forward in the ukraine scandal on sunday. this time with firsthand knowledge of some of the allegations outlined in the original complaint. president trump denounced the new whistle-blower allegations on twitter. at least seven more people were killed in iraq amid ongoing anti-government protests bringing the death toll to 104. the demonstrators were gather forward the sixth consecutive day demanding jobs, better services and an end to corruption. now back to dateline. sometimes the things people have to deal with after a loved one is murdered only intensify the agony. there was the bloody mess left at the crime scene. crystal s pastor and a family friend stepped in to clean it so the family wouldn t have to. the sisters were asked to donate crystal s organs. that proved too difficult a question to answer quickly. and there was one more thing.
as they had done with c-styles, michelle and monica now tried to find derek. i didn t know derek s name. i thought his name was myers. and i was spelling derek the wrong way. and looking for him, like, i mean, just forever. reporter: if they had managed to tail derek they would have found a guy who didn t seem to fit the profile of a killer. he was doing well, says his sister danielle. he had gotten his bachelor s degree in business, he had went on to start his own company. he was doing great. he was always happy, he was always in good spirits, he was driven. reporter: he still had that silver mustang convertible with the custom plates my whip. although monica and michelle never spotted the car, tia did. i stopped at a light, and derek pulled up next to me in a car with the top down, listening to music. i just felt like this was so unfair that it s a nice, sunny day, and he s going on with life. it just, like, tripped me out. like, this guy really just did
she wasn t leaving her room. like, she was just focused on her. if she can get next to my mom, she s gonna be on her like glue. reporter: and that worked. your mom kind of rallied. oh, yeah. reporter: after two weeks, the family drove back to los angeles, arriving in the middle of the night on september 23rd. two days later, this family learned a difficult truth. no matter how much you love, and how much you care, sometimes you can t help your loved one when harm is headed their way. 911. yes. i d like to report a gunshot. there s a woman. she s shot. she s laying in the floor in the garage. reporter: soon after, a neighbor of crystie s called tia with some brutal news. they just said that she was shot. i remember saying, who would shoot crystie? coming up she screamed the most harrowing scream. a family in anguish. i broke down crying. i just cried myself to sleep that night. and the first clues to the
somebody told you you had to name the baby? she was already going to name him jeremiah, so we just stuck with it. reporter: jeremiah taylor wasn t supposed to be born for 20 more weeks. he never got a birth certificate. only a death certificate. then the coroner released his body along with his mother s, so their family could say goodbye. it was an open casket. i remember i wanted to reach out and touch her. i just kind of sat in the chair looking down at the floor, waiting for it to be over. reporter: in the days after crystie died, everyone in the family spoke with police hoping they could help in some way. any way. michelle had a story about the day before crystie died. as she left with the kids that morning, there was a man in the lobby of their building. and i came around the corner, and it was a guy. he was sitting on the stairs. and when i came around he startled me a little bit, so i stopped to ask him what was he
and he shoots her. and then he runs out of the garage area. you re looking at a guy who s by all accounts kind of a hardened gang banger, living that life. what s in it for him to confess to one more 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 a pregnant woman bothered him? yes. killing those other people did not? didn t seem to, no. reporter: police thought they finally had the story of who killed crystal taylor. but it was a story they couldn t tell in court. not yet, anyway. coming up that dynamic duo of sister detectives wasn t done yet. cagney and lacey shift their focus to derek. we never thought he should get away with it.