Left inset: Michael Dyer (GoFundMe). Right inset: Legend Storer (Hawaii News Now). Background: The beachfront resort in Maui where Michael Dyer was allegedly killed by Legend Storer (Hawaii News Now).
A Hawaii security guard was beaten to death while he was working the graveyard shift at a beachfront resort and eating a cheeseburger on his lunch break, cops say.
Michael Dyer, 63, was killed by a former champion swimmer from California, Legend Storer, 20, at the Sands of Kahana complex in Maui, where Dyer worked, according to police.
A co-worker told Hawaii News Now that Dyer "was just in his office having a cheeseburger on his lunch break" when Storer, who was naked, allegedly attacked and killed him with a 5-gallon water bottle.
"It's horrible," said the co-worker, Bell Hill. "He was a great person."
Storer was found wandering in an area near the condo complex after allegedly murdering Dyer — still nude — and arrested. He is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree burglary and indecent exposure.
"Mike Dyer was tragically killed while on his graveyard shift as a security guard at Sands of Kahana," a GoFundMe for Dyer's wife says. "Thankfully, Mike's killer is in police custody, but Joy's emotional journey is just beginning as she starts to process this devastating event. They were married for 26 years."
While in college, Storer was a swimmer at Concordia University in California, according to The Orange County Register. He was reportedly a two-time Maui Interscholastic League champion while in high school.
"After Concordia discontinued the Men's Swim program in May 2025, Legend did not return as a student," Ann Ashmon, the school's associate vice president of strategic communications, told the Register on Monday.
Storer allegedly entered the office of the condo in Kahana where Dyer was working around 1:45 a.m. on Aug. 5 and killed him. The attack was caught on surveillance video.
When police later found Storer wandering around naked in the area, they took him to a local hospital for evaluation. He was transported around 3 a.m., a little over two hours before Dyer's body was found.
Police realized Storer was allegedly responsible for killing Dyer only after reviewing the surveillance footage. Local officials have not released a motive for the attack on Dyer.
Storer is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. He is being held without bail.