Household of safety guard crushed to dying with water bottle speaks out

The household of a safety guard who was allegedly battered to dying with a water bottle by a school swimming champion has launched a heartbreaking assertion because the sufferer was pictured for the primary time.

Michael Dyer, 63, was allegedly killed by 20-year-old Legend Storer whereas on shift on the Sands of Kahana resort in Maui on August 5.

Storer is accused of hanging him with a five-gallon water bottle earlier than tearing off on a unadorned rampage across the neighborhood till cops caught him.

The suspect, who’s a two-time Maui Interscholastic champion, was indicted by a grand jury on the island on Monday. In line with court docket information filed by the County of Maui Prosecuting Legal professional’s Workplace, Storer faces expenses of second-degree homicide, first-degree housebreaking and indecent publicity.

Dyer’s household arrange a GoFundMe this week sharing particulars of the devastating loss and attempting to lift cash for his funeral prices and assist of his widow Pleasure Dyer.

The web page learn: “Fortunately, Mike’s killer is in police custody, however Pleasure’s emotional journey is simply starting as she begins to course of this devasting occasion. They have been married for 26 years.

“We are attempting to lift $20,000 to cowl funeral prices for Mike. We’re additionally attempting to assist Pleasure with remedy classes and primary residing bills like lease and groceries. Each greenback will go in the direction of Pleasure’s restoration as she begins her highway to therapeutic.

“It’s already a troublesome time for our household, and for these of you who know Pleasure, you perceive that it’s troublesome for her to ask for assist however we can not do that alone.”

Surveillance footage, which has not been launched, allegedly confirmed Storer attacking Dyer with a five-gallon water bottle shortly earlier than Dyer was discovered unresponsive and pronounced useless.

Over an hour later, police acquired studies of a unadorned man wandering by means of the neighborhood. Officers situated Storer half-hour later, affected by abrasions, and took him to hospital.

Investigators reviewing the safety video later confirmed the hospitalized man was the identical individual seen assaulting Dyer.

Courtroom paperwork obtained by The California Submit say that in the course of the alleged housebreaking Storer was armed with a “harmful instrument,” recognized in charging papers because the water bottle.

He then escaped the rental complicated with out being seen.

Charging paperwork additionally point out that because of the sufferer’s age, prosecutors are pursuing sentencing enhancements in opposition to Storer, together with prolonged jail time and a compulsory minimal sentence with out the potential for parole if convicted of homicide or associated felony counts.

He was additionally charged with one rely of indecent publicity for deliberately exposing himself underneath circumstances more likely to trigger an affront, court docket paperwork present.

Storer was first charged in Maui District Courtroom on Aug. 7, 2026, earlier than a grand jury formally indicted him in Circuit Courtroom three days in a while Aug. 10.

Storer attended Concordia College Irvine for one 12 months earlier than he transferred to the College of Hawaii. The embellished swimmer was a two-time Maui Interscholastic champion whereas attending Maui Prep, based on his athlete biography.

Concordia College Irvine confirmed Monday that Storer had attended the personal Orange County establishment and competed on its males’s swim workforce.

In line with the Orange County Register, he didn’t re-enroll after the college dissolved its males’s swimming program in Might 2025.

“After Concordia discontinued the Males’s Swim program in Might 2025, Legend didn’t return as a pupil,” Ann Ashmon, the varsity’s affiliate vp of strategic communications, advised the paper.

Storer’s legal professional declined to remark when contacted by the Register. His mom hung up when approached by a reporter, whereas his father didn’t reply.

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