all this is advertisement by taking claim for, yeah i shot these guys. i shot this guy. i killed him. but i wouldn t do her. i wouldn t kill her. detective williams was convinced c-styles was only copping to the other murder to distance himself from crystal s. and then, all the witnesses in crystal s murder pick him out of a lineup. two months after crystal taylor s death, skyler moore, also known as c-styles, was charged with murdering her and her unborn baby, jeremiah. justice seemed close at hand. it was not. coming up i was looking for this guy day and night. you see him? and he s in court right in front of? you face to face with a confessed killer. you were afraid to testify? oh yes i was. i was praying and asking got to make a strong enough.
because we told the tech to, i was like, he looks like he has some remorse. the detective didn t buy it for a minute. she was like no, he s a straight-up killer. he doesn t have any remorse. whatever the taylor saw, that hint of humanity in a cold blooded killer, c-styles still scare them. you weren t afraid to testify? oh yes i was. but you went ahead and did it? i went ahead and did it because i was praying and asking got to make a strong enough to be able to deal with whatever it is we need to do. but i was really scared. michelle testified she saw c-styles at crystal s building the day before the shooting. it is up to other witnesses to place him there the day she was killed. and there were several. the man making his kids breakfast. a neighbor who saw a man who looked like c-styles around 1:00 this morning. watching the building. another neighbor who actually knew c-styles and thought he saw him loitering in the area. except, all those witnesses
head. small build, wearing dark clothing. with light facial hair. that description we require resemble derek? derrick smyer had no criminal record. he had a white collar, off his job. and he came from a close knit, loving family. said his sister danielle. i really looked up to my brother growing up. as young, child he was my best friend. when we reached high school, he was more of a protector for me. i was really quiet in school. but everyone knew who derrick smyer was. he had your back? he had my back and there was no doubt if anything happened he would be there to take care of me. so she when she heard police were interviewing her brother about a murder, she questioned him herself. i asked derek, what is this? he said, i don t know. he what happened. so he didn t say so he didn t say he knew anything about crystal taylor s death? he did nothing about krystal taylor s death. it sounds to me like your
off track in high school, but he was just 16 when tracey got pregnant. it was news their parents were not happy to hear. they were in shock. especially my dad he is very traditional, believes that children should be born in wedlock, as derek and i were. derrick s daughter sydney was born in april of 1998, and instantly derrick s myra to be an adult. he dropped out of high school so that he can get a full-time job, and even though he was not making much, he was still doing what he could to support that baby. that changes your life? that changes your life. and it forestalls a lot of your options? absolutely. but, derek he was a hardworking job. in 2002, the year after krystal dog, derek had another daughter with a same woman. for the most part, he was not a full-time dad, but danielle said he was in his children s
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. anyway. michel 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 there was a guy, he was sitting on the stairs. when i came around he started me a little bit. so i asked him what he was doing there. then he told me he was waiting for someone. michel had a bad feeling about him. i kind of got this instinct that said, remember what he looks like. and then i frozen what he looked like and went on about my business. and she warned crystie about the man. i called her to tell her there was a strange guy on the stairs. just be careful when she came up. so, was the man michel saw on monday, the same man witnesses saw on tuesday? running from the scene after the murder. what i d like to do chavonna