the back seat of detective williams police car. the woman derek saw was jana poletto, crystal s friend from work, who d accompanied detective williams. derek said he saw her quite clearly. the look on her face was she was totally distraught, that s what he said. which gave detective lopez an idea. if he is that close to see that she is totally distraught, then she should have a pretty good look at who he was talking to. at the time no one had thought to show jana poletto a photo of c-styles, but now they did. and she said that s who derek was talking to in the park. that was the missing link, a witness who could connect c-styles to derek smyer. then one last piece. the d.a. wanted c-styles interviewed again. how are you? fine, and you? good, good. i m danette meyers, i m the d.a. this time they made sure what he said could be used in court. you have the right to remain silent, do you understand? yes. c-styles told the same story with the same details. h
manipulator. self-centered. and arrogant. reporter: maybe that s why derek never shied away from talking with the cops and why he never asked for a lawyer. or maybe he just wasn t guilty. definitely he thought he was smarter than we were, anyways. i mean, you know, what did we have? reporter: when derek was briefly arrested, detectives asked him who he was with at anderson park on the day crystal was murdered. remember, detective williams thought later it was probably c-styles, but cops had no way to prove it. and then under questioning, derek gave them one. he said he goes, i saw a woman in the backseat. reporter: the backseat of detective williams police car. the woman derek saw was jana poletto, crystal s friend from work, who d accompanied detective williams. derek said he saw her quite clearly. the look on her face was she was totally distraught, that s what he said.