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Along. her unborn son died when she did. crystal had told friends the father of her child was a guy named derek smyer. so you want to find out where derek is. >> most definitely. we want to find everything about him right now. >> the detective learned crystal and derek had a quick fling. it only lasted a month or so. they'd met at anderson park, which is near both their jobs. by now, it was lunch time. derek wasn't in his office. so williams drove to the park. bringing crystal's work friends with him. and one of them immediately noticed something. >> she points out a car that derek drives. >> ...

>> javonte's father's got to be somebody you're gonna look at. >> most definitely, and we did. trying to identify if there was a ongoing conflict. >> kenneth wasn't helping with javonte and there had been conflict over child support in the past. crystal had obtained a court order requiring kenneth to pay. so two possible leads. a third surfaced when williams went to crystal's office. >> we get to her place of employment and we talk to several young ladies that identified themselves as being her friend. and they're shocked that this has happened. >> they told him the day before she was killed, ...

She made a decision. there's no changing her mind. >> reporter: wrapped in the blanket of her big family, crystal knew she and javonte would do just fine. >> we are some baby whisperers in the sense. we love babies. strangers' babies, anybody baby. >> reporter: anybody say that's too young to be having a baby? >> no, we all had babies young. >> we'd still said it. it would still be said, but it would also be followed by, "you're still gonna finish school. you know, life isn't over. you made your bed harder, but you're gonna lay in it. and we're gonna love this baby." >> reporter: those were ru...

Waiting on the staircase, does that match the description of the guy people say were running away after the shooting? >> almost identical. >> reporter: here's the sketch drawn from both their descriptions. >> were you happy with the final sketch? it looked like the guy? >> oh, yeah. it looked like him. >> reporter: but he didn't look like any of the men in crystal taylor's life. not derek. not dino. and not javonte's father kenneth. cops would have to figure out who he was and where to find him. monica and michelle didn't want to wait for that. >> we had been watching "cold case" and "criminal...

Instantly, derek smyer had to be an adult. >> he dropped out of high school so that he could get a full-time job. even though he wasn't making much, he was still doing what he could to support that baby. >> that changes your life? >> it does change your life. and that forestalls a lot of your options? >> absolutely. but derek was a hard-working guy. >> reporter: in 2002, the year after crystal died, derek smyer had another daughter with the same woman. >> if i fall, all this footage is being deleted. >> reporter: for the most part, he wasn't a full-time dad but danielle says he was in his chil...