detective pate still thought jermeir was not entirely forthcoming. jermeir would tell me the truth, but you had to ask it. he wasn t volunteering anything? absolutely not. reporter: they interviewed jermeir both at the greensboro pd and over the phone. and each time a little bit more information would emerge, including what happened after he and shannon ended their romantic relationship. following their breakup, about a year before denita s murder, jermeir said he went on a church retreat. there his pastor encouraged him to apologize to anyone he had wronged. so jermeir called shannon. he said i apologize in great detail about everything that he s sorry for. he said, i was on the phone for 12 hours. my cell phone went dead. i charged it i mean, had it plugged
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know that was wrong. if i ever get the opportunity to talk to her, i will apologize to her one day. in fact, sharon had something even more remarkable to say to shannon. i do forgive her. how do you do that? i have to forgive her because, i want to forgive me, for whatever the sins that i may do. jermeir stroud was never charged in the case. the trial judge did say it was jermeir s behavior that created a perfect storm of events, bringing victim and killer together. jermeir declined our request for an interview, but in a statement, he denied any involvement in denita simmered or. and all of the investigative reports that she made against him. they say jermeir fully cooperated, and was completely exonerated. he didn t ask, pay, course,
real simple, you either hear children die or you die for your children. shannon told detective paid that on january 3rd, the day before the murder, jermeir course her to drive with her to durham to case denita apartment. then she said jermeir forced at gunpoint tebow drive back again. jeanne said after they pulled up to the need s apartment denita, apartment jermeir got out. she stayed in the suv. moments later, since shannon jermeir rushed past aaron got in the driver seat, which will explain how gunshot residue was found there. he got out of the driver
couldn t let go. he called constantly. he would ask your questions. what do you doing up there? she just didn t want to answer the phone. he wanted her to come back to him? and she didn t. he was so possessive. she just didn t want that type of relationship. police coaxed more details from jermaine, and he insisted shannon had been demanding more and more attention. a woman he really wanted to be with, he said, was done eta. shannon wouldn t go away. he complained on her coming around the house and kept calling had a relationship. we agree not to do this. jermeir insisted he won t take no for an answer. it wasn t in internal affairs he had a body there. he said the you know, she