maybe someone like jermeir fiancee, denita smith. detective pate now thought shannon crawley had the means, the opportunity, and the motiv to commit murder it got to the point we w thought this is all we re goin to get right now. and it s mor than enough. well, was it enough? police had no dna, no fingerprints, n murder weapon, and no forensic at the crime scene that linked shannon to denita s murder. bu detective pate was als thinking about denita s family the family is suffering let s go ahead and give them a little peace right now five days after denit smith s murder, detective pate drove back to greensboro with warrant to arrest shanno crawley. she and her childre were staying at her sister s house when police arrived. shannon comes out. they cuf her. she walks out the door as though she s going to check th
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
family. brother keith, jr., an her parents anne and keith crawley. she was determined to giv the kids a good life, a nice home, and a good education very caring and and lovin mother and if you ask her, she say i m just a mom. and that s how i m just a mom. now, at the durham police department, detectives wante to know more about shannon s relationship with jermei stroud. so they interviewe jermeir, who was cooperative but guarded. he said, yeah, she caught m eye. i mean, she s 5 10 . long pretty hair. thin. we spoke fo a short time. that was in 2000 around 2004, they bumped i again through work. and he asked her for her number and at this point, he s involved with denita involved with denita. and h actually said that he told shannon in 2000 that he wa involved with denita. well, in
denita still people on the other side, tense is a goo word,. especially counts for her mother shannon who for the first time made eye contac with the woman accused o murdering her daughter shannon would look at m with this little smoky look on her face, very cocky, she knew she was going to get off no remorse she didn t feel she had done anything only been engage for tw months - assistant da david sachs an experienced savvy prosecutor would now square off against a younger court appointed defens attorney it s important, i think, to see the world s, tried to se the world from the eyes of shannon on the days that led u to end the day that this happened the whole trial was basically us saying that shannon crowley committed this murder, the defense saying tha he committed the murder, tha