sorry for everything. interesting that he talked to shannon about it but not denita. of course not. she didn t know that there was something he needed to apologize for. reporter: but pate believes all that apologizing to shannon may have jump-started something else. that s where the relationship kind of picked up again. because there were a lot of feelings that were shared. so they start talking again. exactly. reporter: jermeir insisted he and shannon did not become romantic or sexual again. but clearly there was something. he was always there for shannon. if shannon was distraught or wanted to call in the middle of the night, you know, and knew that jermeir was working, she would call him and he would put up with it. maybe he didn t want to be the bad guy? maybe didn t want to be the bad guy. he doesn t see that he s leaving the door open. as long as you keep doing all the things that a boyfriend would do, then in her mind she still has a chance. there s sti
answer. then someone told police what he saw. he told me he saw a female that was about 5 10 . she pulls off and takes off out the complex. what did she know? she said i m in fear of my life. the story starts to unravel. a secret tape. why are you whispering? a secret lover. he wanted her to come back to him and she didn t. and a secret reveal. as we re getting ready to finish up, someone hands me a note. who killed denita? you ve told me some things you d only admit to a priest and you can t tell me this last little piece of the puzzle. why? internal affairs. hello and welcome to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. graduate student denita smith was just about to start a new chapter of her life. she had received a prestigious fellowship and was engaged to be
stroud loved denita dearly. it didn t make sense that he would kill the woman to whom he had just proposed. they were planning a big wedding. now, after speaking with detectives, jamere headed back home to greensboro. his life changed forever. and then two hours after the murder, detectives got a lead. 9-1-1. where is your emergency? campus crossing apartments. they discovered a second 9-1-1 call that had come in around the time denita was killed. i m hearing gunshots coming from somewhere around here. the caller was the apartment s maintenance supervisor, who had been working near denita s unit. when he heard the shot, he looked up in that direction. and he told me he saw a female that was about 5 10 , hair in a pony tail, and had some kind of
welcome back. shannon crawly and jerme jermeir stroud had managed to keep their affair hid from denita. now detectives felt they had uncovered significant evidence against shannon. there was the gunshot residue in her car, an allibi that did not check out and a potential motive. just one day later it was time for denita s family to mourn their loss. once again here s josh. reporter: they called it a home-going service, the final farewell to 25-year-old denita smith, who had departed this world under the worst of circumstances. just a week earlier denita s mother, sharon, was starting to plan her daughter s wedding. now she was attending denita s funeral. no parent wants to see their child laying in in a casket.
jamere cried. we all cried. he didn t really say a whole lot. jamere and denita had met back in college and became the it couple on campus. they had been dating for a few years. and, you know, before i even met him, denita spoke very highly of him. what d she say? like, he s a gentleman. he s intelligent. he s active, involved, well-rounded, he s kind, he respects me, he protects me. he s loving. the perfect guy. the perfect guy. the perfect guy. he was, apparently, even perfect enough for denita s cautious mother, sharon smith. who came to trust that jamere was the right guy for her precious daughter. i knew what he would be getting. but i didn t know what she would be getting. so i tried to find every reason to not like him. how d you do? i failed because he was very