The answer would have to wait. Hurricane harvey is moving this direction. Were stuck in the house. Immediately we went to social media. What kind of things did you put . Pictures of her. Her license plate. Someone knew who she was. Willing to trade one night of freedom. He said im ready to talk. Let me go home. Tomorrow morning i will tell you everything. In exchange for the terrible truth. He couldnt have her, nobody could. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Crystal mcdowell was a divorced mom itching to start a new life when she vanished. Then Hurricane Harvey decimated her texas town and brought the search for crystal to a halt. An elite investigator forged ahead, uncovering a series of clues. And as the floodwaters receded, he discovered the same deadly storm that slowed the investigation had also flushed out crystals killer. Here is Dennis Murphy with before the storm. The woman captured on Security Camera moving ghostlike from one room to the next is 37yearold crystal mcdowell, a Re
marriage, crystal split with her husband but the remodel of her new home ended uptaking longer than the divorce. and this is where crystal s life story gets complicated. while she waited to get the keys of a place of her own, crystal continued to live with her new ex-husband. like i said, complicated. tell me about the divorce, jade. who wanted out? which one? crystal for sure. so she gave him his walking papers? yes. how did he take it? not well. so even though they re divorced, they re spending nights together? right. after 24 hours of silence, the family calls the chambers county sheriff s department. any time we get a call like that we take it serious. deputy cody was at the mcdowell house to see if crystal s ex-husband steve heard from her. his immediate response was did something happen? is there something i should know of? then mcdowell through him a curve. he said crystal had a
story gets complicated. while she waited to get the keys to a place of her own, crystal continued to live with her now ex-husband. like i said, complicated. tell me about the divorce, jade. who wanted out? which one of them? crystal for sure. so she gave him his walking papers. yes. and how did he take it? not well. so even though they re divorced they re spending nights together. right. right. now, after 24 hours of silence, the family called the chambers county sheriff s department to report crystal missing. anytime we get a call like that, automatically take it serious. first stop for deputy cody hammes was the mcdowell house to see if crystal s ex-husband steve had heard from her. and his his immediate response was, you know, did something happen? is there something i should know of? then mcdowell threw hammes a curve. he said crystal had a new boyfriend. and there were nights when crystal just never came home. an awkward tale for any recent ex-husband t