reporter: word of shannon s reported rape traveled quickly to durham, where detective shawn pate and assistant d.a. saacks were now preparing for her trial. they wondered if shannon was certain the attacker was jermeir. i asked her, well, how did he know you were going to be walking a dog at 3:00 in the morning? and i guess he just stalked the house and saw his opportunity. so for four hours he raped her. so if it was 3:00, then when does the sun start to come up? four hours. you know, you re looking at 7:00. reporter: it would have been daylight then. yes. dog doesn t bark, anything like that. reporter: shannon said she was sure and then added one more horrifying detail. jermeir had used a knife to rape her. it would take ten days for the rape kit results to come back. so in the meantime police, of course, questioned jermeir
court-appointed defense attorney named scott holmes. it s important, i think, to try to see the world, try to see the world from the eyes of shannon on the days that led up to and the day that this happened. the whole trial was basically us saying that shannon crawley committed this murder and the defense saying jermeir stroud did this murder. that was basically the trial. reporter: detective shawn pate worried shannon crawley could walk. after all, the case against her was largely circumstantial. her dna was not at the crime scene. there was no murder weapon. and she hardly looked like a killer. i thought she might be able to sell the story. i figured she d be dressed real conservative, probably come in looking like she just landed off the mayflower, and that somebody would be sympathetic. reporter: from the beginning the prosecution portrayed shannon as a woman scorned, who couldn t have jermeir stroud to
court-appointed defense attorney named scott holmes. it s important, i think, to try to see the world, try to see the world from the eyes of shannon on the days that led up to and the day that this happened. the whole trial was basically us saying that shannon crawley committed this murder and the defense saying jermeir stroud did this murder. that was basically the trial. reporter: detective shawn pate worried shannon crawley could walk. after all, the case against her was largely circumstantial. her dna was not at the crime scene. there was no murder weapon. and she hardly looked like a killer. i thought she might be able to sell the story. i figured she d be dressed real conservative, probably come in looking like she just landed off the mayflower, and that somebody would be sympathetic. reporter: from the beginning the prosecution portrayed shannon as a woman scorned, who couldn t have jermeir stroud to
reporter: word of shannon s reported rape traveled quickly to durham, where detective shawn pate and assistant d.a. saacks were now preparing for her trial. they wondered if shannon was certain the attacker was jermeir. i asked her, well, how did he know you were going to be walking a dog at 3:00 in the morning? and i guess he just stalked the house and saw his opportunity. so for four hours he raped her. so if it was 3:00, then when does the sun start to come up? four hours. you know, you re looking at 7:00. reporter: it would have been daylight then. yes. dog doesn t bark, anything like that. reporter: shannon said she was sure and then added one more horrifying detail. jermeir had used a knife to rape her. it would take ten days for the rape kit results to come back. so in the meantime police, of course, questioned jermeir stroud.