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>> she was brave. she was incredibly brave. why didnt i know that she needed me and that she was alone and that she was hurt? nothing was the same after that. nothing. >> they found her at the soccer field. the straight arrow student killed by a single bullet. >> i just hit the floor. >> i remember the pain. every time i talk about it the pain comes rushing back. >> that someone would shoot my child. like, why? >> this is a small town whodunit. >> oh, yeah we were afraid. >> what had h...

>> oh, yeah we were afraid. >> what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? >> were trying to find out why! >> i would never hurt halee. >> they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. >> hes there. hes got a gun. >> how could it not have been him? >> then a secret spills out in court! >> thats a bombshell. >> that definitely was. >> i felt like i had gotten my heart ripped out. >> for that mother to get on that stand. it was absolute silence....

>> this is a small town whodunit. >> oh, yeah we were afraid. >> what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? >> were trying to find out why! >> i would never hurt halee. >> they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. >> hes there. hes got a gun. >> how could it not have been him? >> then a secret spills out in court! >> thats a bombshell. >> that definitely was. >> i felt like i had gotten my heart ripped out. >> for that mother to get on th...

every time i talk about it the pain comes rushing back. >> that someone would shoot my child. like, why? >> reporter: this is a small town whodunit. >> oh, yeah we were afraid. >> reporter: what had happened that night? was the answer somewhere in her circle of friends? >> were trying to find out why! >> i would never hurt halee. >> they came and talked to me. it was four fbi agents. >> hes there. hes got a gun. >> reporter: how could it not have been him? then a secret spills out in c...

Night she was murdered, where she was messaging back and forth with jordan, "hey, im gonna go pick up my wallet from your house" late at night the night she was killed. so then that was the theory, she wept, she told jordan, thaddeus killed her over it. >> investigators decided it was time to find out what thaddeus and jordan knew. thaddeus refused to talk to them. but jordan did. >> we did interview thaddeusgirlfriend. she was -- she said they were home together all night at thaddeusbrothers ho...

Was there to get her wallet, and we never saw halee and thad leave. >> it seemed like thaddeus had a good alibi. heather worried that investigators seemed no closer to making an arrest. >> i think that the fear was overwhelming. i kept saying, i hope that they make an arrest before her funeral. i dont know how i can stand there and wonder whos hugging me and whos coming through this line. you know, did they hurt her? >> but as heather prepared for her daughters funeral, investigators were alread...

>> reporter: and heather wasnt the only one pointing the finger at thaddeus. halees friends knew that shed gone to see the babys mom jordan the night she died. >> theres these messages the night she was murdered where she was messaging back and forth with jordan, hey, im going to go pick up my wallet from your house, late at night the night she was killed. so then that was the theory. she went, she told jordan, thaddeus killed her over it. >> reporter: investigators decided it was time to find o...

Forth with jordan, "hey, im gonna go pick up my wallet from your house" late at night the night she was killed. so then that was the theory, she wept, she told jordan, thaddeus killed her over it. >> investigators decided it was time to find out what thaddeus and jordan knew. thaddeus refused to talk to them. but jordan did. >> we did interview thaddeusgirlfriend. she was -- she said they were home together all night at thaddeusbrothers house. we checked out the surveillance video from that neig...