A picture perfect couple's future is forever shattered after an innocent person's life is ended with a bullet fired at close range. It doesn't take long for the authorities to hone in on a suspect - but did they act alone?

Sources

1. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17313470/denita_monique-smith

2. The Herald-Sun: https://www.newspapers.com/image/795813748/?match=1&terms=denita%20smith

3. The News and Observer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/652314439/?match=1&terms=denita%20smith

4. Denita's Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/charlotte/name/denita-smith-obituary?id=14030132

5. Fatal Attraction: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3377370/

6. Dateline: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5283084/

7. Shout Out Atlanta: https://shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-jermeir-stroud-financial-professional-media-operations-director/

8. ABC: https://abc11.com/archive/7290609/#:~:text=%22If%20the%20last%20thing%20I,the%20time%20of%20the%20crime.

9. WRAL News: https://www.wral.com/story/7092468/

10. The News and Observer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/660268075/?match=1&terms=shannon%20crawley

11. State v. Crawley: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-court-of-appeals/1589180.html#footnote_1

12. Hickory Daily Record: https://www.newspapers.com/image/979177079/?match=1&terms=shannon%20crawley%20arrested

13. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-unforgettable/crime-news/shannon-crawley-denita-smith-murder-what-happened

14. Tapatalk: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/nccueagles/saying-goodbye-to-nccu-s-denita-smith-t1827-s30.html

15. The News and Observer: https://www.newspapers.com/image/660130474/?match=1&terms=shannon%20crawley

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