dawned in chicago like any other late summer day. hot, humid, windy. the usual. except for one thing. nailah franklin, ambitious, dependable and always on her phone was suddenly radio silent. even with her new love, andre. >> i called her that morning. e-mailed her. called her again. called her again early afternoon. >> and thats when he sent her that all caps e-mail. are you alive? and you pr...

I screamed her name. i didnt want to leave. i had to be taken from the area. >> of course, the cops canvassed the neighbors. and what do you know? >> they had seen a male mulling around the vehicle. and then enter another vehicle and leave. and that was a few days prior to us actually locating the vehicle. >> did they give you a good description? >> male african-american, thin build. >> that description might have fit a lot of people in nailahs life, like for example her new boyfriend, andre wri...

and its chilly, fall-like. and beautiful. >> yesterday afternoon was nice. a little breezy but the sun broke through. and for the time being, we have broken that chain of that tropical moisture that was streaming up not only thursday when we got the bulk of the rain, but it was plaguing us kind of off and on again since last weekend. so were done with it for a while. >> for a while. >> over the atlantic ocean. but for the motion, well take it easy and watch much smaller, more conventio...

>> flooded streets and soggy basement. many across maryland spent the day cleaning up after yesserdays soaking storm. >> we begin our wicked weatherr coveeage toniiht at fells point where michael is standing by live. what can you tell us? >> hi guyss what a difference a day can make. standing out here under clear skies but yesterday at this time this pavemeet here thissentire aree -úwas submerged under water. lt clearly that when the water came uu the dirt came and also sand bags here...