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started yelling, shelley shelley. >> a young art student murdered. >> she said, your daughter as been found in blood. and then the phone went dead. >> this was brutal and sad. >> the clever killer leaves a blank canvas that had no fingerprints, no dna. >> yeah. >> police zero in on three fellow students. the dead girls friend. >> trying to corner in the hallways at school, texting her on the phone, -- >> her boyfriend -- >> he had daggers, knives, sorts, who collects that kind of stuff...

>> she had missed a meeting and then 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. >> text her, she always got right back. >> ive seen her step out of the shower to answer her phone. >> then one day she didnt. >> 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 ...

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 shes 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 ri...

Family and boyfriend received? it was reginald potts using nailahs phone hours after he murdered her, said the prosecution. a clever killers attempt to throw off a missing persons investigation. >> hes smarter than the average criminal. but not as smart as he thinks he is. >> but reginald potts was nothing if not strategic. his defense was to refute their evidence and discredit the prosecution. >> defense attorneys need to create reasonable doubt. in this case, it was very difficult to determine...

Rest of the day. >> right to the abandoned video store behind which they finally find nailahs body. no coincidence he chose that particular spot so far from chicago, said the prosecutors. >> we find out that the video mac store is owned by pottss brother-in-law. >> his friend, the alibi witness, now testified for the prosecution that yes, he initially lied for reginald but didnt know it was to cover up a murder. and remember those three strange hangup calls to 911 and those odd texts her family ...

Out of that vestibule to the garage, shes not seen by anybody. shes not calling anybody, shes not answering calls. her texts are all odd but her phone and his phone are together lockstep the entire rest of the day. >> right to the abandoned video store behind which they finally find nailahs body. no coincidence he chose that particular spot so far from chicago, said the prosecutors. >> we find out that the video mac store is owned by pottss brother-in-law. >> his friend, the alibi witness, now t...

Her texts are all odd but her phone and his phone are together lockstep the entire rest of the day. >> right to the abandoned video store behind which they finally find nailahs body. no coincidence he chose that particular spot so far from chicago, said the prosecutors. >> we find out that the video mac store is owned by pottss brother-in-law. >> his friend, the alibi witness, now testified for the prosecution that yes, he initially lied for reginald but didnt know it was to cover up a murder. a...

Not answering calls. her texts are all odd but her phone and his phone are together lock step the entire rest of the day. >> right to the abandoned video store behind which they finally find nailahs body. no coincidence he chose that particular spot so far from chicago, said the prosecutors. >> we find out that the video mac store is owned by pots brother-in-law. >> his friend, the alibi witness, now testified for the prosecution, that yes, he initially lied for reginald, but didnt know it was t...

Lock step the entire rest of the day. >> right to the abandoned video store behind which they finally find nailahs body. no coincidence he chose that particular spot so far from chicago, said the prosecutors. >> we find out that the video mac store is owned by pots brother-in-law. >> his friend, the alibi witness, now testified for the prosecution, that yes, he initially lied for reginald, but didnt know it was to cover up a murder. and remember those three strange hangup calls to 911 and those ...

Shes not calling anybody, shes not answering calls. her texts are all odd but her phone and his phone are together lock step the entire rest of the day. >> right to the abandoned video store behind which they finally find nailahs body. no coincidence he chose that particular spot so far from chicago, said the prosecutors. >> we find out that the video mac store is owned by pots brother-in-law. >> his friend, the alibi witness, now testified for the prosecution, that yes, he initially lied for re...