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>> 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 right thing? >> he did. >> reporter: the defense argued shannon was being framed for a murder jermeir alone committed. >> shannon crawley's lawyer was trying to paint jermeir as a crooked cop, you know, everything kind of elevates shannon crawley as she couldn't do anything like this. it has to be this bad cop over here. >> i didn't know what he had done, and i didn'...

>> 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 said like she was distraught. she had her hands over her f...

Lipstick, keys, that kind of thing. all coming down the staircase. and first thing i'm wondering is, was there a struggle? >> was her wallet there? >> the wallet was there. >> and money in it? >> there must have been because at first we didn't think it was a robbery. >> reporter: edythe, who knew none of this, now rushed to denita's building, where she hoped to find her close friend but instead was greeted by several of the university's professors. >> i was like, "what are you all doing here?" and they were like, "you know, unfortunately she's not alive." everything in me, you know, just went ...

She waited so long to tell it? >> when i asked her, where was this story when i arrested you? her exact words were, "he had threatened my children in the past. i was scared for their safety. he knew how to get to my children." and i asked her, what's changed? he still knows where your children are. he still knows how to get to them. he could still hurt them. >> reporter: and her answer? >> she just looked at me. >> everything i've told you is the truth. >> but you lied the first time we talked. >> yes, i did. >> the second time we talked. >> the second time we talked i did not lie to you. afte...

>> oh, yes. >> yeah. >> and thought her life was certainly headed in the right direction. >> absolutely. >> yes. >> reporter: shannon worked in greensboro as a 911 operator at the emergency call center where she was often in close contact with law enforcement and was by 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 ...