promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and marched on the capitol on january 6th. now back to dateline. ck to dateline derrick smyer was out of jail. he insisted that he was an innocent man, a father of two who had no reason to commission a murder just because he got someone pregnant. but detectives were still investigating and what they heard made them more convinced than ever that derek had krystal killed. they spoke with tracey, the mother of derrick s children. early on in the case, she had avoided the cops. now, she was eager to tell them what she said happened in 1998 when she was pregnant with derrick s first child. she got lured to the back of her apartment on the promise of being taken to a doctor s appointment buys meyer. she was assaulted and her neck
derrick gave them one. he said, i saw a woman in the backseat. the backseat of detective williams police car. the woman derrick saw was jaren petito, his friend from work who had a company detective williams. derrick said he saw her quite clearly. the look on her face was, she was totally distraught. that is what he said. which which gave detective lopez an idea. he is at close to see that he is totally distraught, and she should have a pretty good look at who is talking. throughout the time, no one at thought to show janet alito a photo of sea styles. but now they did. and she said, that is who derrick is talking to in the park. that is the missing link. a witness that could connect see styles to derrick s meyer. then, one last piece. the da thought they wanted dc styles interviewed again. i am jeannette myers, the
as opposed to just say, no, i didn t do any murder. i don t know who is. this i don t know what you re talking about. exactly. that seemed rather strange. but so did this, there was no obvious reason for c-styles to kill crystal taylor. true that if you re was warning about being a victim of gang violence, you re probably safest in the morning? because these guys will stay very late and roll out of bed until late morning or noon? i m not going to say that s a fact, but it s more true than not. if somebody is up and working at seven or 7:30 in the morning, they their path just wouldn t cross. not normally. not a hard-core serious type of person like a c-styles. so, was he the man in the parking garage? on that question, c-styles wasn t terribly helpful. but then he did something surprising. after staring at crystal s photo and floating theories about her killer, c-styles simply confessed to a different
skyler s mind it was easier for him to do. he could do this and that there could be indebted to him. and there would be no money trail linking the two man. c-styles said derrick told him where krystal lived. he got to the location, he s there waiting for the victims to come down the stairs. in fact, i believe he runs in charge history. the day before? the day before. right. exactly. so he goes and lies and wait for her. and she comes out of the car. and he shooter. and then he runs out of the garage area. you re looking at the guy who by all accounts is a hard gang bang or, living that life. what is in it for him to confess to one murder when he s already in there doing life without parole? i can t speak to all of them. but i can speak to this one. he felt bad about this. and he wanted to make it right. killing of pregnant woman bothered him? killing the other people didn t bother him? did not seem. to know. police thought they finally had the story of who killed
crystal taylor. but it was a story that they could not tell in court. not yet anyway. coming up! that dynamic duo of sister detectives was not done yet. they shift their focus to? derek we always thought he should not get away with it. when dateline continues! teline continues an make it hard. now i m staying ahead of it. dupixent helps heal your skin from within. so you can have clearer skin and noticeably less itch. serious allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems such as eye pain or vision changes including blurred vision, joint aches and pain, or a parasitic infection. don t change or stop asthma medicines without talking to your doctor. ask your doctor about dupixent. tis the season to buy the maytag pet pro pair. ask your doctor so you and your sweater can forget all about those hairy situations. enjoy instant savings, when you purchase multiple appliances. shop daily steals this black friday, exclusively at lo