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 emblems on her clothing. young lady, she s like upset and shaking and stuff like that. she was covering her face and she went and got into her truck and started driving away. this woman looked frightened? or he said like she was distraught. she had her hands over her face. and and moving quickly. like they re horrified by what they ve seen. correct. so more witness than perpetrator maybe. that s exactly what he thought. then, according to the maintenance man, the woman got
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her, and the only thing pointing to jermeir was that he was in this affair with shannon. i don t believe he was involved in the murder. i do not think he was involved in the planning, or the execution of this murder at all. even if jermeir wanted denita out of his life, while could possibly be his motive to kill her. this is exactly what i thought, why? all he had to do is call denita up until it s over. there s no property, no alamo knee. and it doesn t make sense he seems genuinely crushed by what happened. absolutely. as the trial approach, the da face a certain super with an incredibly defendant. offered shedding quality a deal. plead guilty to denita smic murder, and be sentenced to a maximum of 12 years in prison. denita it s mother sharon was not happy. what did you say? no. don t let her off? no.
children lived in charlotte, almost a three-hour drive from durham. on my way there, i did call jamere. that was jamere straud, her fiance, a police officer who worked in greensboro. much closer to durham. i said i need you to get to durham now. denita has fell. she s unconscious. they re trying to revive her. so he said okay. because i knew from greensboro to durham, he would be there. he didn t let on like he was aware. word spread fast that something had happened at the apartment complex. edith called to check on denita. she wasn t answering, which was, you know, after i call your phone several times as a best friend, you know, somebody s going to call you back. so i was like that s strange. so my instinct just said call jamere really quick just to touch bases with him. by now, jamere straud had
comes to the day said he forced right gunshot to take her to anita s apartment. he told me i was going with him, if i didn t, his exact words to me was you do after your kids, or your kids die for you. what is your choice? i knew he had his gun. after arriving at the complex shannon sticks by her story that jermeir went up to denita s a part mint. leaving her behind in the suv. i got to the sidewalk and i heard a shot. you think jermeir killed denita. what would be his motive? i don t know. if he didn t want to be with her anymore, they were married, they had no property or kids tomorrow he could ve broken up with her. i don t know. i don t know. i don t think he had a plan at all. i think he acted in the spur of