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Against potts. >> this was a case with no 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's defense. >> i'm not a monster. >> he's 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 these years is that there's a possibility that justice won't be done. >> when "datel...

Life without parole. >> take him away. >> so that was justice. the most nailah's family could hope for. terribly important. and strangely, empty. >> it's still not done. she's still not back. you still can't talk with her. >> no. they try 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, she's your spirit and she's your angel and she's in a better place and all this other stuff. i'm like yeah, but i want her here. i don't want my 28-year-ol...

Area right adjacent to a lagoon. i watch enough "dateline" to know that's probably not a good sign. >> a strange sight to be sure. but what, if anything, did it have to do with nailah? when "dateline extra" continues. targeting harmful bacteria on your gums. left untreated, these symptoms could lead to more serious problems including tooth loss. gum crisis averted.

Officials believing up to 100 people may have attended the event and not all are accounted for yet. some scary moments for passengers on a united plane after the nose gear collapsed when it landed at san antonio international airport. all 55 people on board were evacuated safely. now back to "dateline extra." >> welcome back to "dateline extra". i'm tamron hall. 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...

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 end of the midnight woods. >> coming up, it's now a different type of investigation. and detectives take a closer look at a man from nailah's past. >> the exterior to one of the doors was extremely damaged, like it had been forced open. >> she sensed there was something off about ...