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For rick saccone ahead of tuesday's election. are willing to allow mueller to interview him, but only if he agrees the a deadline bringing the russian probe to a swift end. the president's attorney denies that report. now back to "dateline." >> welcome back to "dateline . i'm craig melvin. what happened to nailah franklin? as her family continued their desperate search, police honed in on the men in her life. and with a little digging, one of their stories started to unravel. here's keith morrison with more on our story, "smoke and mirrors." >> it's a grassroots effort by family and friends....

Welcome to "dateline." when nailah franklin vanished, her family was frantic to find her. a woman with a career and a handsome new boy. she was building the life she had always dreamed of. then sudden tli, there was silence, which was quite unlike her. a trail of clues led detectives to one of chicago's most exclusive neighborhoods. would those clues lead them to nailah? here's keith morrison with "smoke and mirrors." no, no, it was hot and it was late, after midnight, september 27th, 2007. >> pretty secluded area next to a forest preserve. >> so it was. and it was clear and dark and still and...

Eyewitnesss, no confession, 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 don't try many cases like that. >> and not many cases with a defendant quite like reginald potts. >> coming up, an accused killer'sefense. >> i'm not a monster. criminal. but not as smart as he thinks he is. >> with "dateline" continues. feel the power of theraflu expressmax.

Nailah. and pretty soon -- >> the fbi and chicago police, everybody was out here looking. >> including detective greg jacobson. >> it was in a pretty secluded area next to a forest preserve which is right adjacent to a lagoon. >> whoa. >> i watch enough "dateline" to know that's probably not a good sign. >> was nailah down there in that murky water? >> we had light trucks out there. they dredged the lagoon. >> back and forth they went, scoured every inch of the pond and the thick woods behind it and found one weird thing. >> there was some jewelry that was on some of the bushes. >> pearls and ...

>> i send her an e-mail all caps, "are you alive?" one of those half in jest, half worried things you say without knowing what a good question it was. >> not only was nailah increasingly hard to reach, even worse, she didn't show up for work that day. >> coming up. sechlt sechlt we see her eggs and coffee she had just left there. just out. >> something's wrong. >> just like you know what? this isn't -- this isn't right. >> when "dateline" continues. , it's worth the trip. we'll help you find low cost prescriptions including zero dollar copays on select medicare part d plans. walgreens. trusted...