but at that time, i think it was just too much and it was overwhelming. >> denita's fiancÉ, jermei stroudeality was starting t sink in and that it hit hi that the love of his life wa no longer with us. >> it was of little comfort to denita's family and friend that the woman accused o killing her was sitting in the durham county jail. shanno crawley had been arrested th day before and charged wit first-degree murder. now her family was mourning, too >> it's devastating, the fea that you have at that point fo your child >> and no one can convince m that my child did that. i know her. >> shannon's dad, himself former deputy sheriff, was convinced his daughter was a victim of a shoddy investigation by the durha police, perhaps deliberately so >> i'm not saying that the framed her. i'm saying tha they simply allowed themselves to be led in that direction. and if they had any suspicions that another police officer wa involved, they decided not t follow that up >> you were in law enforcement you cover up crimes by other officers >> no, i never did >> and what you're suggestin is that durham cops