A former member of a university swim team has been charged with the death of a security guard at a condominium resort on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Court records identify the young man as 20-year-old Legend Storer. The victim, Michael Dyer, 63, died after being assaulted during the early morning shift.
Ex-swimmer accused of killing security guard after breaking into resort naked in Hawaii
A former member of a university swim team has been charged with the death of a security guard at a condominium resort on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Court records identify the young man as 20-year-old Legend Storer. The victim, Michael...
According to the Maui Police Department, security camera footage showed a naked man approaching Dyer's office at around 1:45 a.m. The suspect allegedly attacked the security guard and left the scene on foot.
- Before police even found Dyer, an incident involving an unclothed man was reported nearby.
- At 3:02 a.m., dispatch received a call reporting that a naked man was walking through a neighborhood in Kahana.
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The crime occurred on August 5, in Lahaina. According to the Maui Police Department, security camera footage showed a naked man approaching Dyer's office at around 1:45 a.m. The suspect allegedly attacked the security guard and left the scene on foot.
Before police even found Dyer, an incident involving an unclothed man was reported nearby. At 3:02 a.m., dispatch received a call reporting that a naked man was walking through a neighborhood in Kahana. Police officers located him about half an hour later, with several bruises on his body.
The young man was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center for medical evaluation. The investigation later concluded that he was the same man recorded on the resort's cameras hours earlier, police said. After leaving the hospital, he was taken to the Wailuku police station.
Dyer was only found at 5:31 am, when police were called to the condominium-resort following a report that there was a man unconscious there. Medical teams confirmed the security guard's death. The following day, police officially released the identity of the victim.
Storer was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree trespassing and indecent exposure. He remains jailed without bail, according to the update released by Maui authorities.
The young man pleaded not guilty to the charges. The criminal complaint was filed after his arrest, and the court rejected a defense request for him to be released on payment of symbolic bail.
Before the case, Storer had been on the men's swimming and diving team at Concordia University Irvine in California.
Michael Dyer worked the early morning shift and was married to Joy Dyer for 26 years. Family and friends organized a fundraising campaign to help the widow after the security guard's death.
The investigation into the case continues. So far, authorities have not disclosed a possible motivation for the attack.
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