Found Deceased TX - Chrissy Powell, 39, San Antonio, Paralegal, didn’t arrive @work, BOLO, 5 July 2022

[LaborDayRN]

If my employee sounded like they were in danger or their health was significantly impaired, I'd call their emergency contact, if they had one, or the police. I wouldn't try to track them down myself. I wish some enterprising reporter had thought to ask why the employer came to her house in the midst of all the part time/full time info.

Unless......the person who called her to check on her is a personal friend of Chrissy's and maybe she is also a contact that told her about the opening at the law firm.

 

[crussell821]

IMO it's surprising that her coworkers even knew where she lived if she was so new to the job. Maybe she was friends with a coworker before she got the job?
Also, I don't think whether or not her medication is critical to her health is necessarily the point of including that detail. The public wasn't also told about her medical condition or if she regularly took medication to work. The worrying part is that the medication was part of her established routine, like taking her phone or Apple watch, and her not making it back in time for several doses now indicates something is not as it should be. IMO her leaving her medication helps the theory that she didn't plan on being gone for so long and didn't just uproot her life and run away (as do all of the other details I've read about her like her being a devoted mother, pet owner, and employee).

They would have her address in her employee file.

 

[Wendigo4]

Unless......the person who called her to check on her is a personal friend of Chrissy's and maybe she is also a contact that told her about the opening at the law firm.

Per the Article i think they were concerned about her because she said was on the way and was only a short drive so when she did not arrive or answer her phone they went to check on her.

Missing Texas mom Christina Powell: What we know about the San Antonio paralegal missing over a week

Christina "Chrissy" Powell disappeared without a trace on the morning of July 5 after she was last seen hurrying out of her San Antonio home running late for work.

www.foxnews.com

 

[Tealgrove]

She disappeared almost a year to the day her ex left with their young child.

Honestly, I think this is significant and may tie into whatever is happening in the present.

Why did he leave with the child? Did he feel the child was “safer” with him? Was there a court battle for custody? Is the home environment unstable?

Reports indicate that the ex and Chrissy argued via text the day before Chrissy went missing. According to Chrissy’s mother he wants to get back together and be a family again. What is preventing that from happening? Did Chrissy have visitation rights? Was she seeing her child at all?

Sitting in my hands right now but I have some grave concerns.

MOO

 

[indicolite22]

She disappeared almost a year to the day her ex left with their young child.

Honestly, I think this is significant and may tie into whatever is happening in the present.

Why did he leave with the child? Did he feel the child was “safer” with him? Was there a court battle for custody? Is the home environment unstable?

Reports indicate that the ex and Chrissy argued via text the day before Chrissy went missing. According to Chrissy’s mother he wants to get back together and be a family again. What is preventing that from happening? Did Chrissy have visitation rights? Was she seeing her child at all?

Sitting in my hands right now but I have some grave concerns.

MOO

IIRC, she visited the child the day before she had an argument via text with the child's father.

 

[TenaciousTBacon]

This reminds me of the Allen White disappearance in Dallas. Chrissy's poor family must be frantic.

 

[SuziQ]

Somehow I don’t find their actions wrong at all. The employer said they tried calling again and no answer. Perhaps the job simply didn’t want to bother her elderly mother since odds were that Chrissy wasn’t missing.

I think it’s as simple as one coworker saying they pass by her home when leaving and will just make a stop to check in and let her know everything’s okay with her job and they were just worried about her.

My phone is always on silent and if it’s in my bathroom then no one will see/hear it if it happens to vibrate.

Her mother also could have gotten calls from a number she did not recognize and ignored them. I do that several times a day. Also, as an employer I would have shown up at my employees house out of concern. And not showing up after they told me they were on their way is a great concern. Moo.

 

[rosesfromangels]

She disappeared almost a year to the day her ex left with their young child.

Honestly, I think this is significant and may tie into whatever is happening in the present.

Why did he leave with the child? Did he feel the child was “safer” with him? Was there a court battle for custody? Is the home environment unstable?

Reports indicate that the ex and Chrissy argued via text the day before Chrissy went missing. According to Chrissy’s mother he wants to get back together and be a family again. What is preventing that from happening? Did Chrissy have visitation rights? Was she seeing her child at all?

Sitting in my hands right now but I have some grave concerns.

MOO

I have many questions on these very points as well.
Let's hope we have a positive outcome, but the no bank activity is deeply concerning amongst other things.

Amateur opinion and speculation

 

[MimosaMornings]

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Her mother also could have gotten calls from a number she did not recognize and ignored them. I do that several times a day. Also, as an employer I would have shown up at my employees house out of concern. And not showing up after they told me they were on their way is a great concern. Moo.

I agree with the not showing up after being told she was on the way.
My previous and current employers would have definitely been at my house if I had said that and not answering my work cell phone.
JMO

 

[Sundog]

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I agree with the not showing up after being told she was on the way.
My previous and current employers would have definitely been at my house if I had said that and not answering my work cell phone.
JMO

That would never happen for any of the employers I have ever had. They might have called the emergency contact on file, and if no result there, then they might have called LE and asked for a wellness check, but they would never have gone to my house. Maybe this is something that small businesses/companies/firms might do, unlike larger organizations.

 

[MimosaMornings]

That would never happen for any of the employers I have ever had. They might have called the emergency contact on file, and if no result there, then they might have called LE and asked for a wellness check, but they would never have gone to my house. Maybe this is something that small businesses/companies/firms might do, unlike larger organizations.

Maybe it depends on the job and local office? I’ve always worked for large national corporations and not answering your work cell phone all day after saying you were on the way was cause to go to your home to check on you or get the work phone back! Chrissy as a paralegal probably wasn’t “on call” so not answering her phone wasn’t a big deal.
JMO

 

[tlcya]

More than a week after a Texas mother went missing from her home, investigators are still looking for any clues that might turn up answers in the investigation into her disappearance.
Texas mother still missing week after disappearance
The longer this goes on without banking activity or locating her car the worse it looks. MOO something bad has happened to Ms. Powell

 

[Mert]

I think it is possible that someone at the office knew something about her personal life that caused them to make the trip to her home. I would think most jobs would just think such a new employee was not as reliable as they so quickly gauged in her short time there. I don’t believe anyone at my current employer would seek someone out at their home.
However, it isn’t far fetched that they were just concerned as they did truly believe she was on the way there.

*My opinions.

 

[bestill]

Can't imagine how frantic her family must be. It's amazing me that they reported her missing so quickly, had her phone in their posession (so can see what the days leading up to this have been like) and there's been nothing. I have a bad feeling that this is going to not turn out well for Chrissy. jmo

Edited to add. Where could someone park a vehicle and it not be noticed other than in their garage or a remote area. Parking garages, airport, train or bus stations, hospitals? Any other thougths?

 

[Razz]

The texts on her phone with her ex were considered "concerning". Concerning because:?:1). She was upset and said she'd do something to herself? 2) He was upset and said something to her that would have put her in a tailspin?

I wonder if maybe she decided, for whatever reason, to stop by his place that morning. Police have emphasized he is NOT a person of interest but maybe she was on her way there and had a mishap. Surely LE is looking in all areas where she may have traveled that morning.

 

[Kittybunny]

Can't imagine how frantic her family must be. It's amazing me that they reported her missing so quickly, had her phone in their posession (so can see what the days leading up to this have been like) and there's been nothing. I have a bad feeling that this is going to not turn out well for Chrissy. jmo

Edited to add. Where could someone park a vehicle and it not be noticed other than in their garage or a remote area. Parking garages, airport, train or bus stations, hospitals? Any other thougths?

This is where my focus for searching would be if I were the family. Finding the car. When I think of other cases where someone went missing with a vehicle, hospital parking lots and apartment buildings with lots of cars are good hiding spots if foul play is a possibility.

 

[Jemma]

where is her freaking car!! this is nuts! no video surveillance of her car AnYwHERE!!

Im not buying it! I think LEO is sitting on information.

The caught the kids in philly who killed the 76 yo man in under 2 weeks BUT Texas can’t track her tag and find her car? ‍

 

[JerseyWasHome2]

where is her freaking car!! this is nuts! no video surveillance of her car AnYwHERE!!

Im not buying it! I think LEO is sitting on information.

The caught the kids in philly who killed the 76 yo man in under 2 weeks BUT Texas can’t track her tag and find her car? ‍

Have they officially stated there is no video surveillance of her car, or are they still (hopefully) checking cameras?

 

[GraceG]

I also think this is really strange. I have an assistant who has been working for me longer than Chrissy was at her job (since June 15). I've met her mother, her boyfriend, and her grandparents. I still couldn't fathom going to her house if she failed to come in. Employment is at will in just about every US state, and it seems like it would be a violation of boundaries to show up at one of my employees' houses.

I have to agree. My admin assistant is a young man and although I have a family contact number in case of emergency- going to his house if he was late to work - not proper and not expected. People have cars break down, their toddler drops their cell phone in the toilet, things happen. There may have been other concerns for her we don't know about. What's important is that everyone's looking.

 

[bestill]

What obligation do the police have, say if they have heard from her and she doesn't want contact with her loved ones for whatever reason, they don't have to share that with her family/public or do they?