my friend called me and she was hysterical. she said sandra has been killed. i was like, oh, my god. as soon as she was killed, we all knew who did it. as the months went on, we just realized that this guy is going to get off. how is this happening? just keep praying. that s all we can do. there aren t a lot of murders in paradise. people still talk about this one. just a darling girl with two darling children. it is a story keith morrison followed for nearly ten years. how? when? i got a call from her boss, said she hadn t showed up for work. they found her in the car. i saw in the back of her neck some ligature marks. just didn t deserve that. a small island, a small pool of suspects. ryan, her lover with a past i had no idea he was a drug dealer. and darren, the soon-to-be ex-husband. that morning he called in sick. was darren polygraphed? he didn t pass. and the lover? he didn t do that good either. without much else to go on, this ca
murders in paradise. people still talk about this one. just a darling girl with two darling children. it is a story keith morrison followed for nearly ten years. how? when? i got a call from her boss, said she hadn t showed up for work. they found her in the car. i saw in the back of her neck some ligature marks. just didn t deserve that. a small island, a small pool of suspects. ryan, her lover with a past i had no idea he was a drug dealer. and darren, the soon-to-be ex-husband. that morning he called in sick. was darren polygraphed? he didn t pass. and the lover? he didn t do that good either. without much else to go on, this case was growing colder by the day. nothing. just nothing happens. but a father doesn t forget. i have to have justice for my daughter. after all these years, are there still secrets to uncover? must have been quite a journey for you. it isn t over yet. this father finally got his answer, but is it the o
after sandra s murder when larry and toshie were hoping to raise sandra s boys. but now? he s been working on them for 12 years. he s been brainwashing them. they hate their mother. they hate their grandparents. as he left court darren was protected by a phalanx of friends and relatives which included the two grandsons. darren declined to speak with us, but his defense lawyer, michael green, did stop to talk. there s a big difference between pleading no contest and pleading guilty. it certainly suggests he did something to her. well, he assaulted her. that very day? he didn t kill her? and he doesn t admit that he assaulted her. no contest means he neither admits nor denies charges. but now for four months uncertainty. because the judge had the power to sentence darren to anything from ten years in prison to probation. what i foresee at sentencing, they re going to ask for leniency. do you think he could actually avoid going to prison altogether? at this point i w
clothes and they found two how did he put it? two microscopic particles of a male origin. sometimes it s what you find and sometimes it s what you don t. coming up you know, going through the calendar what i found really interesting is that it s pretty detailed from january 1st all the way up until the 24th. but on the morning of sandra s murder you ve got nothing. when dateline continues. welcome back to dateline. i m natalie morales. three years after sandra galas s murder the investigation had stalled. enter chief darryl perry. like sandra s father, larry, chief perry knew the
whoever it was. the case grew colder with each passing year. larry still thought darren killed sandra, and it seemed wherever larry went on this small island, there he was. this is the house there with the boat and truck in there. it s not easy going by here and knowing that he s still running free. we ve we ve got to get this case solved. on this day, larry and sandra s mom toshie had to see darren at grandson austin s little league game. that s darren on the field coaching. and in the dugout with his girlfriend cherrine, a woman he d known since before sandra s murder. and it was at this point, 2009, three years after sandra s murder, when larry felt the time had come for him to go from investigator to avenger. he was seriously thinking about killing darren. if i ever figure out a way to get away with it, it will happen. fortunately, the arrival of a new kauai police chief put his hands on hold. darryl perry, a 30-year veteran of the honolulu pd, agreed to meet with larry a