where jermeir stroud still lived and worked for the police department. one night in july 2007, around shannon says she took her dog for a walk in the backyard. she came crawling into my bedroom, hysterical. and i m asking, what s wrong? what s wrong? reporter: shannon told her mother she had been raped. who did she say had raped her? she said it was him. reporter: jermeir? jermeir, yeah. reporter: charlotte police were alerted and rushed to the scene. shannon was bleeding and appeared traumatized. she was taken to a hospital for treatment and given a rape kit exam. no witnesses? no. reporter: none of your neighbors? no. i think there were maybe four people that lived in the neighborhood at that time. reporter: word of shannon s reported rape traveled quickly to durham, where detective shawn pate and assistant d.a. saacks were now preparing for her
one night in july 2007, around 2:00 a.m., shannon says she took her dog for a walk in the backyard. she came crawling into my bedroom, hysterical. and i m asking, what s wrong? what s wrong? reporter: shannon told her mother she had been raped. who did she say had raped her? she said it was him. reporter: jermeir? jermeir, yeah. reporter: charlotte police were alerted and rushed to the scene. shannon was bleeding and appeared traumatized. she was taken to a hospital for treatment and given a rape kit exam. no witnesses? no. reporter: none of your neighbors? no. i think there were maybe four people that lived in the neighborhood at that time. reporter: word of shannon s reported rape traveled quickly to durham, where detective shawn pate and assistant d.a. saacks were now preparing for her trial. they wondered if shannon was
reporter: word of shannon s reported rape traveled quickly to durham, where detective shawn pate and assistant d.a. saacks were now preparing for her trial. they wondered if shannon was certain the attacker was jermeir. i asked her, well, how did he know you were going to be walking a dog at 3:00 in the morning? and i guess he just stalked the house and saw his opportunity. so for four hours he raped her. so if it was 3:00, then when does the sun start to come up? four hours. you know, you re looking at 7:00. reporter: it would have been daylight then. yes. dog doesn t bark, anything like that. reporter: shannon said she was sure and then added one more horrifying detail. jermeir had used a knife to rape her. it would take ten days for the rape kit results to come back. so in the meantime police, of course, questioned jermeir
living with family in charlotte some 100 miles from greensboro, where jermeir stroud still lived and worked for the police department. one night in july 2007, around 2:00 a.m., shannon says she took her dog for a walk in the backyard. she came crawling into my bedroom, hysterical. and i m asking, what s wrong? what s wrong? reporter: shannon told her mother she had been raped. who did she say had raped her? she said it was him. reporter: jermeir? jermeir, yeah. reporter: charlotte police were alerted and rushed to the scene. shannon was bleeding and appeared traumatized. she was taken to a hospital for treatment and given a rape kit exam. no witnesses? no. reporter: none of your neighbors? no. i think there were maybe four people that lived in the neighborhood at that time. reporter: word of shannon s reported rape traveled quickly
people that lived in the neighborhood at that time. reporter: word of shannon s reported rape traveled quickly to durham, where detective shawn pate and assistant d.a. saacks were now preparing for her trial. they wondered if shannon was certain the attacker was jermeir. i asked her, well, how did he know you were going to be walking a dog at 3:00 in the morning? and i guess he just stalked the house and saw his opportunity. so for four hours he raped her. so if it was 3:00, then when does the sun start to come up? four hours. you know, you re looking at 7:00. reporter: it would have been daylight then. yes. dog doesn t bark, anything like that. reporter: shannon said she was sure and then added one more horrifying detail. jermeir had used a knife to rape her. it would take ten days for the rape kit results to come back. so in the meantime police, of course, questioned jermeir stroud.