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>> 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, wouldnt it be him? >> then someone told polic what he saw. >> he told me he saw a femal that was about 5:10, she pull...

When a graduate student is shot dead outside of her North Carolina home, a 911 caller leads detectives to believe the victims fiance is the key to solving the...

Friends that the woman accused of killing her was sitting in the durham county jail. shannon crawley had been arrested the day before and charged with first-degree murder. now her family was mourning, too. >> its devastating, the fear that you have at that point for your child. >> and no one can convince me that my child did that. i know her. >> im not saying that they framed her. im saying that they simply allowed themselves to be led in that direction. and if they had any suspicions that anoth...

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, youre looking at 7:00. >> reporter: it would have been daylight then. >> yes. dog doesnt bark, anything like that. >> reporter: shannon said she was sure ...

Her conviction. >> i dont feel that there is any evidence that can conclusively say that i shot and killed anyone. my dna is nowhere at the scene. i have no fingerprints at the scene. i admit that i was there. but i was not there by myself and i certainly didnt shoot anyone. >> reporter: and shannon insists all those phone calls are real. and they prove what shes saying. >> im sure you can. someone like you, im sure. >> triying to keep my ass out o jail. >> why doesnt it sound like jermeir on th...

Whats your choice? and i knew he had his gun. >> after arriving at the complex, shannon sticks by her story that jermeir went up to denitas apartment. leaving her behind in the suv. >> i got to the sidewalk and i heard a shot. >> reporter: you think jermeir killed denita? >> i absolutely believe that he did. >> reporter: what would possibly be his motive for that? >> i dont know. >> reporter: i mean, if he didnt want to be with her anymore, they werent married, he could have just broken up with ...

Instead they were presented by the prosecution as proof that shannons story was all one big lie. >> you going to kill me, too? >> you keep talking, you know i will. >> reporter: the jury had already heard jermeir testify with his deep, gravely voice. >> its possible, but i dont recall how many times i called. >> reporter: now they listened to the tapes. was this the same guy? >> if they find out i shot her, man, thats life right there. >> you heard jermeir testify and you heard the tapes. does a...

To buy a weapon from a co-worker because, she said, jermeir threatened not only her but her children. >> id protect them at any cost. he knew that. >> reporter: and she said jermeir used that fact against her when he forced her to drive with him to denitas apartment. >> and he said, "ill make it real simple. 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 durha...

>> reporter: this is what? one big conspiracy? >> i hate to make it sound like that. >> it sounds like it. it sounds like it. >> reporter: assistant d.a. david saacks says the rape was properly investigated and seemed to be nothing more than a hoax. which also, for him, finally answered that lingering question of who was stalking whom. >> everything was pointing to her and the only thing that was pointing to jermeir was that he was in this affair with shannon. i do not believe he was involved in...

One other phone call. this one especially intriguing because it happened on the day denita was murdered. shannon had arrived at the 911 call center for her shift, when a personal call came in for her, from a man who did not identify himself. >> he asked to speak to shannon. when they said hold on, shannon said "hello," and the phone went click. i asked jermeir. i said, "did you make that call?" and jermeir said, "yes, i did." "why did you make that call?" "i wanted to know where she was." >> rep...