Denita Monique Smith was a 25 year old with a passion for photography and big plans. She excelled in school, was loved by all her friends, and was planning a beautiful wedding. This all comes to an end one day when she is killed execution style in her own apartment complex. What would seem like a random attack would turn out to be a very calculated result of a toxic love affair.

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https://heavy.com/entertainment/2020/07/denita-monique-smith-murder-death/#:~:text=On%20Dateline%20NBC's%20episode%20titled,their%20opinion%20on%20the%20case.

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/nc-court-of-appeals/1589180.html

https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/crawley-shannon.htm

https://greensboro.com/news/public_safety/guilford-911-worker-arrested-in-slaying/article_de2ae9bf-01ee-5f04-b43d-4960dbd4be12.html

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