here is keith morrison with "smoke & mirrors." >> it wasn't like this. you have to understand.t wasn't gray. it wasn't cold. no flecks of snow to drift and catch the bitter breeze. no, no, it was hot and it was late. after midnight, september 27th, 2007. >> pretty secluded area. >> so it was. and it was clear, dark and st l still. and vacant. here where the deep wood fought back against the decaying suburban sprawl. and then nothing was clear at all. >> i remember crying, that violent cry. >> you're experiencing everything, but it's not you. you're just waking to wake up. >> it felt like you're in a nightmare. >> yes. still does. the name you'll want to remember is nailah. >> the meaning was one who succeeds. >> this is nailah's mother. maria. >> i wanted her to be successful and she was. she lived her name. >> quite true. as frankly as did the rest of them in this big family. this is lehia, the first born. >> we might need a graph or a chart because it's involved. >> full siblings, half cybillab some half removed. >> we share the parents, and half offends me. i never use that

here's keith morrison with the interrogation. >> a freak snowstorm. just before 9:00 a.m. winter or no, virginia was used to. the white blanket, a piercing sound. fire alarm. it was the last thing on his mind. >> possibly trapped inside. ramps everything up to full force. >> the alarm was on a street with starter homes. >> a lot of kids in the neighborhood. you are running a lot of things through your mind. who are the occupants that you're going to have to rescue? >> the fire, ann charles and her three children. thick black smoke poured in. part of the roof burned away. >> we were concentrating getting up to steps and getting to the rooms that we were pretty sure we had victims. >> neighbors crowded in behind police and an 18-year-old lived up the street with a single mom. an awkward sort of kid. a bit immature for his age. he had strep throat that morning, was taking antibiotics but nothing could keep him from this. his name was robert davis. >> everybody goes down there and starts launching. >> was the fire department there? >> yes, they were by then. sat there and watc

here's keith morrison with "under a full moon." >> reporter: she was finished now. tired, wrung out. must have been as she walked away from the incessantly ' chirping machinery and the bleary eyes of the gamblers on holiday from real life who'd called out for her again and again and again. outside in the night, a full moon bathed the great houses of delight and sin in an unaccustomed shade of pale. it was september 29, 2012. at precisely 3:00 in the morning, in a back room of the palms casino, the cocktail waitress named shauna tiaffay inserted her time card in the stamping machine, and set out to break a little rule. shauna had parked her car in the back lot, a practice discouraged because surveillance cameras were unable to track her all the way to her car. still easier this way. quicker. and after all, would a stalker really be waiting for her here, under a full moon? >> it was absolutely horrible. and we felt so helpless. >> it's every woman's worst nightmare. >> we didn't know if any of us were next. >> reporter: it never occurred to shauna to become a cocktail

here's keith morrison with more of our story. and mirrors. >> september 19th, 2007, dawned in chicago like any other late summer day. hot, humid, windy. the usual. except for one thing. nailah franklin, ambitious, dependable and always on her phone was suddenly radioed silent. even with her new love, andre. >> i called her that morning. e-mailed her. called her again. early afternoon. >> and that's when he sent her that all caps e-mail. are you alive? and you probably didn't mean it the way it really was. >> no, like you say to someone, are you there. >> at the end of the workday, leah did get a call. not from nailah but from her boss. >> he said she had missed a meeting. immediately my spidey senses were high. so of course, i tried to call her. didn't get her. >> so leah called her friends and other siblings. had anyone heard from nailah. >> i didn't speak with her the day before. >> i said no, i haven't talk toddler. >> nicole feared. she called the chicago p.d., filed a missing person's report and drove over to nailah's condo,

here's keith morrison again.h "under a full moon." >> reporter: it's an old police tactic to stimulate -- maybe upset -- a suspect you haven't quite cornered, hoping for an overreaction. sometimes it works, sometimes not. so even though they didn't have solid a case yet, the detectives let word slip that they intended to arrest george, charge him with murder, hoping that he would do something rash and maybe incriminate himself. >> he was told by his former attorney that he was going to be arrested. at the same time, police officers were showing up at my mother's doorstep. >> reporter: what did george do? got into his truck raced over to his mother's house, dropped off his daughter roared off again. police watching. >> he was driving extremely fast. he was forcing vehicles out of his way, forcing vehicles off the road. and then plowed straight into a cement barrier. the officer following said, "he just committed suicide." >> what did you think when you got that report, when you heard about that? >> well, i think i

here's keith morrison with more of our story.ke and mirrors. >> september 19, 2007, in chicago like any other summer day, hot, humid, windy. the usual. except for one thing. nayela franklin, ambitious, dependable, and always on her phone was suddenly radio silent. even with her new love, andre. >> i called her that morning. e-mailed her. called her again early afternoon. >> and that's when he sent her the all caps e-mail. are you alive? and you probably didn't mean it that way. >> like you say to someone, are you there? >> but the end of the workday, big sister lea did get a call, not from nayela but her boss. >> said she had missed a meeting. immediately, my spiedy senses were high. of course, i tried to call her. didn't get her. >> called friends and other siblings. had anyone heard from nayela? >> i didn't speak with her. i didn't speak with her the day before. >> i haven't been. i've been really busy and i haven't talked to her. >> a cold fear took hold of lea. she filed a missing persons report and then drove to nayela's con

here is keith morrison. >> another outrage, another shock to the system.re is a cadence to these things now, vaguely up-tempo, paris barely eight months ago, then brussels, then just four weeks orlando. then baghdad, istanbul, and now here in nice, of all places. in this european playground, among relaxed and happy people on a great beach of the nation's national day, once again the president goes on television to reassure us, as president hollande put us, france is in tears and the victory celebrated by that great people, on bastille day, are narrowed again for a state of emergency. reserves called up, troops on the streets, sidelong glances at immigrants, fear, and fear everywhere, because it could and does target the innocence everywhere, corroding good will. a texas father and son were mowed down watching fireworks as were the vacationers from all over europe. so do we travel? see the world? stay home and hide. of course not that, they tell us. then the terrorists win. but the world seems, is different. darker. although there is nothing new about this,

here's keith morrison. ♪ >> reporter: and so another one.another shock to the system. there's a cadence to these things now, lately up tempo. paris barely eight months ago, and then brussels and then just four weeks ago orlando, and then baghdad, istanbul, and now here in nice, of all places. in this european playground, among relaxed, happy people on a great ancient national independence day. once again a president goes on television to reassure us. as president hollande put it, france is in tears and the freedom celebrated by great victories of the french people begun on that very day, bastille day, are narrowed again for the sake of public safety. state of emergency extended, reserved called up, troops on the streets, fear, fear everywhere because it could and does target the innocence everywhere, corroding good will, punching holes in first world bucket lists. a texas father and son were mowed down watching fireworks as were vacationers from all over europe. so, do we travel, see the world? stay home and hide? of course not that, they te

here's keith morrison. ♪ >> reporter: and so another one.rage, another shock to the system. there's a cadence to these things now, lately up tempo. paris barely eight months ago, and then brussels and then just four weeks ago orlando, and then baghdad, istanbul, and now here in nice, of all places. in this european playground, among relaxed, happy people on a great beach. once again a president goes on television to reassure us. as president hollande put it, france is in tears and the freedom celebrated by great victories of the french people begun on that very day, bastille day, are narrowed again for the sake of public safety. state of emergency extended, reserved called up, troops on the streets, fear, fear everywhere because it could and does target the innocence everywhere, corroding good will, punching holes in first world bucket lists. a texas father and son watching fireworks as were vacationers from all over europe. so, do we travel, see the world? stay home and hide? of course not that, they tell us, and hen the terrorist win. thus

so last night like most nights i spent like most of it tweeting at keith morrison and i started out really love your voice, why is morgan freeman narrating this instead of you. i said i wake up every morning hoping dateline keith will notice me. he said there's a treatment for that. i'm not kidding. i think he was being mean but it's okay. >> he interviewed me once many years ago. pleasant fellow. >> you told me that. i have been never jealous of you more. >> all right. there is treatment for that, too. john, thank you. our studio audience. >>> welcome to "red eye." hello, everyone. i'm tom shillue. let's welcome our guests. her smile is so bright it graduated suma-cum-laude. carly simkis. he has the name of a senator from the third century. they say the pen is might yes, sir than the sword. and his pen is made by homzo. john mcwarder. and the only thing this guy can't do is stop talking. sitting next to me is the host of the anthony cumia show,

here's keith morrison with "someone was out there". >> there are children born into this world for whom the dance never ends. for whom joy seems uncontained. >> amy jane, what are we doing right now? >> we're riding on the roof of a car. >> there was this young woman. a sprite really in a young woman's body, who loved adventure and people, and who danced to music no one else could hear. which is why -- >> it haunted me. this case haunted me. >> haunted the police. haunted the whole town. >> is there a serial killer around? >> a serial killer with plans for two women in one particular church in one particular photograph? >> i was like this is insane and everybody needs to find this person. >> yes. but it began with that girl, that sprite. >> just the freest spirit that you could think of. like literally not having a care in the world. >> kate cook is talking about her friend and fellow missionary, amy jane. now that it's happened, that it's all over. kate and jane went to india and nepal together back in 2012. >> she's always ready to give and pour her heart out to people and just give e

here again is keith morrison. >> reporter: michelle and marc, just children really when they got married who was at the -- you know, who was there. it was just a blur. it all still just feels like a blur. >> reporter: but there was one thing she was clear about. marc's parents and sister were not welcome at his funeral. what was the funeral like for you? >> oh, it was awful. we couldn't sit down on the main level with family. >> reporter: why? >> michelle wouldn't let us. she barred us. >> reporter: it was the same at the cemetery. >> she's literally trying to get him in the ground before we can even walk up. >> reporter: you mean get them to fill in the grave? >> yes. so, we just immediately jump out of our car and we start rushing to the graveside. and she calls the police on us. she calls the police at my brother's funeral. >> reporter: yet, for all the chatter about jack, that he might have killed his own son, detective brook's instincts said no. jack's alibi checked out. he was fixing his roof afternoon of the murder. and those tears in the interrogation room -- >> i did not feel an

here's keith morrison. >> a freak snowstorm like an omen. smothers the little town in the blue ridge mountains. february 19, 2003. just before 9:00 a.m. winter or no, they were not used to this. through the white deadening blanket that buried the town, a piercing sound. fire alarm. now the snowstorm was the last thing on fire chief preston gentry's mind. >> the tone went off for a fire with occupants possibly trapped inside. that ramps everything up to full force. >> the alarm was on a quiet start. >> there were a lot of kids in that nabtd. you're running a lot of things through your mind. who are the occupants you have to rescue? >> the fire trucks raced to the home of a recently separated woman of anne charles and children. thick black smoke poured from the second story eaves. part of the roof burned away. >> we were concentrating on getting up the steps and getting to the rooms where we were pretty sure we had victims. >> neighbors crowded in behind police barricade. one was an 18-year-old who lived up the street. an awkward sort of kid,

here's keith morrison with "tangled." >> i can't put words to that. it was very surreal. >> 911, where is your emergency? >> it's true, the old saying, when you marry someone you marry their family, too. >> we need an ambulance it looks like he's been shot. he said someone broke in last night. >> and not a bad thing to turn to mom or dad for advice, counsel. >> sometimes you think maybe it didn't happen but yet it really did. >> it's with their help and support that true love can deepen, grow, and last. >> i watched the crime scene shows on tv and never, ever thought it's going to be my life. >> yes, it really is all about family. the high dessert opens up near pueblo, colorado, a hundred miles or so south of denver, among the highest of the nation's deserts, a little closer to heaven, perhaps? this is where shannon palmer's mom and dad set out to create a good life for their daughters. far from the risks about temptations of the city. >> it was awesome. got to grow up with horses and dogs and chickens and 40 acres to run around on. >> shannon and her

here's keith morrison with "bad blood." >> reporter: once in a while in a complicated life, a woman can get lucky, which is why you're looking at a sweet little town called conyers, georgia, good schools, the sheen of newness. it was really pure luck that brought nicky whitehead to this house in this quiet, safe neighborhood, just far enough away from atlanta, that capital of overheated ambition down the highway. here in conyers, she could give her beautiful twin daughters a better life than hers. but, of course, luck, fortune, fate can go either way. sometimes in ways very hard to comprehend. >> everything about this goes against nature. >> how could somebody do that? >> it was definitely the bloodiest crime scene i've ever been to. >> reporter: in the next few minutes, you will know exactly when it happened, where it happened, how it happened, but, of course, the real question is why it happened. and the answer to that, as you will see, it's kind of complicated. but that's how nicky whitehead's life was. >> i loved everything about nicky. >> reporter: dr. harris grew up with nicky. sh

here is keith morrison with tangled. >> you can't put words to that. it was very surreal. >> 911. where is your emergency? >> it is true, the old saying when you marry someone, you marry their family, too. >> we need an ambulance. looks like he has been shot. he said someone broke in last night. >> not a bad thing to turn to mom or dad for advice and counsel. >> it is unreal, hard. sometimes you think maybe it didn't happen, but yet it did. >> with their help and support after all the true love deepens, grows, and lasts. >> i watch the crime scene shows on tv. i never, ever thought oh, that's going to be my life. >> yeah, it really is all about family. the desert opens 100 miles or so south of denver. closer to heaven perhaps? this is where shannon palmer's mom and dad set out to set out a good, safe, holy life for their daughters, far from the risks and temptation of the city. >> it was awesome. grow up with dogs everywhere, chickens, 40 acres to run around on. >> shannon and her sister kelsey went to school at home. their mother pam, devoutly jehovah's witness was their teacher.