Status: Incarcerated In season 7, episode 33 the murder of her ex-boyfriend's new fiancée Denita Smith by Shannon Crawley is shown. This murder occurred in the state of North Carolina. Oxygen describes this episode of Snapped as Shannon Crawley, a 911 dispatcher, becomes suspected of shooting her ex-boyfriend's new fiancée Denita Smith out of jealousy in January 2007 Shannon Crawley is Sentenced to life in prison without parole on February 22, 2013. At approximately 8:10 a.m. on 4 January 2007, Michael Hedgepeth, the maintenance director for the Campus Crossings Apartments in Durham (“Campus Crossings”), heard a shot fired and saw a woman running from the back to the front of the 1100 building of the complex. Mr. Hedgepeth testified that the woman's route was an unusual one because there was a more convenient exit to the parking lot. As Mr. Hedgepeth drove toward the 1100 building, he saw a young woman, possibly the same woman as before, driving away fr...