have wrote down and they re sandra never shut up to pick up the boys, that he had to take off from work. but he didn t. nor did he call her to find out why she was a no-show. ponce theorized sandra actra did go to darren s house to get to the boys, but there was an argument of some sort, and she left without them. darren, still angry, followed her home. parking his truck on a street behind sandra s cul-de-sac. this path basically leads to the cul-de-sac, and her houses just three houses down, right when you come to the end of the small area. very close, easy access. you think that darren came up, followed her, how the confrontation, killed her with a ligature, choke treated us, then what do you do? you know, i think after the incident happened over here, he went back from where he came, and took off, headed back home.
evidence against darren. who gave police to entirely different accounts of the morning of the murder. first, he said sandra came by to get the kids. then a minute later, said she didn t. now, remember, darren and center were going through a divorce in a heated child custody battle. darn thought it would be a good idea to take note of run-ins with sandra, like the time she was lighten picking up the boys. hoping it would one day help him in court. going through the calendar, but i found interesting is it s pretty detailed from qian yuri first, every day, all the way up until the 24th, very last entry. and on the 25th, you ve got nothing. why is that important? because sandra was murdered that very morning. the morning of the 25th. about the time when she would have been picking up her sons. you would expect daring to
from ten years in prison, to probation. what i foresee that sensing, they re going to ask for leniency. do you think you could actually avoid going to prison altogether? at this, point i wouldn t put anything past them. on may 30th, 2018, we were back outside the courthouse with larry mendonca. this time, he was the one surrounded by supporters. at 12 year investigation, now reduced to an hour in court, that felt as stressful and tens as any jury trial with darren be carted off to prison, or will the judge give him probation and sent him home? darren s lawyer michael greene reminded the judge, there had been an alternate suspect. this guy shinjo is a person of interest the whole time. he told the judge to remember, this was not a murder case. there is an agreement that my client will plead guilty to nothing. nothing. he s offered to plead no
college. she ended up in honolulu. for a small island girl, it felt big and lonely as new york city. she missed kauai, her family, and would come home as often as she could. that s when she got involved with darren. darren was here? darren was here. darren galas, a little older, made good money and it s highly construction job, sandra was crazy about him. soon after she moved home, they got married. sun austin came nine months later, and braden two years after that. by the age of 24, sandra was the matriarch of her own little clan. she loved the boys to death. i mean, they were the apple of her eye. life was good, until april, 2005, when sandra came to her parents very upset. she told us she was cleaning out her husband s backpack and
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, just kept saying they were friends, they were friends. she knew otherwise? she knew it was. by june, darren moved out. and sandra moved on. got a job at the beaches restaurant, an island landmark. it was a life changer. she s two, she was just a drier garland girl. two darling children. krista hall was a waitress at the beaches and saw firsthand sandra s transformation white island girl to young working woman. she wore her hair back in a ponytail, she was very prim and proper, and very subdued, anderson as she got away from darren. she like cut her hair and above, it s really cute, and stylish all of a sudden. sandra started going out with friends and as is pretty obvious in this concert video, she was enjoying her new life. before too long, sandra started