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161. [SOUTH CAROLINA] Crystal Faye Todd

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True Crime

4.75.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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A beloved high school senior misses her curfew, and an investigation ensues utilizing new DNA technology, narrowing down a suspect that no one saw coming. The first DNA case in South Carolina History. For photos and pertaining to this case, check out the highlight at the top of my Instagram profile at http://www.instagram.com/TheHeatherAshley If you need more BMTC episodes in your life, check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/join/BigMadTrueCrime Contributing research and writing: The man, the myth, the legend, Andrea Marshbank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's one of those days where to do's are all over the place.

0:04.5

On today's list, a teeth cleaning at 6 a.m. returning the not-so-fake cow hide rug at 9.

0:11.1

Scooping up a vintage stereo from Marketplace in Bethesda at first a show up with cash

0:16.0

p.m. and picking up cousin Rick head Reagan at 3 a.m.

0:21.8

Zip if odd errands at odd hours with zip car you can book cars near you and DC anytime

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drive in minutes at zip car dot com. Hey everyone and welcome back to Big

0:38.1

Mad True Crime where we get Big Mad over True Crime I'm your host Heather Ashley

0:43.0

and today's case is out of Conway South Carolina small talk sucks so let's dive

0:48.4

in

0:57.4

Crystal Faye Todd came into her parents lives a little later than most her mother was 39

1:06.9

at the time and back in 1974 that wasn't as common as it is today to her mother Bonnie

1:13.1

crystal was a miracle baby and became the center of her world when crystal was 11 her

1:18.5

father passed away and it became just crystal and her mom the two were two peas in a pod

1:23.9

and became the most genuine mother daughter best friend duo you can imagine they did everything

1:29.4

together and loved every second of it the way Bonnie talked about crystal makes you want

1:34.4

to hug your mom as crystal grew up and got into high school her outgoing personality

1:39.9

won her a lot of friends she'd hang out with them every chance she got in one of her best

1:44.6

friends was a guy right down the road his name was Ken and he was a year older than her

1:49.5

but they too were two peas in a pod Bonnie loved him and so did everyone else he was a

1:55.5

star on the high school football team and played varsity three out of the four years he

2:00.0

was there and every friend and teacher thought he was this anomaly of a charming well mannered

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