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Adele Margaret Crabtree, a 16-year-old Caucasian female, was found dead on November 3, 1971, in a remote area of Montgomery County, north of Houston, Texas. She had been killed with two loads of buckshot and one bird-shot from a shotgun. Evidence suggested that prior to the shooting, she may have been subjected to sexual violence. Adele, known by the nickname 'Gypsy,' was a runaway from Cincinnati who had been living in various hippie communes in Houston. She had worked as a go-go dancer, a cock ...Read More
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Adele Crabtree
Female
White / Caucasian
Houston
TX
1971-11-02
16
Adele
Crabtree
11/30/2025




