wait. hurricane harvey is moving in this direction and high water rescues. we re stuck in the house and immediately went to social media. what kind of things? pictures of her and her license plate. someone knew where she was, someone that liked to play games. he thought he was smarter than we were. willing to trade one night of freedom. he said i m ready to talk. let me go home and tomorrow morning i ll tell you everything. in exchange for the terrible truth. if he couldn t have her, nobody could. crystal was a young mom and brought the search for crystal to a halt, but an investigatior brought a series of clues and as flood waters receded, he discovered the same deadly storm that slowed the investigation had also flushed out crystal s killer. here is dennis murphy with before the storm. the woman captured on security camera moving ghost like from one room to the next is 37-year-old crystal mcdowell, a real else state agent from baytown, texas, it s
I knew she would never leave her kids in the middle of a hurricane. I always knew it was not going to be good. Crystal was gone and there were lots of reasons to worry. She had numerous lovers, men and women. She had a husband and boyfriend failing the polygraph. What the hell is going on. Hurricane harvey was moving in this direction. We were stuck in the house and we immediately went to social media. Someone knew where she was. Someone who liked to play games. He thought he was smarter than we were. Willing to trade one night of freedom. Let me go home and i will tell you everything. In exchange for the terrible truth. If 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 of brought the search for crystal to a halt. And the lead investigator forged ahead, covering a series of clues. As the floodwaters receded, he discovered the same deadl
License plate. Someone knew where she was, someone that liked to play games. He thought he was smarter than we were. Willing to trade one night of freedom. He said im ready to talk. Let me go home and tomorrow morning ill tell you everything. In exchange for the terrible truth. If he couldnt have her, nobody could. Crystal was a young mom and brought the search for crystal to a halt, but an investigatior brought a series of clues and as flood waters 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 ghost like from one room to the next is 37yearold Crystal Mcdowell, a real else state agent from baytown, texas, its thursday, august 25th, 2017. At 7 35 a. M. , crystal gets into her black Mercedes Coupe and backs out of the driveway. Looks like shes on her way to work, but crystal never makes it to the office that day. Texts, phone calls a
Hurricane harvey, too. in more ways than one. when confronted with all this evidence, mcdowell denies it was him. there is no doubt in my mind that s you. i want to show you that. mcdowell eventually admitted this footage at the gas station was him. but the walmart clips no way he said. by now investigators were convinced mcdowell was crystal s killer and for the boyfriend, an innocent man that had nothing to do with crystal s disappear ranls. d. a. leak by then had enough evidence to charge mcdowell with murder but she believed she needed one more piece of evidence to ensure a conviction. i wanted that body. why is that important? well, it s important for a lot of reasons. it s easier to try a murder trial when you ve got a dead body. it just is.
Being stolen, which in turn led detectives to focus on the surveillance cameras near the motel 6. had that not happened, they never would have found these videos of mcdowell. his plan fell apart with the rain. so he was a victim of hurricane harvey, too. in more ways than one. when confronted with all this evidence, mcdowell denies it was him. there is no doubt in my mind that s you. i want to show you that. mcdowell eventually admitted this footage at the gas station was him. but the walmart clips no way he said. by now investigators were convinced mcdowell was crystal s killer and for the boyfriend, an innocent man that had nothing to do with crystal s disappear ranls. d. a. leak by then had enough evidence to charge mcdowell with murder but she believed she needed one more piece of evidence to ensure a conviction. i wanted that body. why is that important? well, it s important for a