the woman who owned an suv similar in model and color to the one seen leaving the crime scene with a distraught woman behind the wheel. so if the maintenance guy doesn t see the burgundy suv, then you never ask jermeir about the burgundy suv. exactly. i ve wouldn t have went to greensboro looking for a suspect when durham has plenty of people here. reporter: so the day after the murder, detective pate headed westbound on interstate 40, anxious to speak with shannon crawley, the other woman in jermeir stroud s life. by now, shannon s parents, her father keith and her mother anne, were shocked to hear their daughter was about to be interviewed by police. she was a responsible single mom who lived quietly, raising her children. being a young mother, you know, she worked six months straight, 12-hour shifts, to buy
like jermeir she also worked in law enforcement. he met shannon back in 2000 when he was in the police academy. shannon was a 911 communicator and she was one of the people that was in the training session. reporter: shannon was 21 then. tall, striking, and single, raising two kids. and this is her family. brother keith jr. and her parents anne and keith crawley. she was determined to give her kids a good life and a nice home. and a good education. very caring and loving mother. and if you ask her, she d say, i m just a mom. and that s how she put it, i m just a mom. reporter: now at the durham police department detectives wanted to know more about shannon s relationship with jermeir stroud, so they interviewed jermeir, who was cooperative, but guarded. he said, yeah, she caught my eye. i mean, she s 5 10 , long pretty hair, thin. and we spoke for a short time. that was in 2000. around 2004 they bumped in again
had been spotted at the crime scene. did jermeir know her? yes, he said, he did. starting with her name. shannon crawley. and one more thing. like jermeir she also worked in law enforcement. he met shannon back in 2000 when he was in the police academy. shannon was a 911 communicator and she was one of the people that was in the training session. reporter: shannon was 21 then. tall, striking, and single, raising two kids. and this is her family. brother keith jr. and her parents anne and keith crawley. she was determined to give her kids a good life and a nice home. and a good education. very caring and loving mother. and if you ask her, she d say, i m just a mom. and that s how she put it, i m just a mom. reporter: now at the durham police department detectives wanted to know more about shannon s relationship with
scene with a distraught woman behind the wheel. so if the maintenance guy doesn t see the burgundy suv, then you never ask jermeir about the burgundy suv. exactly. i ve wouldn t have went to greensboro looking for a suspect when durham has plenty of people here. reporter: so the day after the murder, detective pate headed westbound on interstate 40, anxious to speak with shannon crawley, the other woman in jermeir stroud s life. by now, shannon s parents, her father keith and her mother were shocked to hear their daughter was about to be interviewed by police. she was a responsible single mom who lived quietly, raising her children. being a young mother, you know, she worked six months straight, 12-hour shifts, to buy a house at 27 years old. that s quite an accomplishment for for a single mother. it sounds undeniable that all of you were really proud of her.
in jermeir stroud s life. by now, shannon s parents, her father keith and her mother anne, were shocked to hear their daughter was about to be interviewed by police. she was a responsible single mom who lived quietly, raising her children. being a young mother, you know, she worked six months straight, 12-hour shifts, to buy a house at 27 years old. that s quite an accomplishment for for a single mother. it sounds undeniable that all of you were really proud of her. oh, yes. yeah. and thought her life was certainly headed in the right direction. absolutely. yes. reporter: shannon worked in greensboro as a 911 operator at the emergency call center where she was often in close contact with law enforcement and was by all accounts a model employee. her supervisors really liked her. she was dependable. she came to work.