Episode 90, Season 5 - Shannon Crawley and Jermeir Stroud – A Degree in Murder

Denita Smith is a beautiful, talented and ambitious college student with her sights set on a career in journalism. And when fellow student, Jermeir Stroud sets his sights on Denita, it’s love at first sight.

Eventually, Jermeir decides to put a ring on it, asking Denita to marry him and she happily says yes. However, while Denita is blissfully planning their wedding, little does she know, Jermeir has been calming his pre-wedding jitters with a woman by the name of Shannon Crawley.

And when Denita is murdered in cold blood, a dangerous game of he said, she said will keep cops guessing about whodunit.

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Photo caption (L-R) Denita Smith has beauty, brains, talent and a loving fiancé in Jermeir Stroud. Or so she thinks (credit: Find a Grave); Denita and Jermeir (credit: Dateline/Facebook); Denita was an aspiring photojournalist, honing her skills at her college newspaper (credit: Black College Wire); Single mother, Shannon, wanted Jermeir all to herself and was determined to get him at any cost (credit: WRAL-TV); the Campus Crossing Apartments where Denita was gunned down in broad daylight (credit: Dateline/Facebook); Denita's items were found scattered on the stairs where her body was found (credit: Dateline/Facebook)

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