Crystal Gail Soles, 28, was last seen in Andrews, South Carolina, on the morning of January 24, 2005. She was at Shaw’s Corner Store near Main Street and Jones Avenue between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m.; after eating a hot dog she used the store phone to call her father. When he said he was too sick to pick her up, Crystal said she would walk the two miles home. She never arrived and has not been heard from since.

At the time she vanished she was described as 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 5 inches tall, about 110 to 135 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes, double-pierced ears and known to wear many rings and a watch on her left wrist. A tracking dog followed her scent only a short distance from the store. The family says Crystal had episodes of leaving home related to substance abuse but always stayed in contact, especially with her five-year-old son at the time.

Her mother, Gail Soles, has led annual walks and vigils and criticized early investigative handling, citing missing reports and interviews. Human remains found locally in 2011 were tested and were not Crystal. In June 2025 a wallet belonging to Crystal was recovered from an old couch moved off a neighboring Williamsburg County property and sent for DNA testing; the Andrews Police Department still lists the case as active and unsolved. If anyone in the community remembers Crystal that morning or has information that could help, please come forward.