Found Deceased TX - Crystal Seratte McDowell, 38, Baytown, 25 Aug 2017 #1 *Arrest*

[SuperTmo]

I'm trying to copy and paste the transcript from that part of the discussion but I need to switch to my computer really quick.

 

[Rott Mom]

Is it common for people to have security cameras in their bedroom?

IMO - I wouldn't think so. My house has security cameras on the OUTSIDE of the house - not inside. I guess to each his own. I don't know.

 

[whitelilac]

One of Crystal's friends was going on cruise and invited her. This was for the August 31st cruise.

I thought she was going with bf....so the three were to go?

 

[SuperTmo]

HARGRAVE: We were really excited. We were going on a cruise (INAUDIBLE) that was going take off on Friday, this Friday, tomorrow. So I mean, we were excited. You know, we were excited to -- that we had an instant connection and we just were both, you know, just on cloud 9. We had a great week. We had a wonderful past weekend in Galveston. And so things were going really well for us. And you know, I was taking her to Europe with me. We were going to Antwerp in October. So you know, we were very happy. She didn`t seem concerned about much. She was very much excited to see her kids, to spend the day with her kids. So we were both pretty happy.

BANFIELD: About that cruise -- were the kids going to come on the cruise? Because I think I found information somewhere that Uncle Jeff -- which for any viewer who didn`t see the program last night, Crystal`s Uncle Jeff is like her father. Crystal lost her parents when she was 11 and Uncle Jeff raised her. So for all intents, Uncle Jeff is, like, her dad. He was going with you. So was this is family cruise, kids, uncle and you and Crystal?

HARGRAVE: Yes. That`s correct.

BANFIELD: And you had not yet met the children, right?

HARGRAVE: Well, we were talking about possibly, you know, meeting somewhere and kind of her introducing me. So it`s not just at the cruise ship, but we were talking about that and what would be appropriate. So we just never made, you know, plans. We just made tentative plans to do something.

 

[lorelaigilmore]

Is there any reason for her to be in Las Vegas? I'm in Vegas on vacation and I feel like I saw someone who looks just like her down to her eyes, unfortunately I didn't get a picture to back it up. It was at Caesars palace.


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[SuperTmo]

One of Crystal's friends was going on cruise and invited her. This was for the August 31st cruise.

Unless the "friend" is the boyfriend, this isn't right according to the interview transcript.

Ugh. This is a confusing case!

 

[SuperTmo]

Is there any reason for her to be in Las Vegas? I'm in Vegas on vacation and I feel like I saw someone who looks just like her down to her eyes, unfortunately I didn't get a picture to back it up. It was at Caesars palace.


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Interesting. Do we know where the friend/confidante/business associate that she's never met but talks to / chats with frequently but has never met lives?

 

[FlossyMay]

I just find it very strange that the BF is allllllllll over the media and the police department telling every detail of their relationship. It's like he's painting a picture of what a great guy he is. I just don't know about him.

 

[FlossyMay]

Interesting. Do we know where the friend/confidante/business associate that she's never met but talks to / chats with frequently but has never met lives?

I want to say Alabama, but I'm not sure.

 

[iluvmua]

I just find it very strange that the BF is allllllllll over the media and the police department telling every detail of their relationship. It's like he's painting a picture of what a great guy he is. I just don't know about him.

Police Department?

 

[FlossyMay]

Is there any reason for her to be in Las Vegas? I'm in Vegas on vacation and I feel like I saw someone who looks just like her down to her eyes, unfortunately I didn't get a picture to back it up. It was at Caesars palace.


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You should call in the tip if you really think it looked like her. That way they can review security footage before it gets erased.

 

[Deleted member 50844]

Well you must have read my mind because I was about to dedicate a post to address the very issues that CM could have been facing. I totally agree. The history of the divorce/no divorce/divorce plus having two children and then living with the ex and not telling him that she is pursuing another relationship shows to me that there is still a very strong attachment between she and the ex. Maybe things were going so fast pace with the BF that she was overwhelmed. Maybe she did not know how to get out of going on the cruise and hopefully she took off.
That would be the best case scenario. I can't imagine keeping a BF secret from your EX but be planning on leaving on a cruise in a week. It was getting awfully close to cruise time. I wonder who was supposedly going to keep the children while she was away on the cruise. JMO

For all we know she could be a walk-away. I know that people will say "She would NEVER leave her kids like that." or "That is just NOT like her." but let's face it, sometimes people just crack. They go off by themselves and try to sort through the craziness that they are going through in their lives. It happened recently on another WS thread. The gal was working at an airport Starbucks, just walked off her job and away from her dog rescue and left her car and everything. I think even her purse was left in her work locker. They found her later in another town at a beach I believe, or something similar. It happens. The human mind is a complex thing. Maybe her situations were catching up to her, and she couldn't work out what she wanted to do while in the thick of it all.
Yes, one would hope that she'd notify someone, so her kids wouldn't worry, but maybe her state of mind was such that she just couldn't, or can't at this time. I am praying that is the case here. That she just ditched her car, hopped a bus or something and got the heck out of there for some thinking time.

 

[FlossyMay]

Yes, it's in the transcripts.

 

[iluvmua]

It takes 7 minutes to get from her BF's house to where her last cell phone ping was.

 

[lonetraveler]

I just find it very strange that the BF is allllllllll over the media and the police department telling every detail of their relationship. It's like he's painting a picture of what a great guy he is. I just don't know about him.

Well, he is definitely making it appear that the two were deeply involved and extremely happy.

 

[lonetraveler]

Is there a transcript from the Ashley Brancraft show of the interview with the uncle? I would really like to know if the uncle even knew about the cruise he was suppose to be going on.

 

[lonetraveler]

For all we know she could be a walk-away. I know that people will say "She would NEVER leave her kids like that." or "That is just NOT like her." but let's face it, sometimes people just crack. They go off by themselves and try to sort through the craziness that they are going through in their lives. It happened recently on another WS thread. The gal was working at an airport Starbucks, just walked off her job and away from her dog rescue and left her car and everything. I think even her purse was left in her work locker. They found her later in another town at a beach I believe, or something similar. It happens. The human mind is a complex thing. Maybe her situations were catching up to her, and she couldn't work out what she wanted to do while in the thick of it all.
Yes, one would hope that she'd notify someone, so her kids wouldn't worry, but maybe her state of mind was such that she just couldn't, or can't at this time. I am praying that is the case here. That she just ditched her car, hopped a bus or something and got the heck out of there for some thinking time.

Very plausible, hope this is the case.

 

[SuperTmo]

Well, he is definitely making it appear that the two were deeply involved and extremely happy.

Do we know if Uncle Jeff knew about the boyfriend?

 

[CuriousinNY]

I have started to think this may be random. Hopefully some info comes in soon.

 

[FlossyMay]

Is there a transcript from the Ashley Brancraft show of the interview with the uncle? I would really like to know if the uncle even knew about the cruise he was suppose to be going on.

http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1708/30/ptab.01.html

I think this is it.