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>> reginald potts used every resource at his disposal to delay the process. >> nbc chicago's reporter watched in something like amazement as reginald turned speedy justice into something else all together. >> he hired lawyers, fired lawyers, tried to act as his own attorney. at each step of the process, the trial had to be reset. >> one, two, three years passed that way. in the fourth year after the murder, illinois abolished capital punishment so that was off the table. and still, reginald's actions forced delays. >> this is one of the most bizarre cases we've seen in chicago. >> just as nail...

Something. >> definitely. >> her family loved andre, what family wouldn't? >> she brought him to my child's first birthday party. he brought my baby a gift. who does that? he was a nice quality person. >> they liked you. >> i think so, yeah. yeah. due to her influence, though. >> you started planning on moving in together, huh? >> we did. >> it was happening fast. >> it felt good, though. it felt natural. >> it was long distance, he in milwaukee, she in chicago. they stayed connected by phone and e-mail and text, all day long. >> i would call every morning. >> and no one seemed to notice any d...

>> you don't know if it's her or not. but you have an idea because it's a female body. >> they had to resort to dental records to confirm. it was nailah. >> i think this type of death it doesn't just kill that person, it kills a lot in the family. it's the absence of a piece of you because that person is not here. >> i can't describe it. it's like you know it's happening, but it just doesn't feel real. it just feels like you're in literally like in a nightmare. >> an autopsy confirmed the death was by asphyxiation. so now it was homicide. but who was the killer? not andre. confirmed he was in ...

Mac store is owned by pot's brother-in-law. >> his friend, the alibi witness, now testified for the prosecution, that yes, he initially lied for reginald, but didn't know it was to cover up a murder. and remember those three strange hangup calls to 911 and those odd texts her family and boyfriend received? it was reginald potts using nailah's phone hours after he murdered her, said the prosecution. a clever killer's attempt to throw off a missing person's investigation. >> he's smarter than the average criminal. but not as smart as he thinks he is. >> but reginald potts was nothing if not stra...

>> 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 tried 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-old sister to be my angel. i want her to...