This is breaking me. She pretty much gave her whole life just trying to raise me right. Being a mom was who she was. Who would shoot crystie . Whats going on here . That was our question. Police zeroed in on the men in her life. One, two, three, of them. Were trying to find out who would have the motivation to do this. To help find crystals killer, her anguished sisters would turn amateur detectives. I couldnt even sleep. I needed an answer. That was my sister. My baby sister. The twist that stopped everyone cold, there had been another attack on another pregnant woman. She was assaulted and her neck was cut. Who was targeting momstobe . And this life or the next, youre going to pay for what youve done wrong. I couldnt believe what i was hearing. How does this happen . In the mega sprawl of los angeles county, the city of hawthorne occupies about 6 square miles. None of them especially glamorous. For decades, local pride centered on the beach boys. They grew up here and quickly left. Nowadays, its tech giants like spacex with headquarters at the local airport, but the heart and soul of hawthorne was and is working families. Strivers who stay close and look out for each other. This is a story about one of those families. They faced ups and downs like everyone else and always worked through them together. Until one moment. One morning. One bullet came to tear them apart. Growing up, sisters crystal, michelle, and Monica Taylor were always there are if each other. We have this tradition of having a Family Support group. It was their mother known as momo who set the tone. I thought it was the most wonderful family there was. You know, my mom and i were best friends and my little sister were best friends, you know, so i thought life was great. Im the oldest. Michelles the middle. Crysties the baby and she was every bit the baby. Shes my moms baby. Crystal taylor was the youngest by six years and both older sisters thought momo loved crystie a little extra. Spoiled her, too, say michelle and monica. They talked every day and she would just immediately start whining as soon as she talked to my mom. She could be, like, being a grownup. As soon as the phone rings, she went right back to 8yearold, all the time. Tia, her niece, remembers crystie as both a home body and a romantic dreamer. She wasnt flashy. She wasnt someone, who, like, shopped a lot. She was just a really down to earth, simple, just happy to be at home watching movies. She watched the same movies all the time over. She loved love stories. Hope floats, ever after, love, jones. Those are all stories of women who find love in improbable ways and end up happy. Right. Is that what she wanted . Yes. I know she wanted love. She wanted a fairytale life. I know she always talked about it but, you know, she was happy with the life that she had. The life she had working, being with family, and raising a son who was born the very day she turned 17. I went in and she was singing it never rains in Southern California in labor, like shaking the bed it never rains in like, what is she doing . Crystal called her little boy javonte against the wishes of the boys father. He came in the room, we were in there, he was like, i wanted his name to be junior. In labor. Stop labor. No. Crystal told me, well, no, im not marrying him, if i get married to somebody else, i dont want to have two juniors. She already made the decision she was having the baby and not going to be his wife. She wasnt going to be his wife. That was crystie. She made a decision, there was no changing in her mind. Wrapped in the blanket of her big family, crystal knew she and javonte would do just fine. Were baby whisperers in a spen sense. Anybody say thats too young to be having a baby . No, we all had babies young. We still said it, it would still be said, but it also be followed by you want to finish school, life isnt over, you made your bed harder but youre going to lay it in and were going to love this baby. Those were rules set down by momo. Everyone stafinished school, started a career, and raised their children on their own successfully. As javonte crew, crystie grew up. She took care of r her baby, brought her launch, she never spent any money. If she went to the movies with her son, no, he knew not to ask for snacks. She just wouldnt spend any money. Money was for important things like javontes education. Tashe always talked about dr woods. Prom. What she wanted him to do with his life. She took her mojob as a mothe e seriously. They were living in separate apartments in the same Apartment Building in hawthorne. Even momo lived there until her health began to failer a moved to texas where her sisterinlaw, a nurse, could take care of her. Soon came word, momos in bad shape. Come quick. That day was easy to remember. It was september 11th, 2001. They couldnt fly. No one in the u. S. Could. So they drove from hawthorne to texas. Crystie wouldnt leave momos side the entire time they were there. Crysties like, im sorry, but i came here just to see mom. She wasnt leaving her room. Like, she was just focused on her. If she can get next to my mom, shes going to be and that worked. Your mom kind of rallied. Oh, yeah. After two weeks the family drove back to los angeles, arriving in the middle of the night on september 23rd. Two days later, this family learned a difficult truth. No matter how much you love and how much you care, sometimes you cant help your loved one when harm is headed their way. 911. Yes, id like to report a gunshot. Theres a woman, shes shot. Shes laying on the floor in the garage. Soon after, a neighbor of crysties called tia with some brutal news. They just said that she was shot. I remember saying, who would shoot crysti . Uhhuh. 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I was at my desk and received a call from my patrol units that they had a young lady who was unresponsive and appeared she may have suffered a gunshot wound to the head. Williams arrived and quickly sized up the scene. There was officers already trying to revive her. Shes laying down in the lobby area of her apartment complex. That leads from the upper stairs which are the apartment into the garage area. And her stuff is sort of scattered around here. There was a set of keys in her hand and appears to be the car keys or house keys. Just like we would come out of the house, getting ready to go into your car, and her purse was there. Then we just started getting into the processing of a crime scene. Making sure that we identify as many witnesses, if theres also other victims. But the only obvious victim was crystal. Shed been shot in the head. Paramedics took her to the hospital and detective williams got straight to work finding witnesses. Because this is early morning, theres kids walking io school, theres people preparing themselves for their day of work. A lot of people were up, a lot of people reported hearing the gunshot. A father making breakfast for his kids looked out the kitchen window when he heard a shot. He saw a man running. An 11yearold girl on the sidewalk in front of the building also heard it and saw a man holding a shiny object. He jumped a fence and ran north. Anybody actually see the shooting . No. And there was no surveillance cameras that captured it, either. But the crime scene was talking to detective williams. Was she robbed . The evidence doesnt support a robbery. Her purse was still intact. The amount of time between someone hearing a shot and someone else seeing someone running away from the crime scene, didnt necessarily support a robbery. Was she sexually assaulted . No evidence supported that she was sexually lly assaulted. Her clothes appear to be intact. You go into her apartment. Yes. Anything amiss in her apartment . No, it didnt appear there was a conflict, no sign of any type of physical confrontation. So whats going on here . That was our question. It was the first of many questions detective williams would have c. Crysties family was gathering at the hospital. Later, theyd have questions, too, but right now they were all in shock. I got there first. They were, like, go in this room that was off to the side. Well, i had already been to the hospital a lot with my mom so i knew that they took the family to a side room so i told them like, no, no, no, i dont want to go in there, i just want to go see about my sister. So then the doctor came out, he told me, he was like, well, she didnt make it. And im driving on the freeway and all of a sudden i just feet like she wasnt here. I hadnt talked to anybody else. I literally started i got in the carpool lane and started screaming in the car like no, no, this is not happening. The news that theyd lost their baby sister was unbearable. Crystal taylor was just 27. When i got in, michelle was on the floor and im just like, looking at her, i tried to hug her. Now they had to tell their ailing momo her baby was gone. When i had to call my mom to say, somebody killed crystie, she screamed the most harrowing, just, scream, i just knew, this is going to kill momo, too. Theres nothing worse than burying your kids, i mean no. Especially when youre already so sick. So sick. I remember when i was talking to my mom, i was like, dont you leave me because i saw her i saw my mom just give up and if it wasnt for javonte, mine, i she loves all her grandkids. She was fighting to make she would be all right. Telling crystals 10yearold son was harder. Sat next to him he crossed his arms like this. He just kind of leaned back. My poor little mama. Your mom died. They didnt say how. You all kind of shielded javonte from what had happened. Yes. Howd that work . And when hed say, what happened, what would you tell him . He never really asked. He said, i dont have mom anymore. I dont have a mom anymore. We we were older and couldnt gasp what had happened to her so why give it to him in detail . He didnt need that then. So in one day, his whole world goes away. Goes away. No more mom, no more home, no more life as he knew it. Nothing. He taught himself to just be like, not even talk about it. You dont even know javontes in a room. Like, he learned to just i dont know, he just shut down. Even now, javonte seems almost numb when talking about the worst day of his life. That night i pretty much, i broke down crying. I just cried myself to sleep that night. You remember that . Yes. You remember what she looked like. Yes. I heard you cant remember the sound of her voice. I cannot remember what she would sound like, no. Does that bother you . A bit. Yes. This family tragedy would only get worse because crystal taylor wasnt the only one killed by that bullet. Coming up police drill down in the search for a suspect. We tend to focus on relatives or relationship partners. The men in crystals life, one, two, three, of them. Were trying to find out who would have the motivation to do this. When one moment continues. Okay. Okay safe drivers save 40 guys guys check it out. Safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 thats safe drivers save 40 . It is, thats safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him hes here. Hes right here. Hi hi. Hey thats totally him. Its him thats totally the guy. Safe drivers do save 40 . Click or call for a quote today. Safe drivers do save 40 . Im a verizon engineer. And im part of the team building. A powerful 5g experience for america. Its 5g ultra wideband, and its already available in parts of select cities. Like los angeles. And in new york city. 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And oftentimes, you know, a civilian like she was not involved in any criminal enterprise, we tend to focus on relatives or relationship partners the 11yearold girl whod seen the shooter running told cops that just before the shot rang out, she heard a man and a woman arguing. Was that a clue . Detective williams learned crystal had a boyfriend named dino. Just a hardworking guy. Was in a relationship with crystal on and off. And this is coming from the family and friends that knew about dino. And there was kenneth woods. Father of crystals 10yearold son, javonte. Javontes father has got to be somebody youre going to look at. Most definitely we did, trying to identify if there was an ongoing conflict. Kenneth wasnt helping with javonte and thered been conflict over Child Support in the past. Crystal had obtained a court order requiring kenneth to pay. So, two possible leads and a third surfaced when willaiams went to crystals office. We get to her place of employment, we talk to several young ladies that identified themselves as being her friend, and theyre shocked that this has happened. They told him the day before she was killed crystal received a phone call at work that seemed to upset her. And then they dropped a bombshell. That, a, she was pregnant and, b, the person that she was pregnant by did not want her to be pregnant any longer. You couldnt tell crystal taylor was pregnant when you saw her lying on the ground . I couldnt tell. I couldnt tell. In fact, she was five months 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 out everything about him right now. The detective learned crystal and derek had a quick fling and only lasted a month or so. Theyd met at Anderson Park, which is near their both jobs. By now, it was lunchtime. Derek wasnt in his office. So williams drove to the park bringing crystals work friends with him a, and one of them immediately noticed something. She points out a car that derek drives. His car was easy to spot. It had vanity plates that said, mywhip. Slang for a fancy car. Then crystals friend pointed out derek and detectives brought him in for a talk. Go ahead and compose yourself. What is your last name, sir . Smyer. First name . Derek. Do you have a middle name, derek . He freely answered your questions. He didnt ask for an attorney . No, he never requested an attorney during our Interview Time with him. Whens the last time you saw her at her apartment that you can recall . Last time was not recent. I okokay. I havent seen her physically in about, lets see, couple months. Two months . Longer than that. Discounted it, we were within and off really quick. Did derek offer a theory of what might have happened with crystal . At some point in the interview he talked about her being involved with other people. Did she mention this other boyfriend at all . She mentioned sometimes he would pop up at her apartment. Sometimes she would say hes trying to get back with me. At least thats the impression. Right. It might be true. Trying to make me jealous or something. I dont know, you know what i mean . People say things. Theyre not always the truth. You know what i mean . Did he acknowledge that crystal was pregnant with his child . He acknowledged that she was pregnant but came short of acknowledging that the child was his. Youre the father of her child or she thinks you are . Well, anyway you had a basic description of someone that witnesses saw running from the scene. Yes. Africanamerican male wearing a darkcolored hoodie with a scarf around hisdkerchief around his head. Small build. Wearing dark clothing with light facial hair. That description resembled derek smyer . It does. We initially authored a search warrant for r for his house. Find anything in his house . No. No murder weapon . No murder weapon, no ammunition, no clothing that matched the suspect that was seen running away. What about his car . We searched that and found no evidence to suggest in terms of blood droppings or any type of weapons or anything that would suspect that crystal had been in there recently. Derek smyer had no criminal record. He had a whitecollar office job and he came from a closeknit loving family, said his sister, danielle. I really i looked up to my brother growing up. I was really quiet in school, but everyone knew who derek smyer was. He had your back. He had my back and there was no doubt that if anything happened he would there to take care of me. He was four years older than i was and so he had the pleasure of getting to middle school and high school before i did. So hed kind of tell you heres whats coming. And when i got there, everyone accepted me with open arms because they had already accepted derek. Derek was a great guy. So when she heard police were interviewing her brother about a murder, she questioned him, herself. And i asked derek, what is this . He said, i dont nope so, what happened . He said, i dont know what happened. He didnt say he knew anything about crystal taylors death. Nothing about crystal taylors death. Sounds to me you were pretty si fixated on derek pretty early. He was one of our top three. Remember, were looking at her sons father, looking at her Love Interest on and off guy, dino, and looking at now derek. How did javontes father react when you told him crystal had been murdered. His reaction was shocked. And dino was devastated, police said. More important, both men had alibis. Witnesses put them nowhere near crystals apartment at the time of the murder. The same was true for derek smyer. His neighbors saw him at home at 7 30 not morning. Meaning he couldnt have shot crystal. Doesnt sound like it was enough to hold anybody on 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 it was a guy, he was sitting on the stairs and he startled me a little bit. I kind of got this instinct that said, remember what he looked like. Sisters turned investigators . Weve been watching cold case and criminal files so we thought we were real detectives. He wasnt going to get away with killing our sister. When one moment continues. S thousands of women with metastatic Breast Cancer, which is Breast Cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. Ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr her2 metastatic Breast Cancer, as the first hormonal based therapy. Ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole, and shrank tumors in over half of patients. 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Then the coroner released his body along with his mothers so their family could say goodbye. It was an open casket. I remember i wanted to reach out and touch her. I just kind of sat in the chair looking down at the floor. Waiting for it to be over. In the days after crystie died, everyone in the family spoke with police hoping they could help in some way. Any way. Michelle had a story about the day before crystie died. As she left with the kids that morning, there was a man in the lobby of their building. I came around the corner and it was a guy, he was sitting on the stairs. When i cam around, he startled me a little bit. I stopped to ask him what was he doing there. He told me he was waiting for someone. Her Apartment Building, like, is not that big. Everybody pretty much know each other. One or the other tan innocents. Or the other tan innocents. Tenants. When i got to the bottom of the stairs, told him the person he was waiting for, the car, shes not there. He told me, i know, she told me to wait. Michelle had a bad feeling about him. I got this instinct that said, remember about he looked like and froze on what we looked like and went on about my business. And she warned crystie about the man. I called her to tell it there was a strange guy that was on the stairs, just be careful when she came home. What about this guy made you scared enough that you thought to call your sister . Because he didnt belong there. And he was just kind of hanging around . He looked more street than the people who lived in her apartment complex. Okay. That would be a good way of explaining it. So was the man michelle saw on monday the same man witnesses saw on tuesday . Running from the scene after the murder . What id like to do is just know a little bit about Police Brought in shavona hall, the 11yearold schoolgirl who saw the running man. Did he have anything on his head . Yeah. With her mom at her side, she worked with a forensic artist from the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department on a sketch of the suspect. What can you tell me about his nose, his eyes, his mouth . Michelle worked with the same artist. Does the description of the guy crystals sister says was waiting on the staircase, does that match the description of the guy people say were running away after the shooting . Almost identical. Heres the sketch drawn from both their descriptions. You happy with the final sketch . It looked like the guy . Oh, yeah. It looked like him. But he didnt look like any of the men in crystal taylors life. Not derek. Not dino. And not javantes father, kenneth. Cop would have to figure out who he was and where to find him. Monica and michelle didnt want to wait for that. Weve been watching cold case and crimincriminal files all that so we thought were were a real detective. Too much tv can be a dangerous thing. Was the dynami the Taylor Family. The sisters who were going to help crystal raise her son are now helping solve her murder. So sketch in hand, they canvassed the neighborhood. You, not the police . She became so obsessed. It worried me how obsessed she was with she would say, hes not going to get away with doing this to my baby sister. Tia was afraid her mom and aunt were putting their own lives in danger. I threatened to tell the police, like, you guys are not supposed to be doing that, like, you guys dont have weapons. What are you going to do what are you looking for . Then what are you going to do if you find it . But theres no arguing with success. Michelle and monicas amateur 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, cstyles. Now, the sisters wanted to find him. If youre right, if this is the guy, hes a killer and a 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 tell the police where he was, like, lets go get him. They didnt find him, but they did tell detective williams who ran the name through a gang database and discovered, unfortunately, there was more than one cstyles. Theres a cstyles, theres a lil cstyles. Eventually, williams found a cstyles whod been on probation at the time of the murder. Our first goal was to identify the connection between the cstyles and crystal taylor. Any gang affiliation, any relatives, was he a boyfriend, exboyfriend . The sisters say no. Her friends say no. Theres no evidence to support that they even knew each other. Although, maybe they knew each other and she didnt tell anybody. Exactly. We have to also keep that as a card on the table. Okay. So, how can we start proving this out . I start examining where their lines may have crossed. Crystal taylor works in carson. She goes to Anderson Park. Oh. Theres information that cstyles hangs out at Anderson Park. Okay. They brought in cstyles. Legal name, skyler moore. You say to him, what do you have to do with the murder of crystal taylor and he says . I dont know her, i did not do this. But hes studying her photo. And then cstyles continued to talk. Hes coming up with an analysis of the person who would have done this. And he refers to the person as this person had a lot of rage, this person had a lot of rage in them to do that. As opposed to just saying, i didnt do any murder, i dont know who this is. Exactly. I dont know what youre talking about. Exactly. That seemed rather strange, but so did this. There was no obvious reason for cstyles to kill crystal taylor. True if youre worried about bei becoming a victim of Gang Violence youre probably safest in the morning because these guys stay up very late and dont roll out of bed until late morning or noon . Im not going to say that thats a fact, but its more true than not. If somebody is up and working at 7 00 or 7 30 in the morning, their paths just wouldnt cross. Not normally. Not a hardcore serious type of person like a cstyle. So, was he the man in the parking garage . On that question cstyles wasnt terribly helpful, but then he did something surprising. After staring at crystals photo and floating theories about her killer, cstyles suddenly confessed to a different murder of a rival gang member. I dont do this for a living, but he wasnt even being charged with that and you werent even asking him about that. I didnt even know there was a murder. So why would he blurt that out . You have to understand cstyles mentality. Cstyles mentality is that theres nobility in killing the enemy. There is no nobility or honor in killing a lady whos pregnant. Someone whos innocent. Yes. Not somebody in the life. Right. Because it goes right in line with building your resume. So if your resume as a gangster is that i go out and i put in work for my gang, including killing, including robbery, well, eventually, youre going to have to prove that, okay, whens the last time you killed somebody, whens the last time you killed a robbery . This was his 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 cstyles was only copping to the other murder to distance himself from crystals. And then all the witnesses in crystals murder picked him out of a lineup. Two months after crystal taylors death, skyler moore, aka, cstyles, was charged with murdering her and her unborn baby, jeremiah. Justice seemed close at hand. It was not. Coming up im looking for this guy day and night. Then you see hem finally. Im obsessed with him. And hes in court right in front of you. Face to face with a confessed killer. You werent afraid to testify. Yes, i was. 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I was afraid opening the door in the morning, like, theres a blind spot when i first walk out, like, im literally looking out like this every morning. You all looking over your shoulders . Oh, yeah. Looking over our shoulders, really bad. I was in almost a post Traumatic Stress syndrome kind of thing, just nervous all the time. With skyler moore, aka, cstyles, charged in the murder, there was some sense of relief. To know that this guy was off the street was some comfort because he was the one that could show up and kill anybody. Even so, the sisters were still afraid to face him at the preliminary hearing. Tough to be in the courtroom and see him . Oh, yeah. We were crying. As soon as we walked through the door in court. We thought, like, i dont know what im going to do when i see him, you know, the shooter. Im looking for this guy day and night. Yeah. Then you see him finally. Im obsessed with him. Yeah. Hes in court right in front of you. Hes in court right in front of me and im expecting to have this visceral reaction to him and i felt like like he had some remorse. I remember we told the detective i was like, he looked like he had some remorse. The detective didnt buy it for a minute. She was like, no, hes a straightup killer, he dont have no remorse. Whatever the taylors saw, that hint of humanity in a coldblooded killer, cstyles still scared them. You werent afraid to testify. Yes, i was. But you went ahead and did it. I went ahead and did it because i was praying and asking god to make us Strong Enough to be able to do whatever it is we needed to do, but i was really scared. Michelle testified she saw cstyles at crystals building the day before the shooting. It was up to other witnesses to place him there the day crystal was killed, and there was several who could. The man making his kids breakfast. A neighbor who saw a man who looked like cstyles around 1 00 that same morning watching the building. Another neighbor who actually knew cstyles and thought he saw him loitering in the area. Except all those witnesses were afraid to testify in open court against a known gang member. All except one, the schoolgirl who may not have known enough to be afraid. Ms. Hall who was a child, essentially, when she saw someone running away from the scene of crystal taylors murder. She was willing to continue testifying. Yes, she was. But her family was pretty worried. Her mother, in particular. Yes, her mother was really, really concerned about that. The d. A. Had his own concerns. The testimony of a schoolgirl and the sister of the victim didnt seem enough to convict. And thats about all the evidence they had. Police never found any dna, fingerprints, or forensic evidence that linked cstyles to the garage of crystal taylors apartment. And while they found a. 38 caliber bullet lodged in crystals brain, they never found the gun that fired it. Let alone link that gun to cstyles or anyone else. If cstyles went to trial and was acquitted, that would be the end of it. And so rather than take that chance, the d. A. Dropped the charges. The prosecutor said we dont want to try this case now because we dont have the evidence right now and the witnesses are skittish. We want to wait. And you think thats going to be a couple of months couple months. Maybe a year. Uhhuh. Instead, many months passed and nothing happened. The nation grew obsessed with the murder of a 27yearold pregnant woman, but it wasnt crystal taylor. Laci petersons case is showing on the news every night and crysties a same, beautiful young lady, pregnant and theres no coverage. Youre offended that everybody is going on with life like the world kept going. Just one persons gone and people go to work the next morning, the birds are chirping, and it all offends you. Its just weird. Youre thinking whens our turn . Yeah. Then im like, when is our turn . Momo died six months after her daughter, crystal. Her family says the cause was as much heartbreak as heart disease. And all of that took a huge toll on the taylors. Everyone was hurting so no one really wanted to be around what would bring up that sadness again. And that was us, being together. So we separated for a while. And so what had been a big, happy, close, family kind of splintered. Yeah. Cstyles was convicted of the gang murder he had admitted to. His sentence, life in prison. And crystal taylors murder remained officially unsolved. The sisters were sure cstyles had pulled the trigger, but they were sure of something else, too. Cstyles had no reason to kill their sister. Someone put him up to it. And they thought they knew who that someone was. Coming up he did this to crystie, he did this to all of us. And he got away with it. And he got away with it. The chilling clue crystal had given her family. Youre all kind of beating yourself up for not listening to crysties warning. Exactly. Right. 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They could not move forward. They could not go back. They kept going over the last day of crystals life. Rewind that trip when they visited their ill mother in texas. They arrived back to los angeles, saturday and sunday, yet crystal woke up early the next day. She insisted going to church. She got up and prayed and cried. She was going through shotgomet but did not share it with us. She saw crystal went a different way in the garage which may have saved her life for 24 hours. What they did not learn was much later that crystal was crying on the last day of her life. She didnt say anything. She didnt want to worry anyone and hoped that everything would work out what was the matter crystal taylor . There it was. A moment. It happened during their car trip back from texas. She was on her phone listening to something and put her phone down. She says if anything happens to me, it was derrick. Derrick myles, the father of her unborn child. Dont worry about him, dont worry about him helping with the baby. They thought that was all it was. Derrick did not want to help raise the child. Now they play that moment over and over. Wait, what did he say to you . Dont talk to him. We are so used to picking up on her and on going. She brought it up that she was worried or you didnt hear it or it did not sound bad enough. You are all beating yourselves up for not listening to crystals warning. It sieounds to me that you haveo be a mind reader to know she was really concerned. The years started to pass and they thought a lot about derrick. They believe he was the only one who had something to gain from her death. As they have done stops, michelle and monica now try to find derrick. I didnt know derricks name. And we were spelling his name the wrong way. If they managed to tail derrick, they would not find the killer. He got his bachelors degree and started his own company. He was doing great. He was always happy and on good spirit and driven. He still have that silver mustang convertible with the custom plate. Tia spotted the car. I felt this was so unfair that it is a nice, sunny day and hes going on with life. It is just like trip me out like this guy did this to my family. He did it to christie and momo and michelle. And he got away with it. Even detective Robbie William saw derrick one day at the airport. My wife and i on our way to a vacation and i looked up and i see derrick walked right past us. William never forgotten crystal taylor. He taken the case file with it. He would always share the family suspicion that derrick was somehow behind crystals murder. I whispered to my wife, thats the guy that killed crystal here he is going on vacation just like you are having a great time. Or so it seemed. Help was about to come from the last place anyone expected. On the day crystal was murdered, when detective williams saw derrick at Anderson Park. Derrick was not alone. 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The speed of justice is not nearly as fast. Crystal taylor was killed september 25th, 2001. Ten years later her unsolved murder was still an open case. Detectives believe skyler moore, cstyle was the person who shot her but they did not have enough evidence to try him and they thought the father of her unborn child may have been involved as well. Now detective Richard Lopez and smith were at a Northern California prison sitting right across cstyle. Cstyles was staying even less than he did in 2001. Detective lopez gave it a try. He questioned a lot of gang members and he knew cstyles had enemies in prison. You are tired looking over your back because thats why you are in a hole. Well, we are looking for some help on some cases. If you tell us something that you remember truthfully remember, we can corroborate it and we can get you out of california. To where though . Arizona, illinois, tennessee. Detective lopez assured cstyles this was not your typical police investigation. So anything you say cant be used against you. We are not trying to put a case on you, we are trying to get the truth. Detective lopez shows cstyles some photos of derrick and crystal. You know whats up, okay . It is a good act though. You know and no one is telling the police but everybody does, dude. When you are told, stitches get stitches and you dont tell the police. When they break that barrier, they have the tendency to talk and all the things that bothered them when theyre in the light begins to come out. Thats what happened here. Yep. Cstyles started to talk. Turns out that was him in the park with derrick. He met derrick playing basketball. The same park where derrick met crystal. That was the connection investigators have looked for, between cstyles and derrick. Back in the summer of 2001, derrick began complaining about a problem named crystal taylor. He described derrick being desperate because of this pregnant girl. He said derrick called her gold digger and by getting rid of her that takes care of the problem of Child Support. He said derrick and cstyles worked out a deal. Cstyles would pull the trigger and derrick would owe him a favor. Thats how this works . I thought when you wanted somebody kill you pay money for that. Everybody glamourizes and thinks it that way. He want to do this and derrick would be indebted to him. Cstyles said derrick told him where crystal lived. He got to the location and waiting for the victim to come down the stairs, in fact, i believe he ran into her sister the day before. He waits for her and she comes down and he shoots her and he runs outs of the garage area. Did he call derrick or meet with him . For he believes derrick tried to avoid him. They finally meet in the park. When we interviewed skyler he says at this point hes becoming suspicious of derrick that derrick may tell him so hes going to kill him. You are looking at a guy hard gangbanger living that one life. Whats it for him confessing to another murder . He felt bad about this. He wanted to make it right. Killed a pregnant woman bothered him but not other people. Didnt seem to. Police thought they finally had the story about who killed cryst crystal taylor. It was a story they could tell in court, not yet anyway. Coming up, that dynamic duo of sister detectives was not done yet. We were you know back on the job. Shifting your focus to derrick. My brother is not a perfect man but my brother is an insane man. When one moment continues. Man. When one moment continues. Introducing the allnew 2021 gla suv. Starting at just 36,230. Its the biggest thing that ever happened to small. Lease the gla 250 suv for just 399 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. You try to stay ahead of the but scrubbing still takes time. 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Sisters michelle and monica could not resist going back to prowling the streets looking for clues. You shifted your focus to derrick. We never thought he should get away with it. I go back and i found businesses they had. They figured out where derrick lived. Do you regularly drive by his house . Back on the job, making sure since the case reopens that they have enough evidence this time. Detective pulled out the old file and read everything, police report, forensic reports and interviews. What he read lined up with what cstyles told him. Description of the place and meeting of the victim easter. With all that information, lopez decided to take a chance, arrest derrick and apply some pressure and see if hell crack. So nine years and ten months after taylors murder, derrick smyles sat in the interview room. He would answer questions but before he answers it, hell give a reason why his answer was this. Derrick denied everything. Lopez thought he was lying but what he was not doing was cracking. You are not a likable person. I dont know if anybody is going to believe you and he didnt seem to mind. It is possible that derrick was not worried because he was not guilty. During those ten years from 2001 to 2011, whats derrick doing and how is he . No, he seems like a man whos flo flourishing. Derricks danielle was shocked. We played and we were into sports and we have parents that were apart of all of our sport leagues and taken us to summer camps. What sports . We played everything. Derrick loves football and basketball and softball. You name it, we did it. Derrick was just 16 when tracy got pregnant. It was news their parents was not happy to here. We are in shocked, especially my dad. Was derrick excited about the baby . He was. I dont think he was excited first but i think he was honestly secondahones honestly scared. What 16 years old would not be scared . Towards the end of the pregnancy, he was excited. We were getting prepared. Derricks daughter was born and instantly derrick had to be an adult. He dropped out of high school so he can get a fulltime job. He was still doing what he could to support that baby. That changes your life. That does. And that forced a lot of your options. Absolutely. Derrick was a hardworking guy. In 2002, the year after crystal died, derrick had another daughter with the same woman. The most part he was a fulltime dad. Danielle says he was in his childrens life danielle insists this father of two would not commission a murder over an unplanned pregnancy if in fact he was the father of crystals child. Did derrick tell you he was dating crystal taylor . I never heard a crystal taylor before he was actually arrested in 2011. Did he mention he got a girl pregnant and concerned about that . No, he didnt tell me that. And there is adam. There is no way her brother hung out with a gangbanger. Cstyles, ever met him . No. Never heard derrick talked about him. My parents were not into Gang Violence or any of that nonsense. Derrick would not affiliate himself with gang members. Danielle says her brother had nothing to do with crystal murder and cstyles was a liar. He was known as a jailhouse snitch and he harassed and beaten up by people where hes currently housed at. The deal for him is that he gets relocated out of state to a place where nobody knows him. He says the cops took the path. They had it for derrick from the start. My brother is not a perfect man but him being pulled in and harassed by the police and children being taken from him, thats not my brothers fault. My brother is an innocent man. And maybe she was right. The da says there was not enough evidence to prosecute it. We let him go. It was tough letting him go. Derrick was once a freeman. I bet you he thought he would never see us again. If that was true, he was wrong. Coming up, someone steps forward with a stunning new lead. She was assaulted and her neck was cut. 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Schitts creek made the academy award. Now back to dateline extra. Derek smyer was out of jail. He insisted he was an innocent man, a father of two who had no reason to committed a murder just because he got one pregnant. Detectives are still investigating. What they heard were more convinced than ever. They spoke with tracy, the mother of dereks children. Early on the case, she avoided the cops. Now she was eager to tell him what happened in 1998 when she was pregnant with dereks first child. She got lured to the back and she was assaulted and her neck was cut. By some other person. Rushed to the hospital and she told us that she was leery because derek never asked to take her to the hospital. He asked her to come to the rear of the alley where it is darker and does not have much exit. There is the scar from the attack. According to tracey, it was just the beginning. That was not the last time she was assaulted while she was pregnant. Tracy told police in 2002, when she was pregnant with their second child, she was attacked again. The assailant tried to kick her in the stop i cmach. That person was never caught. She believed derek was behind both attacks. She said in both cases, he wanted her to have an abortion. After you are pregnant by one guy and you get lured to the back of your Apartment Building and somebody tries to kill you, why do you helicoptcontinue you relationship . You have to understand with derek smyer. Hes a manipulator of women. Cops saw a pattern. We discovered that derek had been in prison for federal offense. He was scamming money from a bank. It happened in 2004, here is derek in this fuzzy Bank Security photo stealing money from other peoples bank accounts. He had a girlfriend who worked at a credit union and he got account numbers from her and used them to move money into accounts he can withdraw. The investigators did not find it. You heard about derek. I was not surprised at who he used as an accomplice. His girlfriend. Yes. Why were you not surprise . Derek possesses that type of what can you do for me mentality. Manipulator and selfcenter and arrogant. Maybe thats why derek never shy away from talking to cops or why he never asked for a lawyer or maybe he was not guilty. Definitely he thought he was smarter than we were anyway. What did we have . When derek was briefly arrested, derek asked him who he was with at Anderson Park on the day crystal was murdered. Detective thought it was cstyles but there is no way to prove it. Under questioning, derek gave them one. He said i saw a woman in the backseat. The backseat of detective Williams Police car. Derek said he saw her quite clearly. The look on her face was she was totally distraught. Which gave detective lopez an idea. If hes that close to see shes distraught then she should have a good look of who hes talking to. No one showed a picture of cstyles to her. Now they did. That was who derek was talking to in the park. That was the missing link. A witness who could correct cstyles to derek smyer. One last piece, the da wanted cstyles interview again. This time they make sure what he said could be used in court. You have the right to remain silence, do you understand . Cstyles told the same story with the same details, how he met derek and how derek wanted help with crystal taylor. You talk about when you are going to kill her . I told him asap. Police arrested derek smyer for the murder of crystal taylor. A jury though would have other ideas. H would have other ideas. Coming up, a bomb shell from the defense. Did someone else killed crystal . Witnesses testified to hear the argument. She was confronting the killer. Was this murder a hit at all . This is breaking me. When when moment continues. They will, but with accident forgiveness allstate wont raise your rates just because of an accident, even if its your fault. Cut sonny. Was that good . 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Just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors in the air and on soft surfaces. For 45 days. It took police ten years to arrest derek smyer for the murder of crystal taylor. It took another five years to bring him into trial. Detective Robbie Williams knew the case was not airtight. Juries like dna. In this case Money Transfer and the lack of cell phone records and attaching the two defendants together. The only thing connecting derek to the murder was the confession of the trigger man, skyler moore, aka, cstyles. There is no guarantee the jury will take the word of a gangbanger. So with nervous and anticipation, the Taylor Family filing in the courthouse. Facts and your common sense will lead you to one conclusion. Crystal taylor died at the hands of Scott Moore Derek smyer. He does not want the kids and does not want to pay Child Support. He found the right man for the job of stopping crystal, his basketball buddy, cstyles. Hes a gang member, hes a killer. Mr. Smyer knew who to go to when he wanted crystal taylor taken care of. Prosecutors show the jour ury t confession test. How did you do it . Shot her. When you left the area, did you they call cstyles to testify. Instead of tieing a bow on a case, he wound a grenade and blew it to pieces. Cstyles told the jury everything he said on that date was a lie. People have false confessions all the time. It happens all the time. He says cstyles made up a story the cops wanted to hear. He was hoping to get better treatment in prison. He came in and admitted they meet these offers and thats why he did it. Do you think police rush these judgments here . Absolutely. They went with my client and excluded others. Without cstyles confession, there was no evidence linking derek to the murder. They are alleging multiple conversations, planning without any proof or where or when or how . There is no emails between moore and smyer. There is no Text Messages and no phone calls. The defense portrays derek as a man who loves his children and not one two tried to have them murdered. It is important when you look at this case that you evaluate his expression on this face. Not only smyer innocent of taylors murder but maybe cstyles, too. Maybe they said this was not a hit after all. Several of the witnesses testified in hearing arguments and all of a sudden, the argument ended, there was a pause and a gunshot, it is inconsistent with a hired hit. If it is not hit then what happened . Defense had a theory, it involves this photo found near her body. It is obvious that miss taylor was holding that picture when she got shot. Smyer was not allowed i think she was confronting her killer, the only thing you are going to see is a photograph of your son until you pay Child Support. And you think that was when she was shot. Absolutely. Derek told the jury his client was an innocent man. This tragedy will become him if you cant fix a person thats not involved. I am asking for a not guilty verdict on all count. Crystals family was worried. The wait for a verdict wassing a gowa was agonizing. I am nervous. I dont want to do this again. I cant do this again. It is not easy. Then it was a week then one week turned into two. I am like i am just praying. I keep praying no matter what i see or hear, i keep praying. Everyday the waiting was harder. That was true for dereks family, too. I started getting nervous. I was there everyday anxiously waiting so that we can hear that verdict. I see the jurors coming out of there red in the face, almost like theyre arguing back there. Like they had been yelling. The jury was in the deliberating room longer than the trial. It was the longest deliberations i ever had in any case. The longer it goes, the more you think maybe we are going to get a hunch on it. Yes. You always hoped that people will see the light and lack of evidence in this case. It is hard to get to that point. After 21 days. The jury reassembled in the courtroom. The jury has not been able to reach a verdict. A mistrial. This is breaking me. I cant do it. I will pull it back together but today i dont want to do it again. Coming up, trial number two, this time new evidence and a new witness. What would she reveal when one moment continues. When one moment continues. Or this. Or even this. Weve seen and covered it. So, get a quote today. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum omnipod delivers insulin through a discreet waterproof pod. To help simplify life. No more daily injections. Its gamechanging. And the wireless controller helps deliver the right amount of insulin. Plus take your insulin anywhere with a small tubeless pod. Covered by most insurance plans. Get started with a benefits check today. Go to omnipod. Com for risk information and instructions for use. Consult your Healthcare Provider before starting on omnipod. Simplify diabetes. Simplify life. Omnipod. Simplify life. They fell head over heels inng love ultra flings. With its irresistible scent. Looks like their dog michelangelo did too. Unfortunately for him, its more of a forbidden love. Gain ultra flings with two times oxi boost and febreze. The irresistible scent everyone loves. It was like their own nightmare. Nearly nine months after the mistrial, crystal familys entered the courthouse wondering if this time justice will finally be served. Wido you feel any better bei in the second trial than the first . I did, we knew what they were going to say. We hoped that you know whatever mistakes was made on the first trial, theyll learn and prepare and do better. Two big differences this time around. First skyler moore, cstyles, was on trial along with derek. Dereks jury would not see cstyl cstyles confession tape. Here was a man they told the jury who do almost anything to avoid paying Child Support. Crystal and her fivemonthold unborn son was killed with one gunshot. That fit a pattern. They called dereks old girlfriend, tracy williamson, who repeated her story with the first time she was pregnant with dereks child. She was attacked by a man she did not know. He put a knife on my throat. Did he cut you with a knife . Yes. The Second Attack . Somebody socked me on the face and somebody stomped me on my stomach and my face then dereks own daughter took the stand against him. She told this that derek hated being a father. He was very rude. He didnt spend much time with me. When he did, it seems like it was kind of for show. He would be a certain way and when those people left, he would go back to his rudeness and kind of monstrous ways. Prosecutors called her sister, michelle, when she testified in the first trial. I was afraid of wait, it was going to get to me mentally the second time. I was afraid for myself. Nev michelle took the stand and testified to seeing the alleged gunman cstyles in their apartment complex the day before her sisters murder. What did you say . I told him what was he doing there. What did you hear. It was like a gunshot, a big noise. What occurred . Prosecutors then had to connect cstyles. Detective williams told the jury that cstyles was with derek at the park on the day that crystal taylor was ambushed and murdered. It was not until you saw him in person that you were able to remember that he resembles the person at the park . Totally. Yes. As before, crystals friend and coworker, janet, left no doubt with her testimony. As you sit here today, did you see both of those individuals in the park . Yes. Janna told the jurors while cryst cryst crystal was excited to have a son, she was afraid so janna told for her via email. After you send the email, did you get a phone call . It was derek smyer and he was not happy. He just didnt want kids. He didnt want her to have a baby. Did he say anything to you about trying to do something with crystal. If i can get her to get rid of the baby. Hell do whatever he can but he does not want to have the baby. Janna recalled the day before crystal was murdered, derek called again. Could you hear anything with respect to the conversation she was having . No. The only thing i heard was before she hung up the phone, she was like whatever because she was crying and got up from her desk. Did you see where she went . Bathroom. When follow her in the restroom, what was she doing . Crying. First, a photo of derek at in high school team, he did play basketball. Police believed derek met skyler moore on the Basketball Court. The second new piece of evidence was key footage, he was at the 7eleven. He lied about where he was back in 2001. Did he tell you that he went to the 7eleven . No. Dereks defense went offense portraying the mother of his two children was a liar. Have you lied to your family members like your aunt, sister danielle about things about mr. Smyer . Because i dont want you to talk about him. Have you ever lied . All the time. Tracey williamson was admitted liar and untruthful so you could not believe her. Janna saw cstyles and derek together. Dereks sister said the idea that derek met a gangbanger was absurd. Did he play basketball in high school . Yes, he did. I played basketball into sophomore year. Derek does not play basketball anymore. In this court, everything was on the line. Thats when derek smyer would never shy away from explaining himself took the stand. Did you have anything to do with the death of crystal taylor . No. The beautiful dad to be. Does the jury agree . It is like time froze. When one moment continues. S never letting anything get in my way. Not the doubts, distractions, or voice in my head. And certainly not arthritis. New voltaren provides powerful arthritis pain relief to help me keep moving. And it can help you too. Feel the joy of movement with voltaren. Feel the joy of movement thereyoure not good enough hard to control but i am enough music and i know what im made of put your skin in the game with a razor that puts your skin first venus my skin. My way. A livcustomizeper iquickbooks for me. Okay, youre all set up. Thanks that was my business gi, this ones casual. Get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. It is a calculated risk for the defendant to testify at a trial. Derek smyer was willing to take it. Prosecutors painted him as a childhating, coldblooded killer. You recall the birth of your daughter, sid . Yes, i did. What was the date . April 26th, 1998. And you were there for the birth, correct . Of course. Derek told the jury he was a loving and devoted father to his two girls. How do you describe your relationship . While theyre growing up, strong in my opinion. He was adamant he had nothing to do on the attack of tracy. Did you have her attacked and you wanted her kids killed . I was working and invested in the wellbeing of my daughter. Derek told the jury he was a good dad with tracys children. Were you angry that miss taylor was going to keep this child . No, sir. Was this going to ruin your life . No, sir. Were you worried of Child Support . No, sir. Why not . Because i was ready. I asked how she was feeling. Why . I know before she was having morning sickness. Derek made sure he let the jurors know that he mark the time to her death. How long did you work . Until about two weeks after we lost crystal. Crystals family it bothered me so much to hear him say that. He never called or cared. As for the prosecution theory that he hatched the plot on the Basketball Court with skyler moore with cstyles to kill crystal taylor, impossible for two reasons. Did you ever played basketball . No, sir. Prior to this case, have you seen skyler moore in your life . No, sir. Derek had an explanation why she showed up at the 7eleven . He said he stopped for cash. My mother asked me to run an errand for her. Derek forcefully denied any involvement in crystals murder. Did you have anything to do with the death of crystal taylor . No, i did not. Did you have her shot in the head so she could not give birth to your baby . No, i did not. Derek was not done. Crossexamination. Why did you ask her to get a paternity test in. Because i was being responsible, maam. Was responsible putting on a condom . Did you tell her to get an abortion . No, not directly. In directly you told her to get an abortion. Yes, maam. For his talk of losing crystal. The prosecution pointed out he never once tried to consul her family. Did you send flowers to the family when she died . No, maam. Did you send the family a card, a sympathy card when she was murdered . All of it was an attempt to show the jury that derek was as con. A criminal, amused by his failed attempt of bank fraud. I diplomat get my cut. You think thats funny. I was hesitant to say that but i want to tell the truth. That smile on your face, would you agree saying it all . As for dereks story the night before the murder to deliver a crock pot. They thought it was a crock of something else. You didnt tell detective smith about a trip to your aunt, did you . Maybe he was confident or smug or a little too familiar with the rules of criminal law. Mr. Smyer, you didnt want another child. If crystal taylor had that baby, you would have had to support two kids in 2001. I am sorry, i believe thats compound. I dont know which one ises the lawyer. He tried to rule the jury with. He was impressive. That drivers ys you nuts. Once again, dereks fate was in the hands of the jury. Deliberations took barely more than a day. How did derek looks . He looks cocky and arrogant. We the jury, find the defendant guilty of the crime of murder. I got to run out of there because i cant hold an emotion. I wanted to scream by then. Oh. I was so happy. I was so happy. More happy than i have ever been in my life. Across the isle, a different emotion. They read that guilty verdict . It is like time froze. I was in shock. How does this happen . Outside it has courtroom, a gesture from the Opposing Side caught danielle off guard. Michelle came up to me in that hallway, i didnt shed any tears because i was trying to contain my emotions. She hugged me and she said zeshs sorry. And i bursted in tears. I bursted in tears because that to me is a true example of humanity regardless of what we have gone through. Our families have both gone through a lot and we have lost a lot continuing the grieve but i appreciate the humanity that she showed. Derek smyer was sentenced to life without parole. Cstyles was convicted in crystals murder and received two life sentences without parole to be served consecutively. Crystals son reconnected with his dad but still hurts from the loss of his mom. I am always going to miss her. I dont think she wants me to live a life, let it hold you back of everything that has happened. She didnt want you miserable. Easier said than done. Crystals family once splintered and now feeling theyre coming together again. It is not the same they say as when crystal was with her but it slowly is getting better. They have a plea for other potential crystal taylor there. This wont change or save her but somebody knows in a relationship like this tells somebody. It can happen to anybody. If you are with somebody that makes you feel threaten, tell someone loudly and now. If you hear someone else, speak up. Dont let a cry for help go by. Y im craig melvin. And im natalie morales. And this is dateline. I called my mom and she didnt answer. I pretty much knew in my heart that something was wrong. H a mother vanished. I cried myself to sleep. It was awful realizing your Worst Nightmare had come true. A family anguished. Shes gone. Do you have any idea how hard that was . 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