it was a gesture of faith and hope for them we will be here for you. the people involved in the trust will be here for you and there s some money there to help you get started in your life. lisa had gotten to know a man named dan daly online. daly is a widower and free lance writer that lived in texas and the king brothers case galvanized him into action. as he tells it, he sort of happened into a friendship with derek after lisa suggested he send the boys books in prison. then i got this thank you letter from derek. and i really couldn t believe it. yet here i was holding a letter from derek king. it was the beginning of our friendship. they wrote frequently. if there s any lingering doubt about what really happened, daly said he was impressed that derek readily admitted his guilt. several times, he made the drive out to florida to visit derek in prison, another stranger entering the lives of the king brothers.