reporter: but by all accounts, jermeir 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, jermeir headed back home to greensboro, his life changed forever. and then, two hours after the murder, detectives got a lead. durham 911, where is your emergency? at campus crossings apartments. reporter: they discovered a second 911 call that had come in around the time denita was killed. i m hearing gunshots coming from somewhere around here. reporter: the caller was the apartment s maintenance supervisor, who d been working near denita s unit. when he heard the shot, he d looked up in that direction and he told me he saw a female that was about 5 10 , hair in a ponytail, and had some kind of emblems on her clothing. the young lady that stays
night shift the day before. reporter: so he was off duty? he was off duty. it s not unbelievable. it just makes it harder to rule him out. reporter: so there s no proof he was anywhere. except for the fact that his phone was at his house on his nightstand plugged in. reporter: but by all accounts, jermeir 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, jermeir headed back home to greensboro, his life changed forever. and then two hours after the murder, detectives got a lead. durham 911, where is your emergency? at campus crossings apartments. reporter: they discovered a second 911 call that had come in around the time denita was killed. i m hearing gunshots coming from somewhere around here.
except for the fact that his phone was at his house on his nightstand plugged in. reporter: but by all accounts, jermeir 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, jermeir headed back home to greensboro, his life changed forever. and then, two hours after the murder, detectives got a lead. durham 911, where is your emergency? at campus crossings apartments. reporter: they discovered a second 911 call that had come in around the time denita was killed. i m hearing gunshots coming from somewhere around here. reporter: the caller was the
because he had just worked a night shift the day before. reporter: so he was off duty? he was off duty. it s not unbelievable. it just makes it harder to rule him out. reporter: so there s no proof he was anywhere. except for the fact that his phone was at his house on his nightstand plugged in. reporter: but by all accounts, jermeir 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, jermeir headed back home to greensboro, his life changed forever. and then, two hours after the murder, detectives got a lead. durham 911, where is your emergency? at campus crossings apartments. reporter: they discovered a second 911 call that had come in around the time denita was killed. i m hearing gunshots coming from somewhere around here.
night shift the day before. reporter: so he was off duty? he was off duty. it s not unbelievable. it just makes it harder to rule him out. reporter: so there s no proof he was anywhere. except for the fact that his phone was at his house on his nightstand plugged in. reporter: but by all accounts, jermeir 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, jermeir headed back home to greensboro, his life changed forever. and then, two hours after the murder, detectives got a lead. durham 911, where is your emergency? at campus crossings apartments. reporter: they discovered a second 911 call that had come in