In August of 2017, a 37-year-old realtor and mother went missing the day before Hurricane Harvey hit Texas. In the wake of the disaster, as the state tried to pick up the pieces, police discovered that someone in this woman’s inner circle had used the storm to cover up their crimes. This is the murder of Crystal McDowell.

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CASE SOURCES
1. In Memory of Crystal Seratte-McDowell: https://www.facebook.com/InMemoryofCrystalSeratteMcDowell/
2. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183205591/crystal-ann-mcdowell
3. Obituary: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/baytown-tx/crystal-mcdowell-7552481
4. Oxygen: https://www.oxygen.com/dateline-secrets-uncovered/crime-news/crystal-mcdowell-disappears-days-before-hurricane-harvey#:~:text=Crystal%20had%20once%20had%20a,coop%20and%20sexually%20assaulted%20her.
5. ABC: https://abc13.com/hurricane-harvey-baytown-realtor-crystal-mcdowell-chambers-county/5345919/#:~:text=Crystal%20was%20originally%20reported%20missing,Needlepoint%20Road%20in%20Chambers%20County.
6. Investigation Discovery: https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/ex-husband-of-realtor-who-went-missing-before-hurricane-harvey-charged-with-murder
7. 48 Hours: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-goes-inside-the-search-for-mom-who-vanished-ahead-of-hurricane-harvey/
8. Law & Crime: https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/ex-husband-charged-after-womans-body-discovered-in-wake-of-hurricane-harvey/
9. Heavy: https://heavy.com/news/2017/08/crystal-mcdowell-houston-real-estate-agent-missing-husband/
10. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/missing-in-america/body-missing-texas-realtor-crystal-seratte-mcdowell-found-ex-husband-n800061
11. Anthony's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184762095/anthony-paul-walters
12. Pamela's Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163340495/pamela-sue-walters
13. National Weather Service: https://www.weather.gov/hgx/hurricaneharvey
14. CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-impact-by-the-numbers-trnd/index.html
15. Outsmart: https://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2019/08/baytown-womans-murder-case-is-solved/
16. ABC: https://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-texas-real-estate-agents-body-found-husband/story?id=49740114
17. Neal Davis Law: https://www.nealdavislaw.com/criminal-defense-guides/sudden-passion-crimes-texas.html

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