Crystal Williams, 36, was found dead in her Odessa, Texas apartment on April 27, 2023, after a welfare check by police. Officers discovered she had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and evidence suggested she had been dead at least 24 hours. Neighbors reported hearing a loud bang between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on April 25, matching the timeline from deleted videos recovered from the boyfriend’s phone that captured an argument on the night of April 25; in those videos Williams is seen in the bathroom wearing the same clothes she was later found in.

Investigators identified Williams’ boyfriend, 31-year-old Larry Ashton Johnson, as a suspect. Phone data placed both phones east of her apartment around 10 p.m. on April 25; Johnson’s phone records show a call to Williams at that time and her phone was later turned off and went missing. Johnson was arrested May 9, 2023, on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence, and was booked on bonds totaling $515,000. Family members described Williams as compassionate and vulnerable to domestic violence; another woman later alleged prior abuse by Johnson.

Are there readers who knew Crystal or have information about the events of April 25–27, 2023?