It was widely reported following his death that Harris did not inherit anything of his multi-million dollar fortune, after signing an ironclad prenuptial agreement. There was silence in the courtroom. She said Katy stopped making the noises & she knew she had to get help. Mark: I remember for a couple weeks, just listenin' to the other kids outside that they played with. Pam said that the Texas Rangers suggested that she go through the crime scene to see with her own eyes what had happened. Another post showed the duo celebrating together at Disneyland. And I guess it's a reporter's instinct to ask for things that they normally can't have. I was just the random girl at school. }); The police called Pam, where she sat with her recovering daughter & let her know they had made the arrest. And so, I got on my hands and knees and I was crawling across the floor in the bedroom. } / CBS News. Smart girl. He had scruffy hair - long, dark, curly hair, and a big, scary, long bushy beard that, you know, just took over his whole face. }); eventAction: 'render' When we got to Tommy Lynn Sells' residence, it was approximately 5:30 in the mornin'. In the months and months that we spent with Sells we have confirmed he has committed 22 total murders. She's 20 now. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('slotOnload', function(event) { Pam: It's such a beautiful thing to see her with her sisters. I honestly started forgiving him whenever he got out. And I liked feeling that power. And I said I wanna walk by him. And one of the machines was breathing for her. Pam: I felt like it was her story, and when she was ready and comfortable, she would tell me what she wanted to tell me about it. So I filed for divorce. And Krystal has done everything she can, but she can't change that. He taught me kindness. Krystal's story stayed with Harold Dow for the rest of his life. .component--type-recirculation .item:nth-child(5) { At the time, she also shared pictures with Malaty on her Instagram Stories and wrote, Such a good trip this time. The crime scene was extremely bloody. Pam: There's not a doubt in my mind that Krystal has lost a lot. "I've never met a youngster that brave before in my life.". She was contacted and was flown to San Antonio and ultimately brought to University Hospital. 17 photos In 2011 Hugh dumped the twins to marry Crystal - but she called off the wedding with just a few days to go. document.querySelector("#ads").addEventListener('click',function(){ The pair remained together for five years before the magazine publisher died in September 2017. "He taught me love. They were getting into some trouble with the law & worst of all, they were fighting terribly. hitType: 'event', 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. eventAction: 'click_image_ads' ga('ads.send', { 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. ", "I think we just had a really good time together," she said. 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. "At that point in his life, that wasn't all that important to him," Harris laughed telling Access in 2018. Set at an art school, Harris described the concept as "the next Fame". In an interview in 2018, Harris was candid about her sex life during their marriage. I thought he would be around for a long time. gads_event = event; Krystal: As soon as I woke up from surgery, I was ready to talk. These are happy tears. The people become a part of you," Dow said. 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.". He said he was aware of the fact that he wouldnt be around forever. And as well as being a blogger, she is an influencer with over three million followers. We became each others little world., After Hefner proposed to Harris -- which did not see Hefner going down on one knee, but instead handing her a ring and saying that he hoped it fit -- Harris felt everything was moving too quickly. Ryan is a good friend and they are getting to know each other, a source told Us Weekly exclusively in July last year. Krystals trachea had been cut & her vocal cords had been hit, which is why she couldnt speak after she was attacked. I was 7. hitType: 'event', eventAction: 'render' }); And she was just angry, because she felt 'Why can't you be here, Dad? I was gonna sleep on the floor next to the bed, but they didn't want me in there, and I was made to leave. Now, Harris has opened up in an interview with The Sun about the details of her relationship with Hefner, what led her to leave and what led her to come back. let gads_event; }) if not most of, her childhood. She said she woke up to something that sounded like a scream; it was approximately 3:50am. Mark: Our relationship today is kind of a struggle. She had a good voice but her career never took off after these gigs. Marque recalls seeing the blood outside as well, trailing down the front steps & into the street. Harris captioned the post as Happiest place on earth with my happiest place on earth. hitType: 'event', What if someone wants you dead but you live to tell? Eventually, as years went on, people were curious, like, 'Oh yeah. We knew a 10-year-old girl had survived, Krystal Surles. pg.acq.push(function() { MEAWW brings you the best content from its global team of In the meantime, I had the girls; some tough times there. Thank you. Krystal had to directly point at Sells to identify that he was the person who murdered her friend that night. And, er, I slept not very good. A mere five days before they were due to exchange vows, Harris called the wedding off. 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. And you've got this deranged killer climbing through the window with a knife. They married on Dec. 31, 2012, in an intimate ceremony at the mansion, as if nothing untoward had happened. He was much older, but he was just a little boy at heart.". 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. But then I was trying to comfort her. ", Harris also recalled, "At one point he told me, when you start doing things away from the relationship, thats when it ends. After connecting her to the song The Kid In You from The Country Bears, I pinned her down as Krystal Harris. 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. So much has happened since he's been gone, so I'm just thinking about all of that.But recently, Harris also admitted having not-so-good memories with him. Speaking about finding love again from the point of view of her deceased husband, she told The Sun: Hef told me to know that he would always love me, that I was the love of his life, but he was aware of the age difference. That knife was the ugliest looking knife I've ever seen in my life. Because you realized just exactly what she had to go through, what she had to do to try and survive. }); Crystal Harris married Hugh Hefner in 2012 despite having an age difference of 60 years. window.googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function(event) { Krystal Harris was born on November 7, 1981 in Anderson, Indiana, USA. And he couldn't and it made her mad. Krystal took the photo lineup and, she began - you could see her eyes movin' from one individual photograph to the next. if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ I think about, y'know, if she was here, would we still be friends? And we just didn't get along very well. Crystal Harris has lifted the lid on her marriage to Hugh Hefner Credit: John Chapple - The Sun. First, just before Thanksgiving, news broke that Ashley Etienne, Harris . 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. This man was no longer gonna be able to kill men, women, and children again. She then fled to Australia. He made it clear that if I travelled on my own or did things on my own, we were over. Pam: One of the things that the Rangers offered for me to kinda get a better idea of what Krystal had gone through, to hopefully help her more in the recovery, is to get to go through the crime scene and see, with my own eyes, what actually had happened. #krystalharris #theprincessdiaries #y2knostalgia #y2kaesthetic #musichistory". It's frightening that Sells had also made a comment that he actually thought about killing the six people that - that were in the trailer. It had been discarded in the brush behind his house, exactly where he told police he had put it. ", Harris said, "Before women would come in to test for being a Playmate and you would see the womanizing side of Hef. Go.". He didn't ever bring me down at alland these are happy tearsI'm just glad to be here. Shes convinced that if she had, she wouldnt be here today. It was Val Verde emergency room asking me for my permission to Life Flight Krystal. Crime scene photos: Tommy Lynn Sells It was toward the end when I started saying no to things that werent me. And I'm just lucky that I have this second opportunity, or we both do, to, um, y'know, become father and daughter again. [1] } That night, 7-year-old Marque desperately wanted to join the older girls in the sleepover, but older sister Krystal wasnt having it. hitType: 'event', I could see everybody crying. gads_event = event; He treated me with respect., When Hefner died in 2017 at the age of 91, Harris was distraught. Then I stabbed her here and then she jumped back then I (motions slicing throat) Then I walked over here (moves to top bunk) and I went like this (demonstrates slashing Krystal's neck). She also sang the song Supergirl on the Princess Diaries soundtrack. Over the next nine months, working with Sells, the police confirmed that he was responsible for 22 murders. I thought he received exactly what he deserved. In her unflinching account, Krystal recalls the events of that awful. And I was looking around. hitType: 'event', Pam: I wanted a family. Krystal Harris zodiac sign is a Scorpio. It makes you realize what you have and how fast you can lose it. Krystal: I don't ever think about Tommy Lynn Sells. Just, pressure off my shoulders, I got through this. hitType: 'event', Johnny Allen: Out of this whole experience with Sells, that was probably the most difficult to sit there and have to listen to. I'm fine, y'know. A window had been left open the night of the attack & Sells was able to easily enter the home. I just had, like, a game plan. 1. And I looked her in her eyes and I said, "Are you OK, angel? Krystal was relieved to leave Texas & head back to Kansas but she would eventually have to go back to testify nine months later. She has sold her home, telling the publication that it was simply too big for her, as she retreated for a more independent lifestyle exempt of butlers and maids. Now three years later Crystal has rebranded herself as a travel blogger and found love again with 32-year-old spaceship engineer Nathan Levi. She was the strong one and she was little. if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ However, when Hefner's secretary contacted her saying that the millionaire was pining, she met him again, saying he was a "completely different person. document.querySelector("#adunit").addEventListener('click',function(){ He explained - he walked over to the bottom bunk where Katy was lyin'. Krystal first headed across the hall to where her sister slept but was unable to wake her since she couldnt speak. But you know, I was ready. Krystal: When she got clean, my mom decided to take us girls with her and she came and picked us up from my dad. I never sat up fully or anything. I saw the blood. As police made the drives with Sells to the jail, he was quiet & then eventually said, I guess you wanna know about the other murders. They took Sells to an interrogation room & listened as he spoke for hours, going from state to state, talking about all the men, women & children he had killed. display: block; CBS News Poll: How GOP primary race could be Trump v. 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Krystal: I felt fine to know that I had to eventually see him, because I felt like he couldn't conquer me, y'know. window.adsContainer = {"positionAfterTitle":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle5_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position2":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_After_Title_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position3":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Below_Next_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position4":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position5":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle1_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position6":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle2_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position7":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle3_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position8":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle4_Rel_Newrev","max_width":300,"max_height":250},"position9":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle5_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position10":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle6_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position11":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle7_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position12":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle8_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position13":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle9_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position14":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle10_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position15":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle11_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"position16":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_Middle12_Rel_Newrev","max_width":336,"max_height":280},"positionTop":{"code":"Article_Desktop_970x250_Header_Rel","isOrganicUserAd":false,"max_width":970,"max_height":250},"positionBottom":{"code":"Article_Desktop_Sidebar_Bottom_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":300,"max_height":600},"positionBottomRight":{"code":"Article_Desktop_300x250_After_Title_Rel_Newrev","isOrganicUserAd":true,"max_width":336,"max_height":280}} It was dark outside. I just had such a mindset that this is what I wanted to do, um, and this is what I had to do. ga('ads.send', { Maybe what would we be doing? I just got on the road and walked really slow to that light Really, all I could think about was just, "get to this house, just get to this house, just get to this house." eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), Johnny Allen: We feel like the motive in this murder and [the] attack on Krystal was sexual assault. Mark: She just up and moved away. Everyone tried to remind Krystal that she was the one who helped catch the vicious killer who could be out, killing others. document.querySelector("#google_image_div").addEventListener('click',function(){ },false) eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), There were different, heightened expectations for Harris, chiefly because of her . She always did everything. Their relationship gradually strengthened as Mark built his trust back. Marque: After the attack, we became way closer. We went right on in and were met near the front doorway by Tommy Lynn Sells. She began to fear that this man had killed the whole family so she fled the house. Hefner and Harris reconciled the following year and got married on December 31, 2012, with close family members attending. And his only strategy was to try to keep Tommy Lynn Sells off of death row. "Movie night and backgammon [were what he cared about]. Krystal: We were gone for quite some time. Hef married Crystal. When they asked her why she had done that, she said, because I saw what he did to Katy and I was scared he was gonna do it to me.. Do you not love us?". 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. Johnny Allen: We spent the next nine months with Sells on additional homicides that he claimed to have committed. 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The exact figure of Harris's current net worth is not known, but it is estimated to be between $5 million and $10 million. Mark: When the incident happened with Krystal, it was like a slap in the face. I have memories of this singer who used to be promoted on Nickelodeon in the early 00s who had short hair and was simply addressed as Krystal with no last name. So I'm just banging as hard as I can on the door. There was no doubt in my mind. ga('ads.send', { And I came across Katy on the floor. 9.6K Likes, 275 Comments. Hefner started to control everything she did and if she were late for anything, he would panic staff into finding her. They were comin' over askin' for 'em. And he was getting ready to leave. Marque: I believed in Krystal from the beginning. if(document.querySelector("#google_image_div")){ Born April 29, 1986, Crystal Hefner - formerly Harris - is a model and television personality. She said she was sleeping on the top bunk & Katy was at the bottom. The name Kristallnacht refers ironically to the litter of broken glass left in the streets after these pogroms. Mark Surles | Krystal's father: Because it made her think, it made her strong. I wiped my tears and I went right back out there and I wasI was on it. Where?" eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), He simply said, Im glad I finally got caught I was tired of doing this. From there, he was arrested for murder. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Born November 7, 1981 Add to list Photos Known for Legally Blonde 6.4 Soundtrack ("Love Is a Beautiful Thing") 2001 Then waking early to get herself ready for school; she said she was late to school basically everyday & was the stinky kid in class. People were happy to know that this man was no longer gonna be in society. },false) eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), He's like, 'Who's there, who's there,' you know? But before long they got back together, and the famous womaniser walked down the aisle for the third time. Mark ended up getting caught and going to prison. The lights in the room were on & to her horror, a scary man stood at the end of the bed. Krystal remembers that when her mom got clean, she decided to take the girls and move away from their dad. Katy Harris was a very popular, 13-year-old, beautiful young girl, who had everything in the world goin' for her. The Girls of the Playboy Mansion, 11 years later. She always had a game plan in mind if needed; if someone comes in this window, Im going out that window. As she spoke she cried & explained, It makes me really thankful.. Thats what he did. September 4, 2010 / 7:44 PM I was kind of, I - I - I say it as a joke, but it's true: I was the stinky kid in class. Cuz I'd have killed that son of a bitch. When the verdict came in, after the verdict came in, the only question was whether Tommy Lynn Sells would receive life in prison or whether Tommy Lynn Sells would be put to death. Holly Madison claims Hugh Hefner abused her, Playboy model Francia James strips naked for body paint cosplay, gets kicked out of mall, The 35-year-old continued, I was still sick physically and mentally, but on the road to recovery, before adding: Im always torn when I talk about the Playboy Mansion because in a lots of ways it was a sanctuary to me, but in other ways, it was my prison. She got down from the bunk, fell to her hands and knees and made her way to where Katy lay on the bedroom floor. Sells had made a comment that he had considered killing all six people that were in the trailer. In her unflinching account, Krystal recalls the events of that awful night, her incredible journey to recovery and a secret she kept from the public for years. And they, y'know, said, "Do you want to walk by him?" In December 2021, she took to Instagram and shared photos of her sitting outside Playboy Mansion 2016. Krystal later told reporters at a press conference that Katy helped her through that night, her soul came up and stayed with me. When Krystal was out of surgery, she was ready to talk & tell police what she knew. Mark admits that he couldnt quit dealing or using. LISTEN: Who gets what when a couple divorces? I'm not necessarily scared, but I'm thinking, if somebody comes in this window I'm gonna go out this window. I have to pass by it going to my ranch. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ After Krystal testified, he was smart enough not to try to cross-examine her in a vigorous fashion. She kind of reminded me of P!nk before I knew who P!nk was. Amber: Krystal took on the mother, the father, the everything role. I felt ready to do it. A March 2021 report said that Harris was working in the field of property development and was still the vice president of the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. He opened the door, almost had the light off, looked one last time, and - and he saw me looking at him. But the light was on, so I could see. 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. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. We didn't know it at the time, and even up to and even after the trial, we didn't know that Krystal was keeping a lot inside. ga('ads.send', { Krystal remembers that they went to bed late that night. }); Harris had a new dazzling ring on her finger. 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. 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