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263 posted on 01/25/2007 3:37:02 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-812597.cfm

Woman died minutes after call

BY BRIANNE DOPART : The Herald-Sun
bdopart@heraldsun.com
Jan 25, 2007 : 12:28 am ET

DURHAM -- New details about the discovery of the bloodied body of slain 25-year-old N.C. Central graduate student Denita Smith surfaced Wednesday.

Smith was gunned down outside her off-campus Campus Crossings Apartments unit on the morning of Jan. 4, allegedly by a woman whom Smith's fiancâ??© later told police had been stalking him.

Shannon Elizabeth Crawley of Greensboro has been charged with Smith's murder.

According to a death certificate still pending at the Durham County Health Department, Smith died at 8:30 a.m., approximately seven minutes after three officers were dispatched to Campus Crossings, 1400 E. Cornwallis Road, to investigate "the sound of shots," according to Durham police spokeswoman Kammie Michael.

The shots were reported to have been heard at the 600 and 700 buildings of the complex, Michael said. Smith's body was discovered at the bottom of the steps of the 1100 building "in a different area of the complex," she added.

According to Police Department call logs, Officer Lucas Wenceslao was first to arrive at the apartments and remained more than 30 minutes before radioing to say the call had been "cleared".

Michael declined to characterize efforts made by responding officers to investigate the report of shots heard. She also declined to answer when asked if officers stepped out of their patrol cars to investigate the initial report.

Call logs show that a man named "Mike," who identified himself as Campus Crossings' maintenance supervisor, reported at 8:19 a.m. that he had heard the sound of two shots fired. According to search warrants, "a groundskeeper" was the first to report the sound of shots, a call he made after arguing with a woman fitting Crawley's description whom, he later told investigators, was driving away from the building near which Smith's body was later found.

Reached for comment Wednesday evening, a man answering to the name "Mike" -- last name not known -- confirmed he was the groundskeeper who found Smith's body nearly two hours after reporting he heard shots.

He declined to comment any further, saying investigators had directed him "not to talk to anyone."

According to call logs, "Mike" reported a "girl dead at [the] bottom of [the] steps." Notes in the log indicate "Mike" was unsure of Smith's condition regarding breathing and consciousness at the time of the call. He told the dispatcher "her head is busted open and bleeding," and reported that her identification indicated the victim was Denita Smith.

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TIMELINE

8:19 a.m. Caller reports "sound of two shots" to 911.

8:21 a.m. Officer Lucas G. Wenceslao is dispatched to Campus Crossings Apartments. He is the first of three officers dispatched.

8:30 a.m. Denita Smith's estimated time of death per pending death certificate.

8:56 a.m. Officer Wenceslao radioes in to pronounce the call "cleared."

10:01 a.m. Caller reports "girl dead at bottom of steps" to 911.

10:14 a.m. Officer Stephanie Wheeler arrives at Campus Crossings Apartments.






276 posted on 01/25/2007 8:56:08 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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