Houston-Area Realtor Vanished Before Hurricane Harvey, Search Underway

Houston-Area Realtor Vanished Before Hurricane Harvey, Search Underway
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Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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A realtor in Texas vanished before Hurricane Harvey’s winds and floods hit the area last week, according to media reports.

Crystal McDowell told her boyfriend that she was leaving to pick up her two young children from her ex-husband’s home—right before the storm hit southern Texas last Friday, Aug. 25.

McDowell worked as a realtor for Virginia Malone and Associates, LLC.

“She texted me to say road conditions were good around 8:30 a.m.,” her boyfriend Paul Hargrave told CBS. “I immediately tried to get there, but the floodwaters were just too high,” Hargrave added.

Someone eventually saw her vehicle, which was partially submerged in water in a hotel parking lot.

 

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Jack Phillips
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