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
he said he dumped her body the following morning. but before he revealed where, mcdowell said he wanted a deal. he wants the death penalty off the table. what s the calculus that your prosecutor has to go through here, your d.a.? we don t find crystal without his help. that s just flat not gonna happen? it s not gonna happen. . this isn t a forensics case, a dna case. this is a whodunnit. we know whodunnit, now take me to where she was at. district attorney lieck was on the same page, and with jeter as a go-between, she agreed to forego the death penalty. as long as she gets the body today, okay? we re not going to seek the death penalty if you take her to us today. shortly thereafter, he agreed, all right, i ll take you to crystal s location. they retraced mcdowell s route which eventually led to this short, narrow strip of blacktop known as needlepoint road. that s heavily wooded next to a ravine. ranger, would you ever have gone down that road? never.
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