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As well. but there was nothing linking him to c-styles, except possibly the alleged triggerman himself. now detectives were at a prison sitting right across from c-styles. >> remember we had arrested you in that case where that woman was killed? that pregnant woman in hawthorne? later with that other murder preliminary hearing? >> um, just -- i need a little more detail. >> you don't remember when we arrested you? usually people at least remember when i arrested them. >> nothing like that. >> c-styles was saying even less than he did back in 2001. so detective lopez gave it a try. he'd questio...

Juries like dna. >> dna, blood trail. in this case, a money transfer. in this case, the lack of cell phone records attaching the two defendants together. >> reporter: the only thing connecting derek to the murder was the confession of the triggerman. skyler moore, aka c-styles. but there was no guarantee the jury would take the word of a gang banger over the word of the clean-cut derek smyer. so it was with nervous anticipation that crystal's family filed into the courthouse on july 11th, 2016. >> the facts and the law and your common sense will lead you to one conclusion. crystal taylor died ...

License plates and registration yielded the name of a 26-year-old woman -- dalia dippolito, the same woman who would later be seen on that videotape as the grieving widow. police officers didn't have to wait long before the informant's story was confirmed. this woman in the car really appeared to be in the market for a trigger man. >> less than a minute or so, she begins talkin' about hirin' somebody to kill her husband. >> unprompted? he's not doin' dental work to get this story out of her -- >> no. which, you know, which shocked us. >> honestly, you think it's worth you know killing over tha...

And every time a person get ready to answer, burke cut them off and said something insulting to them. >> hey, yes. both of you hang up, cowards. >> one of the guys who was also ahead of the clan is as guy named david lane. david lane called in and burke ate him up. he went after him. >> i think the jews are stick. burke insulted him. so they decide we are going to take him out. >> in june of 1984. bob matthews made the decision solve alan burke assassinated. they pulled together as teams. it is going to be the trigger

Police officers didn't have to wait long before the informant's story was confirmed. this woman in the car really appeared to be in the market for a trigger man. >> less than a minute or so, she begins talkin' about hirin' somebody to kill her husband. >> unprompted? he's not doin' dental work to get this story out of her -- >> no. which, you know, which shocked us. >> honestly, you think it's worth you know killing over that much money? >> it's not even over the [ bleep ] money. like you don't [ bleep ] get it? like it's not even about the [ bleep ] money. like, you know that money, we'll spe...