Since Netflix released new true crime documentary film, Why Did You Kill Me, people have clearly been hooked on the story, as it hasn’t left the top 10 list. The film covers the murder case of Crystal Theobald, but Why Did You Kill Me actually missed out quite a few key facts about the story.
In 2006, 24-year-old Crystal was killed by gang members who shot at the car she was in. A local gang, the 5150, had heard that a rival gang had shot at their gang members earlier in the day and were out seeking revenge. They mistook the car Crystal was in with her boyfriend and brother as being driven by the rival gang and got out of their car and shot at hers. Crystal was shot in the head and died in hospital two days later.
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Why Did You Kill Me?, a true-crime documentary in which a family uses social media to seek answers in a woman’s death. Here’s what you need to know.
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Why Did You Kill Me?
The “me” is Crystal Theobald, a 24-year-old woman shot and killed in Riverside, California in 2006 by a gang member who mistook her family’s car for one belonging to a rival gang. As Crystal’s family tells it, they were on their way to 7-Eleven, taking two separate cars, when a man got out of a white Ford Expedition and shot at them. Crystal was hit in the back of the head as they drove away.
In 2006, Crystal Theobald was killed by gang member Julio Heredia. It wasn’t until 10 years later that all the suspects involved would finally be brought to justice for their parts in the crime. New Netflix documentary, Why Did You Kill Me, looks at the case, and how Crystal’s mother, Belinda Lane, used MySpace to track down those responsible.
The Netflix documentary film looks at the case from the very beginning, when 24-year-old Crystal was killed by gang members who mistook the car she was in for one being driven by a rival gang. It’s described that the 5150 gang, which Heredia was a member of, had many in the neighbourhood scared and were known locally as being capable of murder.
Viewers of Netflix s Why Did You Kill Me? are divided over mother who used a fake social media account run by her niece to find her daughter s gang murderers - with critics saying it was dangerous to get the teen involved Why Did You Kill Me? tells how Crystal Theobald s family used social media to find her murderers
In 2006, Crystal was gunned down in Riverside, California, while driving with her mother Belinda Lane, brother Justin, and boyfriend
Mother of two was shot in the head and killed during the drive-by shooting
Belinda enlisted niece Jaimie, 14, to make a fake profile for Crystal on MySpace