either your children die or you die for your children. reporter: shannon told detective pate that on january 3rd, the day before the murder, jermeir coerced her to drive with him to durham to case denita s apartment. then the next day, she said, jermeir forced her at gunpoint to drive back there again. when we left on the 4th, i never expected to come back home. reporter: shannon said after they pulled up to denita s apartment jermeir got out. she stayed in the suv. he went up the stairs. i sat there. a few more minutes passed, and i heard him arguing, him yelling at someone. i got out of the car, started up the sidewalk to the breezeway, and i heard a gunshot. reporter: moments later, said shannon, jermeir rushed past her and got in the driver s seat, which would explain how gunshot residue was found there. he got out of the driver s seat by sliding up over the back seat and got into the back seat and just told me to get in.
that was amazingly fast, mr. oakes. is that the way you did that? that s how i was trained. corbin volluz: mr. stover was shot with his own gun. yes, he was. keith morrison: so now mark stover was dead in the hallway of his home. and soon after, said oakes, he went outside and was confronted by mark s dog, ding. i shot a couple of times until it stopped coming at me. keith morrison: why didn t he call the police? he had said he owned the cops and it seemed like there was some evidence that that might be true. i just didn t think they would believe me at all. keith morrison: then, michiel said, he wanted to see his kids before, as he said he assumed, he d be arrested. so then he said he tucked mark s gun into his vest pocket, carried the body out to mark s station wagon, got in the driver s seat, put mark s hat on his head,
jermeir coerced her to drive with him to durham to case denita s apartment. then the next day, she said, jermeir forced her at gunpoint to drive back there again. when we left on the 4th, i never expected to come back home. reporter: shannon said after they pulled up to denita s apartment jermeir got out. she stayed in the suv. he went up the stairs. i sat there. a few more minutes passed, and i heard him arguing, him yelling at someone. i got out of the car, started up the sidewalk to the breezeway, and i heard a gunshot. reporter: moments later, said shannon, jermeir rushed past her and got in the driver s seat, which would explain how gunshot residue was found there. he got out of the driver s seat by sliding up over the back seat and got into the back seat and just told me to get in. i got in the driver s seat and i started to leave.
reporter: shannon told detective pate that on january 3rd, the day before the murder, jermeir coerced her to drive with him to durham to case denita s apartment. then the next day, she said, jermeir forced her at gunpoint to drive back there again. when we left on the 4th, i never expected to come back home. reporter: shannon said after they pulled up to denita s apartment jermeir got out. she stayed in the suv. he went up the stairs. i sat there. a few more minutes passed, and i heard him arguing, him yelling at someone. i got out of the car, started up the sidewalk to the breezeway, and i heard a gunshot. reporter: moments later, said shannon, jermeir rushed past her and got in the driver s seat, which would explain how gunshot residue was found there. he got out of the driver s seat by sliding up over the back seat and got into the back seat
he d be arrested. so then he said he tucked mark s gun into his vest pocket, carried the body out to mark s station wagon, got in the driver s seat, put mark s hat on his head, and went down the driveway. michiel oakes: i drove around for a while and just stopped a couple places and sat there thinking about, how the heck can i get to my kids? keith morrison: he said he thought maybe he d leave mark s car and the body behind that grange hall. but there was that locked chain, so he went and bought the bolt cutter, returned to the grange, and those ladies saw him transferring mark s body to his own car, called the cops. corbin volluz: and when that police officer pulled you over, was mr. stover over in the back of your suzuki? he was. keith morrison: he went to visit ex-wife jennifer, he said, because he wanted to see her two sons, though he never did. nor did he drive to see his own children, who he said were in battle ground, washington, a four-hour drive away. i realized that i couldn