my friend called me and she was hysterical. she said sandra has been killed. i was like, oh, my god. as soon as she was killed, we all knew who did it. as the months went on, we just realized that this guy is going to get off. how is this happening? just keep praying. that s all we can do. there aren t a lot of murders in paradise. people still talk about this one. just a darling girl with two darling children. it is a story keith morrison followed for nearly ten years. how? when? i got a call from her boss, said she hadn t showed up for work. they found her in the car. i saw in the back of her neck some ligature marks. just didn t deserve that. a small island, a small pool of suspects. ryan, her lover with a past i had no idea he was a drug dealer. and darren, the soon-to-be ex-husband. that morning he called in sick. was darren polygraphed? he didn t pass. and the lover? he didn t do that good either. without much else to go on, this ca
murders in paradise. people still talk about this one. just a darling girl with two darling children. it is a story keith morrison followed for nearly ten years. how? when? i got a call from her boss, said she hadn t showed up for work. they found her in the car. i saw in the back of her neck some ligature marks. just didn t deserve that. a small island, a small pool of suspects. ryan, her lover with a past i had no idea he was a drug dealer. and darren, the soon-to-be ex-husband. that morning he called in sick. was darren polygraphed? he didn t pass. and the lover? he didn t do that good either. without much else to go on, this case was growing colder by the day. nothing. just nothing happens. but a father doesn t forget. i have to have justice for my daughter. after all these years, are there still secrets to uncover? must have been quite a journey for you. it isn t over yet. this father finally got his answer, but is it the o
after sandra s murder when larry and toshie were hoping to raise sandra s boys. but now? he s been working on them for 12 years. he s been brainwashing them. they hate their mother. they hate their grandparents. as he left court darren was protected by a phalanx of friends and relatives which included the two grandsons. darren declined to speak with us, but his defense lawyer, michael green, did stop to talk. there s a big difference between pleading no contest and pleading guilty. it certainly suggests he did something to her. well, he assaulted her. that very day? he didn t kill her? and he doesn t admit that he assaulted her. no contest means he neither admits nor denies charges. but now for four months uncertainty. because the judge had the power to sentence darren to anything from ten years in prison to probation. what i foresee at sentencing, they re going to ask for leniency. do you think he could actually avoid going to prison altogether? at this point i w
darren galas was charged with the murder of his wife, sandra. he pleaded not guilty, was released on bail. 6 1/2 months later, on may 15th, 2013, sandra s dad larry and mom toshie held this memorial dedication service outside kauai s domestic violence center. chief perry was there, as was bryson ponce. but darren stayed away, as did sandra s two sons. as most of you know, today is sandy s birthday. this is why it s a very, very special day for us. mahalo. at this point larry and toshie thought they were in the home stretch, that darren s trial was just months away. but the prosecuting attorney who indicted darren lost her bid for re-election, defeated by this man, justin kollar, who flat out accused his
sandra was crazy about him. and soon after she moved home they got married. son austin came nine months later, and braden two years after that. so by the age of 24 sandra was the matriarch of her own little clan. she loved the boys to death. i mean, she they were the apple of her eye. life was good until april 2005, when sandra came to her parents, very upset. as she told us, she was cleaning out her husband s backpack when two papers fell out, two phone numbers. so she called the phone numbers and it turned out to be two different married women. sandra confronted darren. he would never admit it. he just kept saying they were friends, they were friends. and she knew otherwise? she knew what it was. by june, darren had moved out and sandra moved on, got a job at the beach house restaurant, an island landmark. it was a life changer.