Keeping Tabs on the Family
But the big question remains: Why didn’t she contact them? By 2010, the search for Crystal had been going on for 13 years already. The Baltimore police tried everything in their power to locate the missing girl. But, by that time, they had no choice but to tell Cynthia that the case was going cold. That’s when Cynthia stopped celebrating Christmas.
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And so, Cynthia spent 20 years, 10 months, and two weeks hoping every day that she would see her precious daughter again. She refused to sell her house – what if Crystal came back home? Little did she know that her daughter was living a double life in another state. Nevertheless, she spent two decades waiting.