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the back seat of detective williams police car. the woman derek saw was jana poletto, crystal s friend from work, who d accompanied detective williams. derek said he saw her quite clearly. the look on her face was she was totally distraught, that s what he said. which gave detective lopez an idea. if he is that close to see that she is totally distraught, then she should have a pretty good look at who he was talking to. at the time no one had thought to show jana poletto a photo of c-styles, but now they did. and she said that s who derek was talking to in the park. that was the missing link, a witness who could connect c-styles to derek smyer. then one last piece. the d.a. wanted c-styles interviewed again. how are you? fine, and you? good, good. i m danette meyers, i m the d.a. this time they made sure what he said could be used in court. you have the right to remain silent, do you understand? yes. c-styles told the same story with the same details. h
c-styles was arrested and detective williams got a good look at him, he thought the gang banger look familiar. you think the first time you saw derek smyer, you think he was with c-styles? yes, i think he was in the company of c-styles. so if you are right, they were hanging out together just a couple hours after the murder. yes,. if only you have known. if only i had known. and now, a decade later, there was no way to prove who the man in the park might have been. and crystal is dead, c-styles a serving time for another murder, and nothing s happening today. nothing is happening to derek that i can see. but i m a believer of karma. either in this life or the next. you re going to pay for what you ve done wrong. i m guessing you are preferring that is this life? yes. maybe it was karma. maybe it was luck. maybe it was a good police work. but whatever it was, on june 15th, 2011, l.a. sheriff s
wanted help with crystal taylor. do you talk about when you re going to kill her? i told him i was going to do it, but, um i told him asap. as soon as i got the opportunity. police once again arrested derek smyer for the murder of crystal taylor. and this time they thought they had the goods. a jury, though, would have other ideas. coming up a bombshell from the defense. did someone else kill crystal? witnesses testify to hearing an argument. she was confronting her killer. that s when she was shot? absolutely. was this murder a hit at all? this is breaking me. when dateline continues. when dateline continues multivitamin gummies. with vitamins c, d & zinc for immunity support. plus 8 b-vitamins for brain support. one a day and done.
devastated, police said. more important, both men had alibis. witnesses put them nowhere near crystal s apartment at the time of the murder. the same was true of derek smyer. his neighbor saw him at 7:30 that morning. meaning he couldn t have shot crystal. does it sound like there s a whole lot of anybody at that point? no. but soon enough, there would be another person police would be looking at. coming up i came around the corner and there was a guy sitting on the stairs. he startled me a little bit. i kind of got this instinct that said, remember what he looks like. sisters turned investigators? we were watching cold case and criminal files , so we thought we were real detectives. he was going to get away with killing our sister. when dateline continues. that s why progressive car insurance covers your pets for up to $1,000