she was a message light i this dark world. that is what she was about, sh was just a cup of love and i am like, who saw thi coming a beautiful young student gunned down. things like that just didn happen there why? who? who would want to do this? i thought i had my man. her fiance was a police officer. anyone knew how to do thi and get away with it, wouldn t it be him? then someone told polic what he saw. he told me he saw a femal that was about 5:10, she pulls off and takes off at the complex. what did she know she said i m in fear of m life the story starts to unravel. a secret tape why are you whispering? you know why. because somebody s listening. a secret lover he wanted her to come bac to him and she didn t. and a secret reveal as we re getting ready to finish up, someone hands me note who killed denita you ve told me some thing you d only admit to a priest and you can t tell me this las little piece of the puzzle. why? t
district attorney david saacks who was assigned to prosecute, says he was extra careful in building his case agains shannon precisely becaus jermeir was a police officer i needed to make sure tha everything was done by the boo and we vetted everything a well as we could, and delved into everything as deep as w could because he was a cop because if you clear him, you know you re going to get that criticism absolutely. we ended up having to have several different interviews wit jermeir. and each time we woul get maybe a little something more. and so it took a littl while sometimes to pull al that stuff out investigators say h appeared devastated. jermeir stroud insisted he had no idea that his secret romance migh place denita in danger. bu detective pate still thought jermeir was not entirely forthcoming. jermeir would tell me the truth, but you had to ask it he wasn t volunteerin anything absolutely not.
on that landing. i think tha someone was there. pretendin they were knocking on the door or fumbling for keys so denita probably woul have had to walk right past th shooter? probably, good morning. how are you? and turn to go down the steps. dang. and that s it denita murdered. executed i broad daylight. it made no sense. her bff edith say denita simply didn t have an enemies. denita was a light in thi dark world. she had a beautifu spirit. she was loving. she wa kind. she was supportive. sh embodied everything that was positive and about supportin people there was no one who didn t like her right. she was real respected and well-loved especially, by her fiance jermeir stroud, who appeared devastated by denita s death jermeir didn t say anything jermeir cried. we all cried. h
to resort to this just to me speaks of desperation. the prosecution star witnes jahmir stroud whose courtroo testimony was broadcasted on local tv jim meir confessed unde oath this shameful scene he ha kept for so long, his office affair with shannon crawly even revealed that when he heard something that happene to denita, he immediatel suspected shannon. one of the things tha popped in my head based on m recent interactions with shannon was that maybe she had done something it told everything on the stand but he didn t hold back no. he really didn t hold back, th stories out. so, you have to go ahead and tell the truth because if yo don t you look like a liar now in that sense, jahmir did d the right thing? he did. the defense argued shanno was being framed for a murde jahmir, alone, committed shannon s crawlies lawyer i
a close eye on this now, hig profile case when that he might actuall prosecute. if the killer was ever caught. it was so obvious that it was not a robbery, and so if she was targeted for som reason, there was a very, very very, very limited number of people who would target denita for something like this. and jermeir certainly could ve bee one of em. jermeir stroud. denit smith s fiance. on the day o the murder, stroud had reveale to police his romance with shannon crawley. the woman who owned an suv similar in mode and color to the one see leaving the crime scene with a distraught woman behind th wheel. so if the maintenance guy doesn t see the burgundy suv then you never ask jermeir about the burgundy suv exactly. wouldn t have went to greensboro looking for suspect when durham has plenty of people here so the day after the murder detective pate headed westboun on interstate 40. anxious to