she did what she was supposed to do, did it in a professional manner. no complaints really. >> reporter: detective shawn pate also found shannon to be cordial and cooperative as they settled in to discuss where shannon was on the day denita died. >> pretty calm, easygoing, kind of like us sitting here. i'd ask a question. she would give me an answer. >> what'd you ask her? >> first i asked her about jermeir, whatever. and she admitted that she knew him. and about the relationship that they had. >> reporter: shannon wasn't shy about corroborating what jermeir had already admitted. they met through work. it got physical. she got pregnant. she had an abortion. and the romantic part of their relationship ended a year before denita's murder. >> they both agreed that it ended in january of 2006. the relationship was over. they both gave the same date, the same incident and reason that it ended. >> reporter: shannon said she