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Graduate student killed by fiancé’s jealous side chick

Denita shot dead by side chick/Viral Crimes

Side chick kills bride to be. 

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DURHAM — When a love triangle goes fatally wrong. Viral Crimes released the murder documentary of North Carolina Central University student Denita Smith who was shot dead by her fiancé’s side chick. The homicide transpired on January 4, 2007 at Denita’s off-campus apartment. The 25-year-old graduate student was engaged to Greensboro police officer Jermeir Stroud who cheated on Denita with 28-year-old Shannon Crawley, a 911 operator at Guilford Metro. They met through work. As their entanglement became more intensified, Shannon decided she wanted Jermeir all to herself. The jealous paramour showed up at the Campus Crossings apartment complex, pulled out a .38 caliber revolver and opened fire — striking Denita in the head. Detective Shawn Pate of the Durham Police Department arrived at the sanguinary locale and noticed Denita’s personal belongings were scattered all over the place. There was still money in her purse, so a robbery was ruled out.

Several witnesses also descried Shannon fleeing the scene. The homewrecker was arrested 5 days later and charged with first-degree murder. Now she’ll spend the rest of her miserable existence behind bars. “Someday, I may forgive you, but I don’t right now,” Denita’s mother, Sharon Smith, told Shannon during sentencing. “I hope you rot in hell.” Social media reaction was venomous.

One commenter wrote, “It’s the man’s fault. Police should’ve arrested his ass.”

Another viewer added, “Now let me get this straight… He proposed to his girlfriend, had every intention on marrying her, and then he had a side chick all the time? Well hot damn!!! He need to be charged too! For cheating and being a liar!”

Shannon told investigators Jermeir pulled the trigger and threatened to kill her kids if she didn’t take the rap.

“He said, ‘Either your children die, or you die for your children,'” she recounted.

Watch the explosive documentary.

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  1. It would be a DAMN shame if he’s still out there being a cheater after being involved with this!!!

  2. This evil monster was so jealous of the other woman bc he no longer wanted her… even though he was cheating on Denita he basically put her in harms way…people please control your emotions…It’s plenty of fish in the sea.May she Rest In Peace 🕊️

  3. A lot of these females so f#cking stupid “.. like if you have to do all of that baby it’s not even worth it🫤

  4. I blame the dude. These ninjas are LIARS. THEY SHOULD HAVE CHARGED HIM TOO!

  5. This is the 4th case WITHIN A DAMNED MONTH where the Women are OFFING each other or planning a Hoax for the love of a no good man! WTF is going on in Black America? Why are yall NOT confronting the MAN…. HE’S PLAYING THE WOMEN AND WALKING OFF SCOTT FREE while the woman are going to Jail or prison!!

  6. This is exactly why it doesn’t pay to cheat on your partner. Dude was cheating and it cost an innocent woman her life!! A total waste of a good life for nothing!!

  7. The husband is at fault, and he might have helped plan the murder . He’s a fool , I can’t believe for a moment that he discontinued the affair because why would that girl go thru all that if he cut her off a year ago 🤔 . Low down dirty dog 🐕

  8. Men will never learn. This is scary. My exs side chick he left me for still stalks me and harasses me 10 plus years later and authorities can’t do anything about it until she physically threatens my life

  9. Thank God for the Maintenance Personnel who saw her and remembered that SUV she was driving! This was so senseless. If her Fiancé Jameer would have been faithful to her, maybe this would not have happened. He hooked up with this other woman and led her on and she in her messed up mind would not let go; so she devised this awful plan to kill another human being (eliminate the competition) so that Jameer would be all hers! Sick and Twisted! Jameer in the meantime is probably living his best life after he created the perfect storm. I hope he does not sleep well!

  10. I bet she thought God sent her “that man”!🤦🏽‍♀️ She was unstable and he was horny!!😡 There is a beautiful 25 year old woman that lost her life because the man she chose was weak.✍🏽 If you really love someone you should be stronger than your penis!!!🙎🏽‍♀️

  11. See what happens (men) when y’all play with females n don’t know what ya getting yourself n to,senseless over penis/could’ve waited on a real one to find you,if there’s a issue @ home speak with the one you see every night,not one you see for pleasure

  12. Oh that hoe was crazy….. it’s some crazy Mf out here male and female

  13. How in the hell u think you gonna live “happily ever after” after murder!! SMH!!!

  14. Over a man?
    That’s why I leave a man who cheats.
    Go on sir, be happy.
    I walk.
    This is sad.

  15. So many educated black women are murdered 😢 it’s always one that’s well on her way to success it’s so sad 😞

  16. This is exactly why I don’t play with these men. They don’t know who they be cheating with while putting you in harms ways. They don’t care! So this man had a stalker and didn’t make his wife aware! These men are trash!!

  17. Jemere Stroud was a 2 timer he caused all of this to happen. Shannon Crawley killed Denita Smith out of jealousy. Rest In Peace Denita 🌻🌺🕊🙏❤

  18. He should be held accountable ass well .. This young lady lost her life for him trying to play both sides smhh

  19. At the end of the day, Jermier caused his girlfriends death, he may not have pulled the trigger, but, his irresponsible behavior, led Shannon Crawley to Denita, if he had been Faithful to Denita, she would still be alive, but, she is dead and he is walking around free, after he caused all this pain and sorrow, Shannon deserves to be in Prison, she killed another woman over a man, but, Jermier or whatever his name is, should have been put in Prison as well.

  20. So many things were left out to spin the narrative in favor of Jameir. For one the house situation. He convinced Shannon to buy a house in his neighborhood and helped her move in. It’s in the court documents. Secondly, she had a key to his home, and he had a key to hers. Idk about anyone else but nobody I’m just sleeping with can get my house key. We’d have to be damn serious about each other. It’s also more facts to this case. I’m not saying Shannon is innocent but ijs they left a lot of facts out. She was also offered a 12 yr sentence in exchange for her guilty plea that she didn’t accept. I think that’s big, why offer her such a light sentence for this heinous crime? Those tapes she made sealed her fate. She may have gotten off had it not been entered in evidence. Her story is plausible.

  21. My God, so stupid this girl is. Never wore gloves, never covered her face, used her own car, bought a legal gun instead of buying it at a bar 200 miles from home, carried her cell phone on her .. Jesus .

  22. She’s foolish did she really think her plan through because of course she will be caught 😂 she actually thought she would get away with this and land the man 🤦🏽‍♀️ he gave her the ring you never mattered to him just move on damn you were his toy once you found out you should’ve dropped him that’s what I would’ve done obviously he didn’t choose you because you have kids and he already had his forever woman on standby. All she had to do was move on and find another man that will accept you and your kids, don’t do this 🙄now the kids have no mom an innocent woman with a future is now deceased and now you are behind bars and you still didn’t get the guy 😂 I feel bad for the victim because she had so much to look forward to and this dingdong with baggage rob her of it all over a dude that obviously didn’t want or choose you 😢

  23. Now dummy you don’t even have the man, your freedom or your kids 😮

  24. OVER & OVER AGAIN YOU SEE THIS , LIKE HOW CAN YOU THINK YOUR GOING TO JUST KILL SOMEONE AND LIVE A HAPPLY EVER AFTER LIFE , LIKE HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE ??? How can u even think u was going to kill this woman to get her out the way So you could be with this woman soon to be husband !!! LIKE THIS IS BEYOND DUMB NO WORD CAN EXPLAIN HOW DUMB THIS IDIOT IS !!! THE ONLY THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS YOUR GOING TO JAIL , AND EVENTUALLY THE MAN WILL MOVE ON WITH HIS LIFE AFTER HES ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD & AS FOR YOU ITS NO MORE LIFE FOR YOU UR JUST AS GOOD AS DEAD & AFTER U ROT IN PRISON & You pass away IT WONT END THERE FOR YOU , Now u have to face judgment in the spiritual life AND IT WONT BE GOOD !!! Dummy

  25. Even if she was pregnant, HE NUTTED IN HER. HE WAS FUCKING HER RAW… SO HE IS DEAD ASS WRONG. SHE IS TOO. BTCH YOU SHOULDVE KILLED HIM NOW YOU IN JAIL AND HE WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AND THE WIFE IN HEAVEN 😂😂😂😂😂. AND YALL GOING TO HELL 😅😂. I would never kill or ruin another woman’s life all cause HER MAN IS IN LOVE WITH HER 😩. Ain’t that how it’s posed to be? Since when did side chicks develop this behavior and logic… a nigga will never leave his wife… it’s rare.

  26. That’s some sick sh*t to murder a woman that does not even know you exist. Imagine the cloud this young lady must’ve been on becoming engaged and her success with school to be innocently going about your day and have it all end without knowing why or seeing it coming. I hope Jameer has internally forgiven himself because that’s a heavy burden to carry. So sorry to Denita’s family. As for Shannon, I was really trying to make it positive but that bitch is exactly where she belongs until that match is lit under crazy ass….

  27. Ain’t NO MAN in the world worth doing life without parole for🔥

  28. Reminds me of Martin Lawrence’s movie, It’s A Thin Line Between Love & Hate. Her moving into his neighborhood, joining his church and then ultimately trying to frame him for the murder of his poor, innocent fiancé made shudder.

  29. The sad part about all of this is the fact that he cheated on her, she didn’t even know about it, & was killed by the girl he cheated with who she didn’t even know. Had no clue what was coming to her. That’s tragic. If ppl were more thoughtful & honest in relationships this could have been avoided but this all happened bc this man was cheating & the girl he was cheating with just happened to be emotionally & psychologically disturbed & triggered. Is no one else gonna hold this dude accountable? This is so sad.

  30. In the head??? That some vile shit and was definitely personal. RIP beautiful

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