her apartment steps. german police thought they had the right person sitting in the lock-up, they had arrested shannon crawling, and charged with the murder of her ex-boyfriends new fiancée, denita smith. investigators had completely taken their eyes off of jermeir. the man who was involved simultaneously with both women. shannon crawlies father, keith, her mother, and her brother keith junior, never doubted her. is it possible that you guys don t want to believe that she is a murderer? no. she is not a murderer. no. not in her nature, not her character. the thought that she is lying about, it no. no. i wouldn t be saying her sitting here if i thought she had anything to do with it. in may of 2007, shannon crawly was out on bail she and her attorney walked into the
in. and we talked until i fell asleep. 12 hours. apologizing. sorry for everything. interesting that he talked to shannon about it but not denita. of course not. she didn t know that there was something he needed to apologize for. reporter: but pate believes all that apologizing to shannon may have jump-started something else. that s where the relationship kind of picked up again. because there were a lot of feelings that were shared. so they start talking again. exactly. reporter: jermeir insisted he and shannon did not become romantic or sexual again. but clearly there was something. he was always there for shannon. if shannon was distraught or wanted to call in the middle of the night, you know, and knew that jermeir was working, she would call him and he would put up with it.
sorry for everything. interesting that he talked to shannon about it but not denita. of course not. she didn t know that there was something he needed to apologize for. reporter: but pate believes all that apologizing to shannon may have jump-started something else. that s where the relationship kind of picked up again. because there were a lot of feelings that were shared. so they start talking again. exactly. reporter: jermeir insisted he and shannon did not become romantic or sexual again. but clearly there was something. he was always there for shannon. if shannon was distraught or wanted to call in the middle of the night, you know, and knew that jermeir was working, she would call him and he would put up with it. maybe he didn t want to be the bad guy? maybe didn t want to be the bad guy. he doesn t see that he s leaving the door open. as long as you keep doing all the things that a boyfriend would do, then in her mind she still has a chance. there s sti
welcome back. shannon crawly and jerme jermeir stroud had managed to keep their affair hid from denita. now detectives felt they had uncovered significant evidence against shannon. there was the gunshot residue in her car, an allibi that did not check out and a potential motive. just one day later it was time for denita s family to mourn their loss. once again here s josh. reporter: they called it a home-going service, the final farewell to 25-year-old denita smith, who had departed this world under the worst of circumstances. just a week earlier denita s mother, sharon, was starting to plan her daughter s wedding. now she was attending denita s funeral. no parent wants to see their child laying in in a casket.
what about monsters having accidents? i am okay by the way! (burke) depends. did you cause the accident, grover? (grover) cause an accident? maybe. (bert) how do you know all this stuff? (burke) just comes with experience. (all muppets) yup. we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum welcome back. durham police looking into the shooting of denita smith were focusing their investigation on two people. there was her fiance and there was shannon crawly, who may have been jealous of the couple. they had arrested shannon, but couldn t shake the feeling that jermier had had not been forth coming. dlkts thought they were dealing with a tail of obsession, the question was who was obsessed with whom?