what happened to nailah franklin?ly continued their desperate search, police focused on the men in her life. and with a little digging one of their stories started to unravel. here's keith morrison with more of our story, "smoke and mirrors." >> it's a grassroots effort by family and friends. >> for all the frantic activity, the phone calls, the flyers, the organized looking about, it was a rare quiet time, nine days in. when nailah franklin's sister felt it. >> we had a prayer service at our church, and in my heart i knew. i was like, you know what, she's not coming back. >> and that very night in the 3:00 a.m. hush of calumet city, night patrol officer calvin lucius felt his way past the glittering earbuds his partner saw hanging from a tree to the inky black fringe of forest at the back of a long abandoned parking lot behind a derelict video store. >> i probably got like maybe right around this area and just looked over and the body was there. >> what was that moment like? >> shock. you don't know if it's her or no