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>> take him away. >> so that was justice. the most nailahs family could hope for. terribly important. and strangely, empty. >> its still not done. shes still not back. you still cant talk with her. >> no. they tried to remember nailah not as a murder victim but as a beautiful young woman she was. the vibrant center of her family. but grief, real and painful, comes to visit every day. >> you know, people say, oh, well, shes your spirit and shes your angel and shes in a better place and all this o...

>> guess so. >> as investigators headed off to check reginald potts alibi, down in calumet city, officer calvin lucius was again cruising vacant parking lots. this time a mile or so from where he found those boxes when a partner noticed something. >> he saw a pair of ear buds hanging from the tree. >> bright little bobbles showed up in the dark. what else was in that abandoned place? at the edge of the midnight woods. >> coming up, its now a different type of investigation. and detectives take a...

Taking the stand. >> what would he say? and would the jury believe him. it was roll the dice time. coming up, keiths eyebrow-raising alibi. >> i was embarrassed and ashamed of what i was doing. >> and then what keith revealed to us. >> thats what ive told everybody, when they hear the story, theyre not going to believe it. >> why even a jury couldnt end this case, when "dateline extra" continues.

♪ the highly advanced audi a4. ♪ welcome back to "dateline extra." im tamron hall. to detectives investigating shaunas murder, something just wasnt right with what her husband george was telling them. especially about how well he knew the homeless handyman who they believed killed shauna. but now they wondered, could george have also played a role in her death? heres keith morrison again with "under a full moon." >> reporter: its an old police

Continue paying their fair share... woman: ...to prevent new education cuts... man: ...and keep improving californias schools. woman: vote yes on prop 55 to help our children thrive. welcome back to "dateline extra." im tamron hall. shauna tiaffay, loving mother by day, cocktail waitress by night, was brutally murdered after her shift at the casino and far from the vegas strip, her co-workers and neighbors were terrified. was this the work of some sort of stalker, or was danger lurking closer ...

>> it was after her shift that they found her, the victim of a ruthless attack. >> i mean, your heart just drops to your stomach. >> reporter: potential suspects? how about a casinos worth of customers? >> shauna was very beautiful. is it someone that saw her at work and followed her home? >> we didnt know if there was some psycho was watching us girls working at the palms. >> reporter: or, did the answers lie in the dead womans past? >> shauna started thinking, i have got to get out of this sit...

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 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...

Against potts. >> this was a case with no eyewitnesss, no video of the crime, no physical evidence linking potts to the crime and a cause of death that was based on primarily exclusion. we dont try many cases like that. >> and not many cases with a defendant quite like reginald potts. >> coming up, an accused killers defense. >> im not a monster. >> hes smarter than the average criminal. but not as smart as he thinks he is. >> and after eight years, a verdict. >> what really tormented me all the...

>> fabrication, yes, said reginald. he was being framed. >> coming up -- >> a suspect bares all. >> why are you taking your clothes off? [ inaudible ] >> whats that? >> okay. >> but would he reveal the truth? when "dateline extra" continues. even mer-mutts. (1940s aqua music) (burke) and we covered it, february third, twenty-sixteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ watry...duo fusiong heartburn relief? ...

A ninth accuser has come forward accusing donald trump of sexual misconduct. cathy heller telling the guardian trump kissed her against her will in 1997 in public. the trump campaign issued a strong denial, saying theres no way quote unquote, that trump kissed her at his florida resort. a powerful storm is gathering intensity off the northwest coast, set to hit the central oregon coast with winds as high as 80 miles per hour. we will continue to watch that. now, back to "dateline extra." w...