In this episode of Crime Watch Daily Updates: The murder of 30-year-old Krystal Mitchell.
Krystal was a doting, beautiful mother of two and no stranger to men being attracted to her. Then, she laid eyes on Raymond McLeod, who went by the name R.J., and became smitten. He was a bodybuilder and former Marine — exactly her type.
The two started dating, and in June 2016, traveled to San Diego from their home in Phoenix for a romantic getaway. But that trip to the Golden State would soon turn dark.
On June 10, 2016, San Diego Police received a call about a woman not breathing in an apartment and arrived to find Krystal dead. R.J., however, was nowhere in sight. Investigators learned she was last seen with her boyfriend, and he became the prime suspect.
The problem was, however, investigators suspected R.J. fled south of the border. The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest and believed he was in Central America or Mexico. Krystal’s mother, Josephine Wentzel, is a former detective and assisted San Diego Police with their investigation. The District Attorney’s Office called Krystal’s mom “instrumental” in the manhunt for R.J.
R.J. was added to the U.S. Marshal’s 15 Most Wanted list and even became the first fugitive ever with a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to his arrest. He remained on the run for six years until he was eventually located teaching English at a school in El Salvador. He was arrested August 29, 2022, and extradited back to San Diego, where he pleaded not guilty to killing Krystal.
Let’s look back at the case of a young mother killed on a supposed romantic weekend and the capture of a man who could run, but not hide.
This guy's got one goofy-looking body. He looks like a pencil with big arms.
Prayers for the families and the victims
He plead not guilty even though she was found at his friends house, people saw him assault her, he stole her car, and he ran away? I want to call him something that YouTube will get mad at me for.
Rest in peace Krystal.
I hope RJ gets the death penalty for all the assaults and Krystal's killing.
Roid Rage !!!!! Those big steroid injecting Vienna popping guys with little brains get angry very quickly and go into a Roid rage they just snap !!!!! That's what happened here classic case !!!
Rot in jail then hell fire you mef
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She picked him, it was her own fault. Not a very smart woman.
Amazing parents, terrible choice of men, and a priceless tip from a student
Jesus, RJ looks like a huge douchebag and his chin makes him look retarded. No wonder why he usually has a beard and dude definitely used steroids. Probably killed her while he was roid raging. Edit: Damn I was right he did use roids. Well now tiny balls will have fun in prison.
When are you going to hang that picture Anna?
I wonder if this was something that happened during a sexual encounter at the friend's house they were staying at, Maybe they were being intimate and he just started choking her in the moment but didn't realize just how hard he was doing it and couldn't fix it once it was done, I mean it's not like it was in a hotel room or something it was at the house where there's people around so he couldn't have done it thinking he was going to get away
5:50 My God 😳He Looks Scary To Me!!! I would be crossing the street…
He has reptile eyes look at his pupils he’s a reptile that’s what they do they kill
If she had done a proper background check herself instead of relying on her friend she might be alive today.
The mom was so adorable when she was younger.
I'm sorry but she could have done so much better. My condolences to this family.
This is why I'm always saying know what you are getting into before you do, are you might walk right into the devil's front door and when you do sometimes there's no return out from there.
R. J has brought she to me, never own a person trust and then killed them especially your own woman!
I'm a prime, nemesis prime and i hate crimes and wickedness! If things not working out between you and your partner walk away free don't go killing anyone, who do you think you are? You didn't give anyone life so you must not take other people's lives away from them. You will face God judgement humans….stop the killings, it's wrong.
A close family member doesn't find men with muscles attractive anymore because she survived dv and all she sees is violence.
If ever you deal with a possible dangerous man no matter how minor move or arm yourself period
Why do woman want to feel safe by man so much? Not that it's a problem but becoming ridiculous.
Imagine coming to the conclusion something is wrong with someone by a picture of their veins popping out at the gym 🤦🏽♂️
Such a beautiful young woman.
For those who wanna know why the detective didnt release much, it's so when they question somebody the suspect doesn't know any information and only uses personal information obtained.
Oh wowww. Her mom is cool.
Love stories like these. Keep loving those bad boys ladies lmao 😂
Gals, please stay away from these bodybuilders, it doesn't always end well when they snap. We skinny guys are good enough for you. Really sad!!
This is like another Brian Brimager case. They go to another country, former marine kills gf, then doesn’t get caught until a few years later.
Dude is fugly. What she saw is beyond my comprehension
And that’s why I’m single.
Same story old as time women love bad boys…she wanted Chad and got all that came with it. No sympathy for these women how many good guys did she skip over for this muscle head jerk.
Thank all the gods they got him!! His arrogance is nauseating!
God Bless Her🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️RIP
Always Trust your intuition, its there to Protect you from what your eyes are unable to see at the time.
Best advice I ever recieved,
"If something doesn't add up, Remove yourself🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️🏃🏽♀️..
Everything that glitters ain't Gold,
& just because someone puts 💩 on a stick and roll it in sugar doesn't make it a lollipop.. Its still just 💩 on a stick🤔🤷🏽♀️
Long story short
Don't be blinded by how someone or something looks
The need to nest put you in a position to expose your children to some roid nut you can see is trouble from 5 miles away
He looks crazy and ugly
Roid raged.
never forgot about this case. So happy the monster has been caught.
Glad that he was caught. Karma has a way of coming back around.
That poor stepfather. He can't hold it together ..I'm glad he has such a strong wife
I like big guys w tats… but this dude is not attractive and creepy AF
I thought he got caught!…… Click bait!