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The Daily Crime

"It's justice for my daughter"

The Daily Crime

VAULT Studios

True Crime

4.3627 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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A former Marine accused of brutally murdering his girlfriend in a San Diego apartment in 2016 was recently arrested in El Salvador after six years on the run. KFMB-TV Reporter Kelly Hessedal tells us how investigators were able to track down Raymond McLeod. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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coming up. I share tears for the families that don't have this resolution, that don't have

0:05.5

the person that killed her child, or don't even have the body. For Vault Studios, I'm Will

0:10.2

Johnson. You're listening to The Daily Crime. 30-year-old Crystal Mitchell was found dead in

0:19.9

San Diego on the afternoon of June 10, 2016.

0:23.4

I was checking up on her that day.

0:26.1

She wasn't answering her tests.

0:28.6

Investigators quickly honed in on Crystal's boyfriend, Raymond McLeod.

0:32.8

And since that day, Crystal's mom, Josephine Winsall, has been working with U.S. Marshals to find McLeod.

0:38.1

And I know that somebody or some people here in Phoenix, whether it's the family, friends,

0:45.8

co-workers, know exactly where this man is.

0:50.1

Just last week, the fugitive was captured in El Salvador after six years on the run.

0:55.5

I knew it was coming.

0:56.7

I have been working with the U.S. Marshals hand in hand for about six years now since my daughter was murdered.

1:04.3

And it's just surreal that, you know, you're running after somebody after all these years,

1:08.7

and all of a sudden everything stops.

1:16.5

I'm joined by KFMB's Kelly Hesadol to talk about this case a little bit and the background on it.

1:23.3

Kelly, before we get into the most recent developments in this case, what can you tell us about what happened to 30-year-old Crystal Mitchell back in June of 2016?

1:32.2

So in 2016 in June, Crystal Mitchell and her boyfriend at the time that she'd only been dating for a short period of time, Raymond McLeod, came here to Phoenix to visit some friends at an apartment.

1:46.1

So the police and the prosecutors are saying that they were out drinking at a bar.

1:51.4

At one point, McLeod even slapped Mitchell and there was a bystander that tried to intervene.

1:57.4

So he ended up getting into a fight with that person.

2:00.3

The prosecutors say that later

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