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The water with lights. >> reporter: the cinderblocks were tied to the body with bright yellow rope. and they were unique. >> old-style is how i would categorize it. it was very old. >> reporter: not like you get at a modern-day building supply place. >> no, this one had a lot of pebbles and actual rocks in -- in it. so that stood out to me. >> reporter: on the banks of the river, they found shotgun shells. perhaps a clue as to how she died. but a shotgun had nothing to do with it. the next day, the medical examiner concluded danielle's cause of death was asphyxiation. it seemed danielle had be...

Trampling, officials are looking into rumors about laced drugs. the show was eventually stopped in the interest the public safety. we'll stay on top of that story. now back to "dateline." >> reporter: on the morning of april 2nd, 2014, chena papa did what she'd done almost every day since her niece disappeared. she went to her family church to pray for danielle's safe return. but this time, her prayer was different. >> it was, "please just allow us to bring her home and lay her to rest." >> reporter: somehow you cr -- >> if that is what -- >> reporter: you had crossed that line. >> yeah. i f...

Had a pension for skipping, here's irregular at the creek, and familiar with daniels crowd. caroline was friends with. tim >> derrick is kind of like, at the time he was kind of like big and bulky everyone was kind of afraid of him. >> did you hear stories about him later? >> yes i did. >> and the story going around about derek, was more than a little scary. >> we had information concerning him stating that he was also trying to get into a romantic relationship with danielle locklear, and she refused him and as a result he cut her neck and left her in the woods. with >> detective, this is all ...

On his own. je'michael malloy said that he and danielle had broken out, but he was still dear to her, i still love her she's a good girl. >> he pitched in just how much danielle's family cared for him to the former boyfriend wanted to find her just as much as anyone -- so law enforcement pumped him for information. so she skipped school, she did not have a lot? >> she didn't like fourth period, because we're close and so she got believed. >> she just normally to me, but she didn't have the best of clothes. you can forward you're gonna for. >> je'michael. offered his own theories about why she ...

Danielle had used a friend's cell phone to do an end run around je'michael's block so she could keep texting him. ? his roundabout responses to her, je'michael seemed to threaten danielle's life. he wrote: "come to my house. the way i'm feeling right now i'll shoot you with no hesitation." >> je'michael's gonna kill danielle. >> that he would -- >> if what? >> if she didn't leave him alone. >> so, "get off my case." >> yup. >> reporter: detectives had confronted je'michael about that message early on. >> "oh, i was -- heat of the moment. i was just angry. i said some things i didn't mean to sa...