Investigators linked two seemingly separate early-morning incidents after reviewing surveillance video from a West Maui condominium resort.

WAILUKU, Hawaii — Police had already encountered a naked 20-year-old man wandering through a West Maui neighborhood when another call came in about an unresponsive security guard at a nearby condominium resort. Within hours, investigators said surveillance footage connected the two incidents and led to a murder arrest.

The sequence began in the early hours of Aug. 5 at the Sands of Kahana condominium complex on Lower Honoapiilani Road. Maui police said surveillance video showed an unclothed man approaching the office of security guard Michael Dyer at about 1:45 a.m. and assaulting him before fleeing on foot. Dyer, 63, of Lahaina, was working an overnight security shift. A co-worker later told Hawaii News Now that Dyer had been eating a cheeseburger during his lunch break when the attack occurred. Authorities have not announced a motive, and the allegations against the defendant have not been proven at trial.

More than an hour after the recorded assault, at about 3:02 a.m., police dispatchers received a report of a naked man wandering in Kahana, according to accounts based on the Maui Police Department’s investigation. Officers located the man about half an hour later. Police said he had multiple abrasions and was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center for evaluation. At that point, authorities had not yet publicly connected him to any fatal incident. The man was later identified in court records as Legend Storer, a 20-year-old Lahaina resident who had previously competed as a college swimmer in California.

The call involving Dyer came later. At about 5:31 a.m., police were sent to Sands of Kahana after a man was found unresponsive. Medical personnel told officers that the 63-year-old man had died from injuries sustained at the property. Police initially withheld his name so relatives could be notified, then identified him as Dyer. Investigators reviewed the resort’s security footage and said the man officers had encountered earlier in Kahana was the same person shown approaching and assaulting Dyer. Following his medical evaluation, the suspect was taken into custody, according to police accounts of the investigation.

Court filings added another allegation to the surveillance account. Prosecutors said Storer entered the building unlawfully and was armed with a 5-gallon water bottle, which authorities described in the burglary charge as a dangerous instrument. The charging documents accuse him of intentionally or knowingly causing Dyer’s death. Storer has pleaded not guilty, and the filing of charges and an indictment represent accusations rather than findings of guilt. Authorities have not publicly released the surveillance recording, and the available reports do not establish what, if anything, happened between Storer and Dyer before the recorded encounter.

Storer was initially charged with second-degree murder, first-degree burglary and indecent exposure. At an early court appearance, District Court Judge Christopher Dunn ordered him held without bail. Hawaii News Now reported that the judge said he could not identify conditions that would reasonably ensure Storer’s return to court or the safety of the community. The ruling concerned pretrial custody and did not decide the merits of the criminal case. Storer appeared in court as prosecutors began moving the case from its initial arrest stage toward felony proceedings.

A Maui grand jury then returned an indictment on the same three offenses, according to Hawaii News Now. The indictment shifted the case into Circuit Court and formalized the prosecution’s accusations. Storer again pleaded not guilty at a later appearance. The latest court report located for this article, published Aug. 14, said he remained held without bail and was expected back in court for a request involving a mental health evaluation. No later publicly reported ruling on that request was confirmed in the sources reviewed for this story, so his subsequent procedural status could not be independently established.

While the criminal case focuses on what happened inside the security office, people who knew Dyer have described a routine overnight shift interrupted by unexplained violence. Co-worker Bell Hill told Hawaii News Now that Dyer was eating lunch in his office when the attack occurred and called him a great person. A fundraiser organized to assist Dyer’s wife, Joy, said the couple had been married for 26 years. Those accounts provided a personal picture of Dyer beyond the police chronology: a Lahaina resident working through the night at a beachfront condominium property when he was killed.

The case drew wider attention after Storer’s athletic background became public. Concordia University Irvine listed a Legend Storer on its 2024-25 men’s swimming and diving roster. The university told news organizations that he did not return after the men’s swimming program was discontinued in May 2025. His university profile said he had graduated from Maui Preparatory Academy in 2024 and had been a two-time Maui Interscholastic League champion. Those biographical details explain the attention given to his previous competitive swimming career but do not shed light on the allegations against him.

The most important evidence described publicly remains the security footage that police say connects Storer to Dyer’s office. Investigators said the video showed an unclothed man approach Dyer, assault him and leave on foot. Police later compared that recording with the man officers had encountered in Kahana and concluded they were the same person. Court documents separately allege that a 5-gallon water container was involved. Publicly available reporting has not explained whether investigators recovered the container, what forensic testing was conducted or whether additional witnesses saw the encounter inside the office.

Several questions therefore remain unanswered even though prosecutors have filed serious felony charges. Authorities have not announced a motive or described any known prior relationship between Dyer and Storer. They also have not publicly explained why Storer was unclothed, why he was in the area of the resort or what investigators believe occurred during the gap between the reported 1:45 a.m. assault and the first call about a naked man shortly after 3 a.m. Those gaps are significant because the criminal case will ultimately depend on evidence presented under courtroom rules rather than on the unusual circumstances that first attracted public attention.

For Dyer’s family and co-workers, the case began with the loss of a man who was at work during an ordinary overnight shift. For investigators, it became a homicide case by connecting a surveillance recording, an earlier encounter in Kahana and a later death call at Sands of Kahana. Storer has denied the charges through his not-guilty plea. No motive had been publicly identified in the verified reports reviewed, and the case remained unresolved pending further court proceedings.

Author note: Last updated September 22, 2026.