Norma Jo Crutchfield, a 41-year-old mother of two, was last seen in Decatur, Illinois on October 31, 2020 when her mother dropped her at the home she shared with her boyfriend, Troy D. Slaw, in the 1100 block of East Olive Street. Family members reported a history of severe domestic violence and said Slaw had brutally beaten her shortly before she went missing. Crutchfield had stayed with her mother after that assault and disappeared after returning to the residence with Slaw; her regular weekly visits to her mother stopped and she was reported missing three weeks later.

Investigators later found bloodstains in multiple rooms of the East Olive Street home that matched Norma’s DNA. In May 2022 authorities arrested Troy D. Slaw and an accomplice, Chase Freeman; charges announced at that time included first-degree murder for Slaw and counts for dismembering a human body and concealment of a homicidal death for both men. Freeman told investigators he had seen Crutchfield’s body in a closet in November 2020 and described helping move and dispose of remains. Norma’s body has not been recovered.

Did anyone in Decatur see Norma or notice anything unusual around the end of October 2020?