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Former College Swimmer Indicted in Fatal Maui Water‑Bottle Beating

Prosecutors say surveillance links the 20‑year‑old to the attack and are seeking enhanced penalties under Hawaii law.

Overview

  • Prosecutors indicted Legend Storer, 20, on second‑degree murder, first‑degree burglary and indecent exposure for the death of 63‑year‑old security guard Michael Dyer.
  • Police say surveillance footage shows a naked man entering the Sands of Kahana security office and assaulting Dyer with a five‑gallon water bottle described in court papers as a "dangerous instrument."
  • Investigators found an unclothed, injured Storer in the Kahana neighborhood about 90 minutes after the alleged assault and later matched him to the person in the video.
  • Storer pleaded not guilty, a judge ordered him held without bail, and prosecutors are seeking sentencing enhancements because the victim was over 60.
  • The alleged attack occurred on Aug. 5 and the case is moving through preliminary hearings while investigators continue to probe and have not released a motive.