jermeir was at home asleep 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.
about who killed denita. jermeir was at home asleep 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.