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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Boyfriend talks about missing Texas realtor & Did cold medicine make a man kill his wife?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

4.28.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Crystal McDowell is still missing nearly 2 weeks after she vanished just before Hurricane Harvey hitting her Texas town. The last person known to have seen the 37-year-old realtor and mom of 2 -- boyfriend Paul Hargrave -- talks to Nancy Grace about her disappearance. Baytown, Texas, newspaper reporter Matt Hollis, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober and radio host David Mack also join the discussion. Nancy and guests also ask: Did too much cold medicine cause a husband to murder his wife in his sleep? A North Carolina man says he woke up to find his wife stabbed to death and he thinks the medicine made him kill her.

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1:05.4

Climbs stories with Nancy Grace on Sirius XM Triumph channel 132.

1:10.8

It has been days since the mysterious disappearance of a Houston area realtor.

1:15.1

Police are searching for a Texas mother who mysteriously disappeared before Harvey hit 38-year-old Crystal McDowell was last heard from August 25th.

1:23.3

Shortly before Harvey hit Houston, Crystal McDowell's last Facebook post was stay safe out there.

1:28.8

Investigators do believe foul play may be involved here.

1:32.0

McDowell's family says she was scheduled to pick up her two children from her ex-husband's home but never showed.

1:37.8

What do you think happened to her?

1:39.6

I don't know, but I know that she's not one to leave.

1:42.3

And with law enforcement trying desperately to keep people out of harm's way, this storm may have provided the ideal climate to cover a crime.

1:51.3

And our main objective is just to get Crystal back home.

1:55.3

A gorgeous mom, a successful realtor goes missing just before Harvey hits Texas.

2:05.3

And then all of the confusion and the evacuation, she still remains gone.

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