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Hello everyone, my name is Rachel and welcome back to my channel. So the case that I have for you guys today is one that is solved, but it does involve the death of a young teenager in a very disturbing way. So if cases involving children make you especially uncomfortable, this is your warning now that this video may not be for you. Today, we are going to be discussing the death of Riley Crossman.
Riley Crossman was born December 22, 2003, in Martinsbury, West Virginia, to her parents Chantel Oakley and Lance Crossman. She was described as being absolutely beautiful inside and out with a contagious laugh. She was a natural artist, a talented dancer, and a beautiful singer. She absolutely loved little kids, and they loved her just as much.
She was known to be intelligent, caring, and helpful, yet stubborn and about as dramatic as teenage girls come. She spent her time between her parents' houses in Martinsburg and Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, because her parents were divorced. But she spent most of her time in Berkeley Springs living with her mom, and that is where she went to school.
She had also been dating a young man named Hayden Lacey for about eight months before she died, And by all accounts, they were super close and they adored each other. Her dad, Lance, said that Hayden is a pretty good kid and he was a positive influence on her. He says that since being with him, she was pulling up her grades and was doing pretty well for herself.
So Tuesday, May 7th, 2019, Riley had gotten home from school at around 3.30 p.m. And when she got home, her mom Chantel was taking a nap on the couch. Chantel worked two jobs, so she was at work while Riley was at school, but she wasn't feeling too well this day, so she asked to go home early from her first job so that she could go ahead and take a nap at home before starting her next job.
Chantel knew that Riley was a very reliable girl, so she asked her to wake her up when she got home from school, and she knew that she was going to. So when Riley got home from school, she woke her mom up and made sure that she was up in time to get ready for her evening shift at her job. After Chantel left for work, Riley went about her evening as normal.
Riley's maternal grandmother was at home with Riley as well as her two younger brothers until around 7pm. As far as Chantel knew, Riley stayed at home and was just chilling in her room that entire evening. So when Chantel got home at around 10pm that evening and walked past Riley's door and saw that it was shut, she pretty much just figured that she was in her room and didn't think anything of it.
Again, Chantel really was not feeling well that day, but she couldn't get time off of work to be homesick, so when she got home, she pretty much just fell asleep immediately. Then, according to Hayden, Riley's boyfriend, the two were on FaceTime until around 10.30 p.m. that night. Then, another one of Riley's friends said that they were texting each other until almost midnight that night.
After that, she wasn't on her phone that night until 5.40 a.m., when she tried calling Hayden, but he was sleeping, so he didn't answer. By 7.15 a.m., Chantel woke up and started getting ready for her day. So she went into Riley's room to go and check in on her, but Riley was not in her room. But still, she didn't really think much of it.
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