Mark ended up getting caught and going to prison. Is Katy OK?" And I at that point in time, I was hopin' I could back that up. There was no doubt in my mind. Police believe the motive was a sexual assault but eventually found out that Sells was associated and friends with the Harris family & that he specifically targeted Katy. She got cleaned up. And it all happened so quickly. ga('ads.send', { The defense attorney could only say, Youre a brave young woman. But we knew at this point in time that - that we could use assistance in gettin' his story out nationwide - in hopes of findin' other victims who possibly could have survived. And since I was locked up for a while, y'know, I haven't been there as to be a dad. The same with Hef. "It hurt and all, but I think that Katy - she helped me through with everything. #inline-recirc-item--id-a6263654-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-a6263654-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { Go.". A forensic artist stationed in Midland, TX was contacted & flown to San Antonio & brought to University Hospital to work with Krystal. So I filed for divorce. But, at that point, it wasn't about him, it was about Krystal. Krystal Harris's age is 41. ga('ads.send', { ga('ads.send', { Hefner was known for his many girlfriends who lived together in a Los Angeles mansion, which he documented for the world to see in the highly successful reality TV show, The Girls of the Playboy Mansion. She got her first big break performing the title song "Supergirl!" She also guest-starred as the lead role in the Touched by an Angel episode 9x16: "A Song for My Father". I thought he received exactly what he deserved. eventAction: 'click_image_ads' She liked having the power this time around. I - I just can't express the emotions. He just reached over and cut my throat. ga('ads.send', { Krystal Marie Peterson (ne Harris; November 7, 1981) is an actress, singer-songwriter and pianist known for her 2001 contributions to The Princess Diaries soundtracks and for her album Me & My Piano. And I was standin' beside her when she did this. I didn't really ever have time to take a shower, I never wore matching clothes, I walked to school. As Pam walked through the house, she felt as if her legs were going to give out, her daughters blood streaked throughout the house, as she made her way out the front door. She just, from age 6, 7, she was the mom. She looked like this baby in this humongous bed. She said that Katy was making gasping or choking noises & Krystal tried to comfort her. The backstory is interesting. ", Harris also recalled, "At one point he told me, when you start doing things away from the relationship, thats when it ends. And you've got this deranged killer climbing through the window with a knife. And she stayed with us at our residence. A self-described "doormat" when it comes to men, she speaks with a Southern accent despite having grown up in Lanford because her father was from Arkansas. But I didnt know how to leave either. She took her right index finger & placed it directly on the image of Tommy Lynn Sells. Amber, Krystals other sister said that she cooked, cleaned & cared for everyone else before caring for herself. After an hour and ten minutes of deliberation, the jury came back; they had found Tommy Lynn Sells guilty and convicted of capitol murder. When Marque found out what happened, she said that she wouldnt have made it like Krystal did & that she was lucky she hadnt ended up sleeping in the room that night. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Krystal: We were gone for quite some time. And at that point in time, I assured Krystal that we are goin' to arrest the subject or person or persons who did this to her. They regularly attended church, allegedly met him multiple times & he had even come to the home at least once before. By this point, Mark, Krystals dad, had been in jail for three years. The lights in the room were on & to her horror, a scary man stood at the end of the bed. eventAction: 'click_ads' eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), He's like, 'Who's there, who's there,' you know? }); In July 2013 she started performing as Krystal Peterson & the Queen City Band. Krystal said that her dad would sleep for days at a time; she was only in second grade at the time but still stepped up to take care of her younger siblings, changing diapers, feeding them, putting them & then herself to bed. And I said, "Absolutely. It was intended to be released in late 2002 but was shelved. Tommy Lynn Sells: I cut her bra off, and I cut the side of her (motions to be cutting underwear) whatever she was wearing. They came back. 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Krystal was staying in a room with 13-year-old Katy Harris, the daughter of the family keeping the girls, as her sister slept in the other room. Crystal Harris has lifted the lid on her marriage to Hugh Hefner Credit: John Chapple - The Sun. Harold Dow died suddenly on Aug. 21, 2010, at age 62. When they entered the Harris home & made their way to the room where Katy & Krystal had slept, they found an extremely bloody scene. Krystal Harris was born on 7 November 1981 in Anderson, Indiana, USA. The day of the trial she woke up and said to herself, I can do this, I can do this. She asked her mom not to cry during her testimony, knowing it would distract her. Life Flight her. She made it to the road & walked the quarter mile slowly toward the light, thinking over & over, get to this house, just get to this house. As she approached the house, she banged on the door & a man asked who it was; since Krystal was unable to speak, she continued to bang on the door. In the meantime, Pam Surles, Marque and Krystals mom woke to the phone ringing close to 6am at the home in Kansas that she was moving from. Aside from having been Playboy Playmate of the Month in December 2009, she is known for being the widow of Hugh Hefner, having married him in 2012 until his death in 2017. eventAction: 'click_adunit' She would check her family throughout the night, reassuring herself that they were still alive and breathing. She said, I wanna walk by him. He remembers his mom and sister coming to see him at a time that wasnt visiting time. Marque was desperate to know what was going on. When I couldn't sleep in the room, I was so mad. Eventually Pam got tired of the drugs and what comes with that lifestyle, so she got clean & filed for divorce. And then, the state went into phase two of this capital murder trial. and the Legend of the Vampire, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Krystal_Harris&oldid=1131543604, This page was last edited on 4 January 2023, at 16:39. Marque ended up sleeping in the bedroom directly across the hall from where Katy & Krystal slept; she said she fumed in bed for two hours, so angry that her sister wouldnt allow her to join the fun. This hurt Krystal, the fact that her dad was choosing drugs over his family. ", "I think we just had a really good time together," she said. }); Over a year after the Playboy mogul died on September 27, 2017, Harris sat down with the co . He made it clear that if I travelled on my own or did things on my own, we were over. I knew she went through her phases. "I kind of helped him with the settling down a little bit. Um, changing my sisters' diapers or feeding them, um, getting them to bed and getting myself up for school in the morning. She had to show her scar to the jury & show them how she had popped her head up from the top bunk bed. No more questions. There was, thankfully, no cross examination. I was sleeping directly across the hallway from the room Krystal and Katy were sleeping in. And I remember turning to Krystal and telling her, and she was, like, "Yeah." let gads_event; I mean, no matter if she puts this man away, no matter if he's put to death, no matter what anything, Katy's still dead. He found the rush of ending lives too exciting to give up & admitted he had no regrets. I didn't know anything except that Krystal had had her throat cut. Five years earlier, her parents Pam & Mark got caught up in a roller coaster of drug addiction. Hair got more natural, implants came out. And in that time frame he got caught for what he was doing. Kristallnacht, (German: "Crystal Night") , also called Night of Broken Glass or November Pogroms, the night of November 9-10, 1938, when German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. First, just before Thanksgiving, news broke that Ashley Etienne, Harris . They were getting into some trouble with the law & worst of all, they were fighting terribly. His comment was "I'm glad I finally got caught - I was tired of doing this." And I remember I just laid in bed for, like, two hours just fuming. Hefner and Harris reconciled the following year and got married on December 31, 2012, with close family members attending. We did find out that Sells was associated and friends with the Harris family. Eventually, as years went on, people were curious, like, 'Oh yeah. Four years after his death, she had an interview with E! She was also never added to her husband's will. }); hitType: 'event', She kind of reminded me of P!nk before I knew who P!nk was. Almost seven months later, Harris broke off their engagement -- just five days before their wedding, before the July issue of Playboy magazine that year hit the stores which featured Harris on the cover and in a photo spread, with the cover headline reading, "Introducing America's Princess, Mrs Crystal Hefner." She had a secret. 1. }); It turned out that Krystal had been a survivor and a fighter her entire life, not just during and after the attack. She also wrote, I like this photo. Harris Family Krystal's friend, Kaylene "Katy" Harris, was a beautiful 13-year-old who fought for her life after being attacked in her home on Dec. 31, 1999. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), "I've never met a youngster that brave before in my life.". I wanted him to be there just like my mom was. He was such a powerful person. Nov. 11, 2021. As soon as I stepped off the stand I felt so good. Krystal: They had to do a recess for 15 minutes and pull me aside. I couldn't quit dealing. And what kind of took us back more than anything was his comment, "I guess you wanna know about the other murders.". And Krystal took her right index finger and put it on the photograph of Tommy Lynn Sells.Tommy Lynn Sells, at that point in time, became our number one suspect. Krystal Marie Peterson (ne Harris; November 7, 1981) is an actress, singer-songwriter and pianist known for her 2001 contributions to The Princess Diaries soundtracks and for her album Me & My Piano. }); And relieved, very relieved. She was there always. eventAction: 'click_image_ads' The relationship was not out of the ordinary for Hefner, who was known for his prolific dating life and even dating multiple women at the time. Krystal: Whenever, y'know, the attack happened and I knew that my dad couldn't come. He knew the layout of the house & how to slip in without disturbing the rest of the family as he made his attack on Katy. She popped her head up a little but never fully sat up. Over the next nine months, working with Sells, the police confirmed that he was responsible for 22 murders. So now I think I'm overdoing it. And I liked feeling that power. Then the state went into phase two to try and get the death penalty. Maybe what would we be doing? Pam managed to keep her word & not cry, as she watched her brave child breakdown on the stand. People say I'm brave and everything. } Krystal quickly tried to scoot to the right side of the bed since the man stood to the left, trying to get away from him but he just reached over the side of the bed and cut her throat. He is. After Hefners death, she found love with space engineer Nathan Levi. document.querySelector("#google_image_div").addEventListener('click',function(){ I could see at the end of the bed - this scary guy. pg.acq.push(function() { Pam Surles | Marque and Krystal's mother: On Dec. 31, 1999, I had a phone call at close to 6:00 in the morning as I was preparing to move from Kansas to Texas. Her singing career was aided by the Backstreet Boys on tour, and she has toured with bassist Victor Wooten. I'm not sure if a lot of people know this song, but I like it and I wanted to share it with you guys. eventAction: 'render' Harold Dow: I mean, you know, you cover a story like this, I have to tell you, if you have children, you place your children in - in their situation, they were helpless. And he just cut her throat, and she fell to the ground. Where are they now? 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. And I explained to Krystal - I told Krystal, "We have a photo lineup And if you see the man that was in that residence that did this to y'all, please put your finger on him.". }); And it was all Krystal's except for that one area where Katy was, where she laid and died. I did it. MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of Now three years later Crystal has rebranded herself as a travel blogger and found love again with 32-year-old spaceship engineer Nathan Levi. Mark: When the incident happened with Krystal, it was like a slap in the face. I can't - and I can't talk. They took a fifteen minute break; Krystal said she wiped her tears and went right back out there and did it. No, they helped me get through it, because they were so strong together," Dow continued. He didn't ever bring me down at alland these are happy tearsI'm just glad to be here. .component--type-recirculation .item:nth-child(5) { In 2011 Hugh dumped the twins to marry Crystal - but she called off the wedding with just a few days to go. Crystal Hefner (ne Harris, born April 29, 1986) is an American model who was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 2009, and the third wife of Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner from December 2012 until his death in September 2017. And that was our only hope as far as any surviving witness. I wanted a normal life. Do you not love us?". When she got outside, it was dark & she was in her pajamas, wearing no shoes. Despite their 60 year age difference, the new couple got engaged in late 2010, only to part ways, reunite, and ultimately tie the knot in December 2012. At one point she became overwhelmed & couldnt answer any more questions. Harold Dow: To see her walk into that courtroom with her chest out as she took the witness stand.she was there for businessandshe did it. The police called Pam, where she sat with her recovering daughter & let her know they had made the arrest. ga('ads.send', { Her soul came up and like - stayed with me," Krystal told reporters at a press conference. document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ "Krystal: He was in jail for three years. And then we told him he was under arrest for murder. I wanted to. What would she be doing? Um, he came, y'know, to my graduation. I me being in second grade, they're younger than me, they were babies. I remember walking down the hall and at the end of the hall I could see my mom and my sister. I need to back off a little bit. Or like 30 seconds in an interview with me because you know I would get it from her immediately. Updated January 18, 2021 at 3:50 PM. She told the publication, "I did not expect it to happen like that. The Texas Rangers received the phone call at 5:30am on December 31,1999. Additionally, she provided the singing voice for Velma at the end of the direct to DVD movie Scooby-Doo! Just last year, 14 years after Krystal Baker was murdered, an arrest was made in her case. I feel like she's still a kid. Marque: Way before the attack I just remember Krystal taking care of me. Pam: It was time for us to get back to everything as normal as possible. She really has been a survivor her whole entire life. } She also reportedly works as a travel blogger. It was Val Verde emergency room asking me for my permission to Life Flight Krystal. She got down from the bunk, fell to her hands and knees and made her way to where Katy lay on the bedroom floor. window.googletag.cmd.push(function() { gads_event = event; These are happy tears. 17 photos The Girls of the Playboy Mansion, 11 years later. In December 2021, she took to Instagram and shared photos of her sitting outside Playboy Mansion 2016. hitType: 'event', And it was the hardest thing I'd ever done in my entire life. She is his third wife. eventAction: 'click_adunit' I would not break down. Johnny Allen: He explained which - where the girls were lyin'. Krystal: When she got clean, my mom decided to take us girls with her and she came and picked us up from my dad. He'she's dead to me. She later started Krystal Peterson & The Queen City Band, releasing an EP on iTunes in 2013. And I just decided - I saw a light in the distance. Krystal said that she couldnt get the picture of the man out of her head; she was amazed how well the artist was able to sketch what she described. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), And I'm just lucky that I have this second opportunity, or we both do, to, um, y'know, become father and daughter again. Krystal had a hard time with this part; she said shes never been the type of person to feel good about something so bad. Mark: I couldn't quit usin'. She also provided her song "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" for the film Legally Blonde; the song was remixed for the soundtrack. eventAction: 'click_ads' She laid next to her friend & rubbed her back; when she tried to say, Everythings gonna be OK she realized that she was unable to speak. Im still healing from certain experiences.. In the meantime, I had the girls; some tough times there. ga('create', 'UA-67136960-15', 'auto', 'ads'); },false) So that was the door that opened up that just said, it just woke me up and said, "Do you love your kids or not? She was the lead singer on Victor Wooten's 20122013 tour. He was much older, but he was just a little boy at heart.". It had been sharpened throughout the years so many times that it was such a thin blade and it was recovered beyond his residence in the brush where he had told us he had discarded the knife. This broadcast is dedicated to CBS News Correspondent Harold Dow, who reported on this story for a decade. My older sister, Krystal, and I were staying with friends in Del Rio, Texas, waiting for my family in Kansas to move there with us. They arrived at Sells home at 5:30am & knocked on the door; it was unlocked so they walked right in to find Sells standing near the doorway. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. Tommy Lynn Sells: And I walked over here and I cut this one Harold Dow: Tommy's defense attorney, he knew that he had a killer, that he was representing a killer. hitType: 'event', eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), I knew somebody was hurt. And then there was relief. document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ Harris lived with the Playboy founder alongside his other girlfriends: identical twin sisters Kristina and Karissa Shannon. The 91-year-old, worth an estimated $50 million, died from natural causes. Pam: I wanted a family. Johnny Allen: We spent the next nine months with Sells on additional homicides that he claimed to have committed. It devastated me. You could either walk by him or just walk through this door and get on, um, the stand.
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