a house at 27 years old. that s quite an accomplishment for for a single mother. it sounds undeniable that all of you were really proud of her. oh, yes. yeah. and thought her life was certainly headed in the right direction. absolutely. yes. reporter: shannon worked in greensboro as a 911 operator at the emergency call center where she was often in close contact with law enforcement and was by all accounts a model employee. her supervisors really liked her. she was dependable. she came to work. she did what she was supposed to do, did it in a professional manner. no complaints really. reporter: detective shawn pate also found shannon to be cordial and cooperative as they settled in to discuss where shannon was on the day denita died. pretty calm, easygoing, kind of like us sitting here. i d ask a question. she would give me an answer. what d you ask her? first i asked her about jermeir, whatever. and she admitted that she knew
oh, yes. yeah. and thought her life was certainly headed in the right direction. absolutely. yes. reporter: shannon worked in greensboro as a 911 operator at the emergency call center where she was often in close contact with law enforcement and was by all accounts a model employee. her supervisors really liked her. she was dependable. she came to work. she did what she was supposed to do, did it in a professional manner. no complaints really. reporter: detective shawn pate also found shannon to be cordial and cooperative as they settled in to discuss where shannon was on the day denita died. pretty calm, easygoing, kind of like us sitting here. i d ask a question. she would give me an answer. what d you ask her? first i asked her about jermeir, whatever. and she admitted that she knew him. and about the relationship that they had. reporter: shannon wasn t shy about corroborating what jermeir had already admitted. they met through work. it got physical. she got
in jermeir stroud s life. by now, shannon s parents, her father keith and her mother anne, were shocked to hear their daughter was about to be interviewed by police. she was a responsible single mom who lived quietly, raising her children. being a young mother, you know, she worked six months straight, 12-hour shifts, to buy a house at 27 years old. that s quite an accomplishment for for a single mother. it sounds undeniable that all of you were really proud of her. oh, yes. yeah. and thought her life was certainly headed in the right direction. absolutely. yes. reporter: shannon worked in greensboro as a 911 operator at the emergency call center where she was often in close contact with law enforcement and was by all accounts a model employee. her supervisors really liked her. she was dependable. she came to work.
yeah. and thought her life was certainly headed in the right direction. absolutely. yes. reporter: shannon worked in greensboro as a 911 operator at the emergency call center where she was often in close contact with law enforcement and was by all accounts a model employee. her supervisors really liked her. she was dependable. she came to work. she did what she was supposed to do, did it in a professional manner. no complaints really. reporter: detective shawn pate also found shannon to be cordial and cooperative as they settled in to discuss where shannon was on the day denita died. pretty calm, easygoing, kind of like us sitting here. i d ask a question. she would give me an answer. what d you ask her? first i asked her about jermeir, whatever. and she admitted that she knew him. and about the relationship that they had. reporter: shannon wasn t shy about corroborating what jermeir had already admitted. they met through work.
oh, yes. yeah. and thought her life was certainly headed in the right direction. absolutely. yes. reporter: shannon worked in greensboro as a 911 operator at the emergency call center where she was often in close contact with law enforcement and was by all accounts a model employee. her supervisors really liked her. she was dependable. she came to work. she did what she was supposed to do, did it in a professional manner. no complaints really. reporter: detective shawn pate also found shannon to be cordial and cooperative as they settled in to discuss where shannon was on the day denita died. pretty calm, easygoing, kind of like us sitting here. i d ask a question. she would give me an answer. what d you ask her? first i asked her about jermeir, whatever. and she admitted that she knew him. and about the relationship that they had. reporter: shannon wasn t shy about corroborating what jermeir had already admitted. they met through work. it got physical. she got