he told derrick that sea styles had confessed and implicated derek. derrick denied everything. lopez thought he was lying. what he was not doing was cracking. i said, you are not a likable person. i do not know if anybody is going to believe you. but he did not seem to mind. of course it is possible that derek wasn t worried, because he wasn t worried how is derrick doing, does he seem like a guy was a cloud overhead? no he seems like a guy who is flourishing. derrick s sister danielle was shocked at the arrest. she says that the way that he the way she and eric grew up as a world away from a guy like sea styles, and guy crimes like murder. we played, we were into sports, we had two extremely active parents who are part of all of our sports leagues, who are taking us to summer camps. she said that directed go
arrest derrick s meyer for the murder of krystal taylor. it took another five years to bring him to trial and detective robbie williams knew that the case was not airtight. the jury likes dna. dna, blood, in this case money transfer, in this case lack of cell phone records attaching him to defendants together. the only thing connecting derek to the murder is the confession of the trigger man, skyler more, a casey styles but there is no guarantee that the jury would take the word of a gang banner over the word of a clean cut derrick smyer. so it was with nervous anticipation that crystals family filed into the courthouse on july 11th, 2016.
head. small build, wearing dark clothing. with light facial hair. that description we require resemble derek? derrick smyer had no criminal record. he had a white collar, off his job. and he came from a close knit, loving family. said his sister danielle. i really looked up to my brother growing up. as young, child he was my best friend. when we reached high school, he was more of a protector for me. i was really quiet in school. but everyone knew who derrick smyer was. he had your back? he had my back and there was no doubt if anything happened he would be there to take care of me. so she when she heard police were interviewing her brother about a murder, she questioned him herself. i asked derek, what is this? he said, i don t know. he what happened. so he didn t say so he didn t say he knew anything about crystal taylor s death? he did nothing about krystal taylor s death. it sounds to me like your
off track in high school, but he was just 16 when tracey got pregnant. it was news their parents were not happy to hear. they were in shock. especially my dad he is very traditional, believes that children should be born in wedlock, as derek and i were. derrick s daughter sydney was born in april of 1998, and instantly derrick s myra to be an adult. he dropped out of high school so that he can get a full-time job, and even though he was not making much, he was still doing what he could to support that baby. that changes your life? that changes your life. and it forestalls a lot of your options? absolutely. but, derek he was a hardworking job. in 2002, the year after krystal dog, derek had another daughter with a same woman. for the most part, he was not a full-time dad, but danielle said he was in his children s
a place derrick at the 7:11 near krystal taylor s home, and skyler moors. it proved, they said, that derek had lied about its whereabouts in 2001. where he told police that he was miles from crystals hawthorne, home at night. did he ever tell you that he went to the same 11? no. as the evidence was mounting against him, derek s defense went on offense, portraying the mother as his two children as a liar whose testimony could not be trusted. have you lied to your family members like your aunt, sister danielle, about things about mr. smyer? i do not know what you are talking about the, you have to be specific. lied furious? people lie all the time. you lie. tracy williamson was an admitted liar, and untruthful. so you could not believe what she. said as for krystal s friend gianna, who said that she saw c-styles and derek smyer