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Under oath the shameful sin he'd kept hidden for so long, his office affair with shannon crawley. he even revealed that when he heard something had happened to denita he immediately suspected shannon. >> and one of the things that popped in my head based on my recent interactions with shannon was that maybe she had done something. >> he told everything on the stand. >> reporter: but he didn't hold back? >> no, he really didn't hold back. the story is out. so you have to go ahead and tell the truth because if you don't you look like a liar now. >> reporter: so in that sense, jermeir did do the ...

>> i'm hearing gunshots coming from somewhere around here. >> reporter: the caller was the apartment's maintenance supervisor, who'd been working near denita's unit. >> when he heard the shot, he'd looked up in that direction and he told me he saw a female that was about 5'10", hair in a ponytail, and had some kind of emblems on her clothing. >> the young lady that stays over here, she heard it too and she's like upset and shaking and stuff like that. >> she was covering her face and she went and got into her truck and started driving away. >> reporter: this woman looked frightened or -- >> he...

>> he pulls up beside her, so they're kind of looking directly at each other, eyeball to eyeball, and she still has her hands over her face. and he says, "ma'am, did you hear a shot or something?" and she shakes her head up and down yes. and he says, "where'd it come from?" and she points her head in one direction and he says, "why are you nervous?" and she's like, "you heard the shot." and he says let me call the police. and then she pulls off and takes off out the complex. >> reporter: what do you make of that? >> that's kind of like make the hair on the back of our neck stand up. >> reporte...

She was loving. she was kind. she was supportive. she embodied everything that was positive and about supporting people. >> reporter: there was no one who didn't like her? >> right. she was well respected and well loved. >> reporter: especially by her fiancé, jermeir stroud, who appeared devastated by denita's death. >> jermeir didn't say anything. jermeir cried. we all cried. he didn't really say a whole lot. >> reporter: jermeir and denita had met back in college and became the "it" couple on campus. >> they had been dating for a few years. and you know, before i even met him denita spoke v...

All accounts a model employee. >> her supervisors really liked her. she was dependable. she came to work. 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...