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
Off on foot. within a short period of time we found what we believed to be the remains of crystal mcdowell. there wasn t much left of her. she was pretty much decomposed. steven mcdowell had not only confessed but given up the body. case closed, right? not in texas because a murder defendant can claim sudden passion that the victim somehow played a role in their own death by provoking the killer. and mcdowell wanted to make that argument before a jury hoping he could drastically reduce his sentence. i can tell a jury look, if you find this story of sudden passion, then the only thing, the maximum you can give him is 20. he can get out in as little as two. what worried district attorney leak was there were even some in law enforcement thought this was a sudden passion case. were you under
20. he can get out in as little as two. what worried district attorney leak was there were even some in law enforcement thought this was a sudden passion case. were you under courthouse pressure, law enforcement pressure from this take on the case this is a poor guy and he snapped and we re really in manslaughter country here and why are you guys going for the full ride? because i don t care how hen packed somebody might be or how much they say they are, which in my opinion, he was not, that was a ploy. still no excuse to kill anybody. a popular prosecutor who is also a single mom. leak built a reputation as a fierce advocate for women and children and on this case, she was going to be the voice of crystal mcdowell. she was begging him, please stop fighting with me. i ve been in an unhappy marriage for ten years. please stop using the kids as pawns. you ve used me long enough. please, please, please, i m tired. i m exhausted. i can t fight with