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On the last episode of ransom, the FBI realized that one of Carl and Paulet's friends, Hilton

Crawford, or Uncle Hilty as McKay called him, had been conspicuously absent since McKay was kidnapped.

Helton was supposed to bring a new recruit to Carl's Amway meeting.

In fact, he called Paulette to confirm it on the day McCabe disappeared.

He called and wanted to know if we were going to the meeting or not.

It was short, it was not much more than are y'all going to be at the meeting?

Yes, we are.

And that was it.

But Hilton hadn't come to the Amway meeting.

The next morning, when Carl was waiting for a call

from the Ransomers, Hilton Crawford had phoned the Everett's

and told them he'd be right over.

I'm coming to your house, I'm coming straight up.

All right.

See you later.

But again, Hilton never showed up.

On September 13th, the day after McCabe disappeared, Hilton Crawford arrived back home in Conroe around 9 a.m.

The following comes from a recorded interview later made by the FBI and the Montgomery County

Sheriff's Department. This is the first time this audio has in the so I'll restate the important points from the interview.

So you got back into your home about what time?

Hilton told investigators he'd arrived back home in Conroe

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