Destiny Jarvis
Appearances
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
Everybody had a touch of pink somewhere, whether they were wearing, you know, just pink bracelet or that they were wearing actual pink. You know, my mom, my brothers, they'd all got like matching shirts and things like that, which Shantae would have loved because they're going to wear her color. I think it's
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
If she could have planned her own funeral, she would have planned it very similar to how it was.
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
So with John, I think there was a lot of conversations between him and other family members about it. And I think they trusted him to not ever take advantage of her and to treat her right.
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
You know, she was happy with where she lived, her church, her neighbors, you know, going on her walks every day.
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
It wasn't normal for her not to communicate, especially with him.
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
Shantae's sister studied it and was struck by its sophistication. You know, you grow up looking at the news and, you know, they're looking for the guy who did whatever and it's like a stick figure and it looks like something you could have drew in art class. This was way advanced, you know, compared to anything that you had seen prior to that.
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
All of a sudden, it was almost like somebody turned the lights on, and you were like, there he is.
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
The way he decided to go about telling everybody was like his opportunity to try to cleanse himself or ask for some sort of forgiveness or his way of saying like, hey, look, I'm sorry. I don't believe he was sorry.
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
All of a sudden, it was almost like somebody turned the lights on, and you were like, oh, and there he is.
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
I want people to remember her singing at the choir, walking down the street, waving at people. That's how everybody needs to remember her, not as some sort of a victim.
Dateline NBC
The Haunted House Confession
She had a good smile. You couldn't question whether or not she was happy. people not only noticed Shantae's smile, she had a sense of style too. She thought everything was better in pink or with sparkles or glitter. And she had like the sassy attitude to go with it.