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		</div><p><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>Steven McDowell ex-husband of Houston area realtor who vanished just before Hurricane Harvey, on Aug 25 was charged with killing his ex-wife, Saturday </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>Crystal McDowell&#8217;s remains were found in the woods near her ex-husband&#8217;s home in Baytown, Chambers County</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>Crystal McDowell vanished on August 25, a day before Hurricane Harvey hit Houston &#8211; f</strong></span><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>amily and cops insisted the 37-year-old realtor&#8217;s disappearance had to do with foul play, not the hurricane</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>Crystal had left her boyfriend Paul Hargrave&#8217;s home, en route to her ex-husband&#8217;s house to collect her children, that was the last time she was seen alive </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>Jeff Walters, her uncle, reported her missing when she failed to show up for business appointments the next day</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>Steve McDowell claimed his ex never showed up at his house to collect the children, h</strong></span><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>e claimed she&#8217;d sent a text before she was due to arrive, with plans to take the children to Dallas.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>Authorities, Hargrave and Walters were skeptical that Crystal sent the strange text, d</strong></span><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>eputies later found the black bag she was holding when last seen in Steven McDowell&#8217;s home</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#050000;"><strong>Four days after she vanished, Crystal&#8217;s vehicle was found in the flooded parking lot of a Motel </strong></span></p>
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<h6><b><img class="alignnone wp-image-252207" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/steven-mcdowell-and-crystal-mcdowell-1.jpg" alt="Steven McDowell and Crystal McDowell 1.JPG" width="759" height="411" />Steven McDowell, ex-husband of Crystal McDowell [right], has been charged with murder in her death</b></h6>
<div id="articleIconLinksContainer">A Houston area man was arrested and charged with murder Saturday after the body of realtor, Crystal McDowell was found in a wooded area of Chambers County near Baytown, where she was expected to pick up her two young children on Aug. 25.</div>
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<p>Steven McDowell was taken into custody and arraigned on homicide charges on Saturday after the body of Crystal, was discovered in a wooded area in Chambers County.<br />
Crystal Seratte McDowell, 37,went missing a day before Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, last seen on her way to pick up their children from her estranged husband&#8217;s home in Baytown.<br />
Steven McDowell, 44, was charged with murder, Saturday.<br />
Addressing the media on the case, Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, Brian Hawthorne, said it had nine persons of interest before finally arresting Steven McDowell over the weekend.<a class="" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/arrested-death-texas-realtor-missing-harvey-article-1.3483688" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> </a><br />
<a href="http://konniemoments.com/2017/09/06/family-search-for-houston-realtor-crystal-mcdowell-who-remains-missing-after-disappearing-in-hours-before-hurricane-harvey/">Crystal McDowell was last seen alive August 25</a> when she left her boyfriend&#8217;s home to go to collect her children from her ex-husband in Houston.<br />
She never showed up and later missed several business appointments, prompting her uncle to report her missing on August 26.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/steven-mcdowell-3.jpg?w=1262" alt="Steven McDowell 3" width="726" height="563" /><strong>Steven McDowell was arrested in the death of his ex-wife, Crystal Seratte McDowell. Crystal vanished after visit him on Aug 25, a day before Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas</strong></h6>
<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crystal-mcdowell-7.png?w=620" alt="Crystal McDowell 7.png" width="668" height="672" /><strong>Houston area realtor, Crystal McDowell vanished August 25, a day before Hurricane Harvey hit Texas. her ex-husband was charged in her death Saturday</strong></h6>
<p class="imageCaption">Four days later Crystal&#8217;s Mercedes was found submerged in flood water in the parking lot of a Motel 6. It was recognized by a member of the public who had seen the frantic social media appeals launched by her boyfriend Paul Hargrave and her uncle Jeff Walters.<br />
Crystal McDowell&#8217;s remains were discovered more than 20 miles away from her vehicle.<br />
Two weeks after she first disappeared. Earlier, Sheriff Brian Hawthorne told <a class="" href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/sheriff-vanished-texas-realtor-case-hurricane-harvey-reason/story?id=49677553" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ABC News</a> that &#8216;Hurricane Harvey is not the reason Crystal McDowell is missing.&#8217; <strong>Related articles: </strong><br />
<a href="https://konniemoments.com/2017/09/06/family-search-for-houston-realtor-crystal-mcdowell-who-remains-missing-after-disappearing-in-hours-before-hurricane-harvey/" rel="bookmark">Family search for Houston realtor Crystal McDowell, who remains missing, after disappearing in hours before Hurricane Harvey</a></p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-252229" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crystal-mcdowell-and-steven-mcdowell.jpg" alt="Crystal McDowell and Steven McDowell.jpg" width="1200" height="1052" /><strong>Heading out on Aug 25, Crystal told boyfriend Paul Hargrave that she was on her way to her ex-husband Steve McDowell&#8217;s home [seen left with Crystal], to collect their children. She simply vanished, until her remains was found in the nearby woods two weeks later.</strong></h6>
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<div class="container-3zJLP vertical-2XJd5">Crystal was last seen alive on August 25 when she left Hargrave&#8217;s home to go to collect her children 20 miles away from her ex-husband in Houston. The couple who divorced tree months ago, share two children, five and eight.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">At the time, Steve claimed she never showed up at his house to collect the children.<br />
He also said he received a text message from her before she was due to arrive in which she described plans to take the children to Dallas to ride out the storm. At the time both Hargrave and Walters were skeptical that Crystal sent the strange text.<br />
Sheriffs later found the black bag she was holding when last seen in Steven McDowell&#8217;s home. The bag contained her business paperwork.</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crystal-mcdowells-black-mercedes-was-found-in-front-of-a-motel-submerged-in-water.jpg?w=1260" alt="Crystal McDowell's black Mercedes was found in front of a motel, submerged in water" width="768" height="468" /><strong>Crystal&#8217;s black Mercedes SUV was found submerged in flood water at a Motel 6 in Houston, on August 29. Two people seen in the vehicle were arrested, but cops believe they are not connected to the crime</strong></h6>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crystal-mcdowell-was-raised-by-her-uncle-jeff-walters-seen-right-wth-crystal-he-is-keen-on-prosecuting-anyone-involved-in-the-disappearance-of-his-niece.jpg?w=1268" alt="Crystal McDowell was raised by her uncle Jeff Walters, seen [right] wth Crystal. He is keen on prosecuting anyone involved in the disappearance of his niece" width="702" height="585" /><strong>Jeff Walters, seen [right], in photo with Crystal raised his niece after her parents died when she was just 11. He reported her missing and is seeking justice in her death</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Sheriff Hawthorne said the McDowell&#8217;s children are currently in the care of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.<br />
Jeff Walters who raised his niece after her parents died when she was only 11, said on his Facebook page, Saturday: &#8220;She is a light in the heavens that can never be extinguished…She is an Angel that watches over us all with that bright smile.&#8221;</p>
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Steven McDowell, ex-husband of Texas realtor who went missing hours before Hurricane Harvey charged with murder – Crystal McDowell’s remains were found in woods, 2 weeks later
