in. and we talked until i fell asleep. 12 hours. apologizing. 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.
met? and he said, no, they ve never met. but i used to have a picture of denita in my house on on my television and when shannon would help me move in, she saw the picture. shannon knew about denita. shannon knew about denita. but denita had no clue, and everyone i spoke to about denita said if she even suspected, she would have been out of that relationship. she had too much dignity for that. this was an affair jamere was hiding. correct. remember, jamere lived in greensboro, near shannon. but 50 miles away from denita. the woman jamere was officially involved with at the time. it was a tale of two cities and two women. jamere and denita were dating, though not yet engaged. and he was also seeing shannon and that seemed more serious than just a fling. did jamere disclose to you that he had gotten shannon pregnant? he did. and that she had an abortion?
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 left work and was racing to durham. i spoke so jamere and i m like have you made contact with her? but i felt like i didn t get a definite answer. it seemed like it was a little bit of confusion. what do you mean? like, when i said did you speak with her? he didn t really give me a yes or no. he just sound a little rushed. like edith s, you know, just sit tight, stay calm. i m sure we ll get to her. also, rushing to get to denita was her mother, sharon smith, who was driving to durham from charlotte. you re thinking this is an accident. uh-huh.
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durham police arrived and taped off the scene. we found denita at the at the bottom of the steps. and we were basically there was a pretty large police presence at the time. detective shaun patewasn t sure exactly what he was dealing with. but it was beginning to look a lot more serious than just an accident on the stairs. we weren t able to determine what the injuries were. we saw there was blood coming from her head. she had her purse. she had a water bottle. lipstick. keys. that kind of thing all coming down the staircase. and the first thing i m wondering is, was there a struggle? was her wallet there? the wallet was there. and money in it? it must ve been because at first, we didn t think it was a robbery. edith, who knew none of this, now rushed to denita s building where she hoped to find her close friend. but instead, was greeted by several of the university s professors. i was like what are you all doing here?