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To do that. >> as opposed to just say, no, i didnt do any murder. i dont know who is. this i dont know what youre talking about. >> exactly. >> that seemed rather strange. but so did this, there was no obvious reason for c-styles to kill crystal taylor. true that if youre was warning about being a victim of gang violence, youre probably safest in the morning? because these guys will stay very late and roll out of bed until late morning or noon? >> im not going to say thats a fact, but its more t...

Hed always sheared the families suspicions that derek was somehow behind crystals murder. but he also knew he didnt have enough evidence to arrest him. >> i whisper to my wife, thats the guy. thats the guy who had crystal taylor killed. >> thats got to be like a knife in you. i mean, if thats what you think, if you think thats the guy who had crystal killed. well here he is, out free, breathing the same air you are. going on vacation just like you. are having a great time. he got away with. it o...

Because we told it is tech to, i was like, he looks like he has some remorse. >> the detective didnt buy it for a minute. >> she was like no, hes a straight-up killer. he doesnt have any remorse. >> whatever the taylor saw, that hint of humanity in a cold blooded killer, c-styles still scare them. you werent afraid to testify? >> oh yes i was. >> but you went ahead and did it? >> i went ahead and did it because i was praying and asking got to make a strong enough to be able to deal with whatever...

When was the last time, you killed somebody? when was the last time you did robbery? all this is advertisement by taking claim for, yeah i shot these guys. i shot this guy. i killed him. but i wouldnt do her. i wouldnt kill her. >> detective williams was convinced c-styles was only copping to the other murder to distance himself from crystals. and then, all the witnesses in crystals murder pick him out of a lineup. two months after crystal taylors death, skyler moore, also known as c-styles, was...

Smyers defense attorney. he said c-styles made up a story that the cops wanted to hear. he was hoping to get better treatment in prison. >> he came in and admitted that they made these offers to him. and that -- thats why he did it. >> you think police kind of rushed to judgment here? >> absolutely, because they had a hunch, they went with my client. and they excluded others. >> schneider told the jury that without c-styles confession, there was no evidence linking derek to the murder. >> theyre...

Found the gun that fired it. let alone linked that gun to c-styles or anyone else. if c-styles went to trial and was acquitted, that would be the end of it. and so, rather than take that chance. the dea dropped charges. the prosecutor said we dont watch try this case now? because we dont have the evidence right now and the witnesses are skittish. you want to wait. and you think this could be a couple months, maybe a. >> yes. >> instead, many months path. and nothing happened. the nation grew obs...

Her friends say no. there is no evidence to support that they even knew each other. >> or maybe they knew each other she didnt tell anybody. >> exactly we also have to keep that as a card on the table. okay, so, how can we start proving this out. i start examining were their lines may have cross. crystal taylor works in carson. she goes to anderson park. oh, there is information that c-styles hangs out at anderson park. okay. >> they brought in c-styles. legal name, skyler moore. you say to him,...

>> prosecutors then had to connect c-styles with derek smyer. for that they relied on two eyewitnesses. detective williams told the jury he was pretty sure c-styles was with derek at the park on the day crystal taylor was ambushed and murdered. >> it wasnt until you actually saw him in person that you were able to remember that he resembled the person you saw at the park? >> objection, leading. >> its overruled. >> yes. >> as before, crystals friend and co-worker jana poletto left no doubt with ...

Would go back to his ill-temperedness and his kind of monstrous ways. >> to help explain how derek had crystal killed, prosecutors again called her sister michelle who had been through the emotional wringer when she testified in the first trial. >> i was afraid of what it was going to do to me mentally the second time. i was afraid for myself. >> nevertheless, michelle mustered the courage to take the stand and testify to seeing the alleged gunman c-styles, in their apartment complex the day bef...

Detective work paid off. after showing the sketch around, they got a tip. the guy in the sketch was a gang banger who went by the street name c-styles. now the sisters wanted to find him. if youre right, if this is a guy, hes a killer andy gang banger. and youre just going to what? walk up on him and say -- >> he wasnt going to get away with killing our sister. i >> wanted to be able to place where he was. like, come, come. lets go get. him >> they didnt go find him but, they did tell detective ...