nobody saw him? no. it was still dark. ponce also found this email sandra center lawyer just three weeks before her murder. darren started asking me about my boyfriend, as he calls him, ryan. he got really upset and started swearing at me. he started shaking me, telling me to tell him the truth and don t ever call him again. ponce worked the investigation for close to a year. and as he weighed and re-weighed the evidence. he always came back to darren. who lacked an alibi. who called in sick to work, who gave conflicting accounts about the morning of the murder. who left blank the diary entry for the 25th. who failed a polygraph. who was jealous of ryan. whenever called sandy to find out why she didn t pick up the boys. ponce delivered his report to chief perry, and prosecutor