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
in a real kind of strange tone of voice and i m just asking a general question. my instincts were really kicking off that whole moment. the husband had sort of a fi fishy story. mannerism. didn t appear to be acting normal per se. that s what deputy hammis asked for backup to figure out the mess. detective donnie walters got the call. the first thing i notice that bothered me is they were divorced for six months but yet, he s still wearing a wedding ring. why? that s not normal. not normal behavior. what was his demeanor like as you re talking to him? almost cocky. he put his self-out that he was a whole lot smarter than we were. and just like that, the search for crystal slingshoted from a simple well being check to a possible homicide which meant looping in d. a. cheryl
Self-out that he was a whole lot smarter than we were. and just like that, the search for crystal slingshoted from a simple well being check to a possible homicide which meant looping in d. a. cheryl lieck. early on in this investigation, hours into it when you went around the table with investigators, who did you think the suspect ex-husband. when i heard she was divorced but still living with an ex-husband and had a boyfriend, my first thought is the husband did it. those suspicions seemed less suspicious when they spoke to the boyfriend. he was corporative but had that era about him also. the husband has given suspicion and the new boyfriend even though they were both being very corporative, it was corporative to a point it was almost questionable. you wonder why they were being so helpful? yes, sir. so what was going on? it was