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. >> narrator: yes, nailah franklin was going somewhere. >> she was like my hero, i always looked up to her. >> she always accepted you for who you are. it's like she glowed when she came into a room. >> narrator: she came to chicago and built a career in pharmaceutical sales. she owned a condo in the heart of the city. >> i think everything she wanted to be she was. the theme fabulous was the aspiration and she always met that mark. >> narrator: she always stayed call her, she would call back right away, text her, she would reply instantly, always. >> she managed to water all of her relationships, she would spend time with everyone, friends, family. >> that's a pretty special skill. >> to manage that and your career. >> narrator: there were men, of course there were. though she was shall we say, discertain dis discerning. >> professional nice men. >> she was dating with plastic surgeon guy, and this guy and that guy. >> she took up briefly with a dashing investor with a white bentley. and in july of 2007, she met andre wright. smile, a big beautiful woman, she had a very warm person

>> yes.ginald, doubled down on hiss denials. >> i am certain that i am near inside of nailah franklin's apartment. >> narrator: accused the police of fabricating evidence. >> i guarantee you you don't have video of me getting off thenailah franklin's house, if you do, you're very >> narrator: he never expressed y desire for an attorney, but when they asked him to stand in so that witnesses could -- >> the state's attorney is representing the people in , i would not feel comfortable at all, at all. >> so they waited for reginald's attorney to arrive., it got odd. >> your attorney's right there.y are you taking your clothes off? >> your attorney's right here, we want to take him for a lineup right now.n the other room. >> reginald removed all of his clothing and refused to stand in the lineup. nteresting tactic. >> yes. >> have you ever seen that before? >> no. capital murder. nailah by then had been dead three months. >> i was definitely relieved, i d that it took so long. but i was relieved. >> narrator: relieved too that potts as was his right, demanded a speedy trial, but then -- >> r