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>> welcome back to "dateline extra." i'm tamron hall. noel stevens murdered shauna. he admitted it. but he also claimed he was told to do it by her husband, george tiaffay. prosecutors had a tough decision to make, and the case hinged on the outcome. here's keith morrison with the conclusion of "under a full moon." reporter: prosecutors marc digiacomo and pam weckerly had a big problem, and they knew it. the problem had a name. noel stevens. greyhound. >> noel is a very important piece of information, but he's also the biggest risk. >> reporter: in the credibility sweepstakes, he's way down ...

>> the mystery was about to deepen. >> nobody had heard from her? >> nobody. >> just ahead on "dateline extra."

Car. >> so this is panic time for you. >> right. i thought it was weird. because beverly wouldn't leave unless she was in her car. >> did you call the police? >> yes. >> that call set off a frantic search for beverly carter. where was she? coming up, what happened to beverly? >> all of a sudden, beverly texted me. >> and all of a sudden our phone started lighting up. she said, i'm sorry, my phone was dead. >> i still can't feel the same pain. >> when """dateline extra" continues.

President obama plans to call the democratic national committee to discuss the path forward in the wake of the stunning election. the committee is still looking for a new chair. harry reid believes it should be keith ellison. calling him a man who knows how to get things done. more next hour. 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 homed 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 o...

Cook county assistant state's attorneys maria mccarthy and fabio valentini brought the case 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 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 y...