She would disguise herself as a law officer and fool Sherri into thinking she was under arrest so she’d allow Diana to handcuff her and put her in a rental vehicle. The photo gray lenses were the least of his crimesĪlthough news outlets often described Sherri as a homemaker, she also operated a day care business with her friend Debbie English.ĭespite Sherri’s virtue and devotion, by 1996, Michael wanted out of the marriage.Ĭruel blueprint. Sherri and Michael Dally married in 1982. It’s painful to read about the kind, generous things Sherri did in hopes of saving her marriage to this loser - like the time she washed and waxed Michael’s car while he was at Diana Haun’s house. In addition to having affairs, Michael patronized prostitutes and used cocaine. “The marriage was marked by her fidelity and Michael Dally’s infidelity,” the Los Angeles Times reported. He won over her family, too. The two married in 1982.īut by the 1990s, the bloom was off the rose for Michael. He had thick black hair and a smooth, tan complexion. School friends remembered Michael - whose nickname was Hawaiian Mike although he didn’t come from Hawaii - as charming. Sherri’s mother, Karlyne Guess, who appeared on both Forensic Files and a Fatal Vows episode about the case, described Sherri as a typical California girl active in 4-H, Brownies, and Pioneer Girls. He and his wife, born Sherri Renee Guess, 35, had met in high school. They carried on a conspicuous affair despite that Michael was married with two small sons, Devon, 8, and Max, 6. The two probably had a lot of stories to share and, somewhere amid dispensing quarter pounds of thick-sliced provolone and spreading cream cheese on everything bagels, they worked up a passion for each other.

Coincidentally, Diana and Michael both had mothers originally from Japan and fathers who were U.S. Michael, also 36, worked as a manager at the same store.

For whatever reason, she ended up as a deli clerk at Vons supermarket in Oxnard, California, near her hometown of Port Hueneme. I also checked into the murderers’ whereabouts today.īut first here’s a recap of the Forensic Files episode along with additional information drawn from internet research:ĭiana Haun, 36, was a former model who enjoyed using makeup, wigs, and costumes to change her appearance drastically.īackgrounds in common. (One account from the time of the trials said that anyone who wasn’t following the story must live under a rock, but I don’t think it got much coverage beyond the West Coast.) In addition to sharing the standard forbidden-fruit attraction, Diana Haun and Michael Dally had a common interest in macabre things, like wounding people with knives.īecause gory details aren’t my favorite part of murder narratives, for this post I’ll concentrate on the courtroom drama. “ Sign Here” tells the story of Sherri Dally’s murder at the hands of her husband and the woman he was having an affair with.įamous trial. This week’s recap takes a look at two awful people who killed one nice person. An Affair Starts in Vons and Ends in Homicide

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