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 Shawn was in a bitter rage. Photo: Courtesy

It began as an illicit affair between a married boss and his beautiful young employee. They’d glance at each other across the office and steal kisses when no one was looking. Shawn Smoot was successful and Brooke Morris was ambitious. They made a passionate match.

At the start it was just a bit of fun, but things became more serious when Shawn fell head over heels for his mistress. As Shawn’s marriage fell apart, the lovers now had the chance to be together properly, but Brooke didn’t want to commit and was ready to move on. Unfortunately, Shawn decided their affair wasn’t over until he said so.

Shawn, 44, owned an insurance office in Knoxville, Tennessee, and was married to Michelle Hall. The couple had been struggling with fertility problems, but they’d used a sperm donor and now Michelle was pregnant. With a baby on the way, things should have been perfect – but Michelle didn’t know that Shawn was playing away from home.

In late 2010, he had started sleeping with his employee Brooke. At 23, she was half his age and gorgeous. But Brooke wasn’t just arm candy, she was smart and great at her job too.

But by January 2011, something had changed, and Brooke picked up the phone to call Shawn’s wife Michelle.

Whatever the reason, Brooke told Michelle all about their affair. She was able to tell her what color underwear Shawn was wearing that day, she described the pictures hanging in her family home, and even mentioned the scar on Shawn’s private parts.

When Michelle confronted her husband, he was full of excuses. He said Brooke must have seen his underwear as he was coming out of the toilet at work. He claimed Brooke had been round to the house one day to swap cars, and that she knew about his scar because they were such good friends. Michelle saw through his lies and they had a huge argument. The next day their marriage was over.

At first, he bombarded her with messages day and night. Brooke confided in friends that she was frightened by his relentless attention – and it stepped up when she made it clear they were over.

Weeks after the phone call, Shawn broke into Brooke’s home and hid in her shower until she returned. Neighbours heard her ‘bloodcurdling’ screams as he tried to assault her before breaking a window to escape. The cracked glass and broken frame cost £210 to repair and Brooke’s landlady made him pay for it.

Brooke was so scared that she took out a protection order to keep Shawn away. She told police he had also shaken and choked her in his truck before breaking his windscreen by throwing his phone at it.

Then, on 15 October, Brooke’s fully-clothed body was found dumped at the side of a road just outside Knoxville. She’d been shot three times – the last bullet was execution style in the back of her head. The brutal killing sent shockwaves across the small community.

Straight away, the police looked to Shawn because of the protection order and he became a person of interest.

A bartender said he saw Shawn and Brooke together the day she was killed.