Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of murder and assault. Reader discretion is advised. Crystal McDowell was a Texas realtor and mother-of-two who disappeared on August 25, 2017, on the eve of ...

A Texas man accused of killing his ex-wife as Hurricane Harvey bore down on the city of Houston has admitted to strangling her, authorities said. Steven Wayne McDowell, 44, of the Houston suburb of ...

Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of murder. Reader discretion is advised. Dateline NBC takes a look into Texas realtor Crystal McDowell’s murder by ex-husband Steven McDowell. The upcoming ...

Crystal Seratte McDowell's friends never believed that Hurricane Harvey was responsible for her disappearance, despite the fact that she vanished as the storm bore down on the Texas coast. Their fears ...

The body of a missing Houston real estate agent, who disappeared as Hurricane Harvey was barreling down on the area, has been found and her former husband has been charged with murder. Authorities ...

The harrowing tale of a mother-of-two's murder by her envious former spouse nearly remained unsolved—if not for a hurricane. Crystal McDowell had triumphed over an incredibly tough upbringing to carve ...

When Hurricane Harvey tore through Texas in 2017, chaos and destruction followed. But amid the flooding and emergency evacuations, Crystal McDowell vanished. As the storm dominated headlines, ...