The Little Girl Who Stopped A Serial Killer Who Preyed on Kids| Krystal Surles

[@CarpeNutella]

Don't apologize for showing emotion. You're not a robot. True Crime can damage your mental health. Practice self care 😊

[@ZaraV]

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[@DDCT11]

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[@Massie82]

I'd like to hear you tell the story of Sean Dugas in Pensacola, Florida. I went to high school with him in the late 90's, and he disappeared during hurricane Ivan in 2004. He was eventually discovered dead, having been murdered by twin brothers for his $100k magic card collection. They killed him, loaded up his body and his entire house in a U-haul truck, drove across state lines to Georgia, and buried him under their dad's driveway. He was such a nice guy, and did not deserve what happened to him.

[@susieschlotzhauer9924]

Omg I’m from Tampa Fl I remember that story that was CRAZYYYYY

[@laerieam6189]

Pp😮pppp

[@niasiaallen134]

Wow I'm from Pensacola & never heard of his case it definitely needs some exposure

[@Thereal_liaa777]

I currently live in Pensacola and have never heard of his story😢😢😢

[@fillinggaps1975]

I want to hear this one

[@zslis4348]

That poor child has what they call Survivors guilt. I pray she finds peace and healing

[@BeautifullyResilient23]

Me too

[@lauriesmith1321]

Am I the only one. Who when watching Zara, talks like we are in the same room having a conversation about the case?

[@heatheranderson4475]

It's a very low survival rate. It's usually passed through when an ear infection or sinus infection gets out of control. It's caused by the bacteria permeating the brain and in 12 hours you begin to lose consciousness. At 24 hours you're in a coma with no chance of survival. The reason for the low survival rate is the severity and strength of the infection and lack of medical field personnel having seen meningitis before. You can only identify bacterial by doing a spinal tap.

[@m0ox]

I’ve not been shocked by a true crime story for a VERY long time. This case has honestly made me feel so sick, disgusting. The way you speak about the case Zara, you speak with such passion towards the victims. Never apologise for getting emotional about cases, they’re disgusting and awful. 🤍

[@Valeria-mq3qn]

Off topic from the actual case, but naming the fraternal twins “Tommy Lee” and “Tammy Lynn” is so cute to me!

[@jabellatv3240]

I thought the same thing when I heard it but that man is a demon

[@skallawingrove2460]

I don’t usually comment on videos but I have watched thousands of videos of true crime, did a degree in crime ect ect but this is the worst case I have ever heard of. That poor pregnant woman and the baby😢 just pure shock

[@teresa082]

I had spinal meningitis at 4 months old. My family was prepared for me to die. To the point the Chaplin came to pray. (My dad was military) During the prayer my fever started to break. The doctor told my parents that because my faves was so high for so long I would be mentally handicapped the rest of my life. They were wrong. I am one of the low numbers to survive and thrive.

[@caity5204]

Wow, this was a hard one to listen to😣 Thank you Zara for doing such a good job on bringing awareness to this case

[@donnagardner3932]

Oh my goddess that was a super heavy one..... I appreciate your delivery and your dedication to sharing victims stories. Thank you for giving them a voice. Love from Wyoming USA ❤

[@SophieKaye1]

I do not understand how he was continuously released from prison?? Like how did they let this keep happening? 😭

[@perfectlyimperfect_8528]

I can’t even imagine being 10, 11, 12 years old & having a “game plan” for what you’re going to do if someone comes into your house. Or getting up & checking on your family to make sure they’re breathing & not hurt. Or waking up every morning at 5am, which is probably some sort of muscle memory or subconscious reaction, & going over that game plan you have. Crystal is definitely a strong & brave young woman, but she shouldn’t of had to be at that age. Her biggest concern should’ve been who she would invite to her birthday party or who’s house will they have their next sleepover at. It’s so sad when a child loses their innocence bc of a violent crime or SA. SMH, she’s survived more by age 10/11 than most will in their lifetime ❤

[@kristys.crawford3066]

Thank you for all your videos. Please be sure to take breaks from the horror of these cases. The emotional trauma involved in all the research has to be taking a toll on you. Big hugs young lady! ❤

[@fefe1179]

It’s so scary what anger can do.

[@CorrineJohansen-n1e]

The victim that wanted to help get him some food, where he came inside her house even when instructed not too, she actually survived the attack. His victims before her they couldn't be proven. That's why he only recieved a 5yr sentence. For the rape and attemped murder.

[@sagebryant786]

Part of why he didn't get caught was because the early 90's even the mid to late 90's DNA was still new and having the kinks worked out plus he was going from state to state and people like that they somehow go unnoticed they make no real impact on anyone with like marriage and friendship so it's harder to see them. Krystal is amazing and I hope she has found happiness and has forgiven the guilt she feels for surviving. She saved countless lives. This was a hard case to hear but is definitely an inspiration thank you so much for covering it. Goes to show monsters do exist but they can be defeated and heroes don't need capes.

[@lauriesmith1321]

I'm sure I watched most this with my jaw on the floor. Unbelievable what goes on the world. ❤

[@KatMerriam75]

Thank you Crystal for being so brave to testify. I'm sorry for the loss of Katy. The best revenge is to live life to the fullest. RIH KATY 😇

[@MMWEST01]

What the actual HELL is wrong with people? I am without words, omg, the three years old, the new born which was delivered in front of him, he SA’d the mother who just had a baby. I am traumatized and heartbroken for all his victims 💔

[@h-shmoneyyy7677]

This was a horrible case but when you said “she couldn’t believe how much the sketch looked like him” then proceeded to show that simple ass sketch I diedddd 😭😭

[@reneadial]

Loveeee catching ur videos !!! Thanks for posting & keeping all of our Tuesdays even better ❤

[@melinda8980]

This guy was a monster! 😟 Thank you for the new upload 💕

[@stephaniewilliams4885]

Hi Zara! I hope you're doing well! I love that you do this every week. You're amazing! 💜

[@Jordys_Cursed_Camera]

I will never understand how anyone could hurt children especially. This guy did unbelievably horrific murders. I feel so bad for the victims and their loved ones. The judge and the prosecutor who agreed to only giving him 5 yrs should be held accountable too.

[@johnwood441]

I'm proud to live in the state that ended this monsters life. Texas hates child predators.

[@Deano87]

Hi love coming across your channel another great true crime channel who tells the victims with such dignity and justice. Watching from the uk I’d love to do the Sarah Payne case it was such a huge case here. And it’s 22yrs this year since Sarah’s law lives on. Her mum is one of strongest woman you’ll ever know along with her siblings, it’s such a sad but poignant case ❤️

[@zealministry1269]

This was one of the hardest cases to hear. I watch a lot of true crime and crime shows & this was possibly the worst. Please never feel like you can’t or shouldn’t show emotion. This is a lot to hear let alone say❤

[@roseyred1010]

This is the first true crime I’ve ever listened to, you were so entertaining to listen to. And pretty!

[@dianamerritt2327]

What a beautiful, strong, & so brave sweet baby girl. So glad she was so strong. ❤❤❤❤

[@tinazimmer4304]

Tommy's life would've been so much different had his mother actually been a mother. She should have let him be adopted by his aunt because there he would have been loved and nurtured and he would have been taught the difference between right and wrong. He would not have become uneducated by 7 years old nor would he have been an alcoholic and he would not have been sold as a s*xslave by his so-called mother to that man. I have heard other videos and podcast that the guy that abused him at 7 years old was allowed to because that was his mother's drug dealer. I feel so terrible for all of these victims and may all of their blood be on his mother's hands because of what she had allowed to happen to him at such a young age. And yes Crystal was extremely brave and I hope that she is in a better place in life right now. I feel so sorry for her!

[@Bodhi-Lovell]

So happy to see your post ❤

[@ladybm2020]

I enjoyed the video, though i was horrified. I also have unanswered questions: 1. How did cops end up at his address after the sketch? 2 Why did he target this particular child? Was there any history? 3. Is he still on death row, is he head? The pregnant lady story is the worst thing I've ever heard of. 😢😢

[@aritrihore8198]

Requesting the Burari family case!!

[@YoinHavana]

Thank you for this one. Hopefully nothing like this ever happens to my family or anyone I know, but will make sure my 15 year old daughter hears about it

[@kennedymariaxo]

always looking forward to your videos Zara ❤️

[@Bodhi-Lovell]

I am so grateful to be a survivor of meningitis meningococcal septicaemia

[@oneunicorn904]

I thought this one was a simple survival story then I find it’s some game of thrones murder kind of stuff 🤯😢

[@MichaelProwell-n5p]

QUEEN BEAUTIFUL HERO CRYSTAL FOREVER ❤❤❤

[@parisadmira246]

when he was a child he should have been adopted by the aunt and maybe the story would have been different

[@TaylaButters]

You should do a video on The Greenough Murder in Geraldton Western Australia. It happened in My home town and my mum and Dad used to live with the murder. 😮

[@heatherpowers840]

I would love for you to cover the Brandon Lawson story. There are so many unanswered questions. ❤️

[@Jordys_Cursed_Camera]

Krystal really is a strong girl to be able to do everything she could to survive and get justice for her friend. ❤️ I know Tommy needed a defense attorney but I don't know how anyone could defend that monster. I'm glad the defense attorney said that to Krystal and left it at that too.

[@suzimonkey345]

Thank you Zara!

[@jabellatv3240]

It’s crazy how many times he was arrested for theft but never for the killings he was committing smh

[@emilyyyyydanielle_]

Omg I JUST listened to the “I survived” episode on his victim Fabienne Witherspoon!

[@ojaswijoshi4337]

Such a brave girl.

[@xueshanna]

I have a case suggestion Amanda Stott-Smith who threw her two kids over the bridge in Oregon.

[@Summer09824]

This is a crazy story. I had spinal meningitis at 6 & spent a week in the hospital and had a spinal tap. It was wild.

[@fabiwilliams4644]

Some people shouldn't be parents

[@dianamariecentro4664]

Thanks for covering I know it was hard. Think how different his life would have been if his mother let his aunt adopt him?

[@EGGrun]

This is a horrible case, I didn't know how horrible Tommy's childhood was. It's tragic. I knew he was a disgusting serial killer, but this....

[@NovahPrime]

I like survival stories very much

[@atmospherecollectibles-rec7981]

Hi Zara! not new, but still wanted to say hello! Great channel

[@hannalorenorris524]

Are you okay after this one ? This was pretty heavy.

[@laylacharles384]

Omg I’m so early , I love you btw ❤❤

[@annemorgan2064]

He was made who he was, failure of family and victim of predators.

[@lillyrobles3792]

Hi, I’m a newby to your channel. I love it you do such a great job at explaining details. 💋👸

[@samanthalynn93]

This mom failed him badly. So sad

[@Stitch_Lover272]

❤❤ Thank you Zara

[@nancyshelden1735]

This case has so many deaths it is horrific . Tommy was doomed at a young age and was drinking at seven years old with no structural ever .

[@rachelrae860]

Yayyy hi Zara, I'm so happy I can watch now. As always I love and adore your personality,,I think it's everything. I've never heard this case and can't wait to hear it from you. 💋♥️🌻🤗🌹🥳😘🌟😍🥰. Holy crap this guy is a disgusting vile heinous piece of trash. Our judicial system is beyond fucked!!!

[@gabrielaherrera3571]

This is so horrible 😞 he had no empathy

[@rebeccagilkey5725]

If you did these cases without emotion, especially ones involving kids (and you being a parent too), i think that would be a lot more worrisome.

[@kathleenmcnaught]

Thanks for another great video

[@jennyekong8847]

Nice one Zara

[@mandilester1212]

Hey girl…I’m definitely NEW!

[@ZaraV]

Welcome girlfriend!! 🩵🩵

[@mandilester1212]

@@ZaraV anytime love! Thanks for saying hi!

[@terridemaio7334]

God Bless this child.For Doing that

[@terridemaio7334]

I Do Remember this case

[@jennmal5516]

I’m not even kidding you but I remember that man working at the Crawford county fair I’m the 90s. He was working the sand art stand. I remember because my mom never let us do that and she finally did, but I didn’t have fun he made me feel really uncomfortable. He didn’t do or say anything it was just his aura. My mom even made a comment about waisted $ because of my attitude during and after.

[@Rebekah_Renders]

Hiiiii Zara!!

[@Jordys_Cursed_Camera]

I just wanted to clarify meningitis. So there's bacterial and viral meningitis. Viral meningitis is caused by a virus but bacterial meningitis is caused by bacteria. Meningitis is inflammation of the menginges. Bacterial meningitis is harder to treat and reverse. Meningitis is diagnosed by testing cerebral spinal fluid, most people know it as a spinal tap. I got viral meningitis while in EMS school and I thought I was dying. It's rough for sure.

[@kandibar21]

Hey honey, I'm new and loving it

[@johnwood441]

So the girls name was Mark?

[@arkansaninva]

Wow, I had heard of this guy and Krystal, but I had no idea about so many of the victims you covered. What a horrible waste of oxygen! One case that I think you'd find interesting is Susan Polk, who killed her husband Felix. It's interesting because he was her psychologist as a child and clearly groomed her, and during her trial, one of her lawyers' wives was murdered. Just messy all around

[@ShaRaeBurr]

Omg hello beauty💓🙋🏻‍♀️

[@EstelleLaufeia]

I’m sorry but the amount I laughed when you called this guy a d*ckhead. That he was. 😅

[@ZaraV]

🤣🤣🤣

[@EstelleLaufeia]

@@ZaraV It’s an insult that needs to be used more often, rarely hear people use it anymore.

[@marylougarza7476]

I find that the older I get the easier the words d*head! and *ucker! just flow out of my mouth….🤷🏻‍♀️. It’s so liberating 😂

[@luthequeen7963]

Story of Alex Shorey?

[@laraeturner8551]

Hey Zara! I'm early lol

[@elshirley7964]

Not new, but HI! From Brisbane x

[@nStrait79]

Spinal meningitis is deadly. Had a patient come in and told us her baby had smiling mighty Jesus I’m the past. We were like what I’m the world is that.

[@JameshaHarper]

I had to pause the video to say this honey I am so apologetic to you and any other KZbinrs etcetera that does this research cuz I know this stuff has to be hard for you all just like it's hard for a lot of us to listen to it to hear it to watch certain s*** that's available to put out there to us but I could tell that this is one of those really really hard once because of the way you keep pausing and stuff honey I am so apologetic that you have to you know go through that with the research Travis stay strong you and anybody else that research sick s*** like this try to stay strong mentally emotionally etcetera as well as like I said before all of us that view it anyways let me get back to the video everyone stay safe stay blessed be careful out here I apologize for the lack of punctuation misspelled words or anything that's out of place because I'm doing the talk speech to text and I mean nothing that I say with any disrespect so I'm hoping nobody takes anything that I would have said in a disrespectful way but let me get back to the video

[@Clearwater39]

I am not new here. Just dropping you some extra live from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@heavyrockfarm]

Hi from the granite belt in Queensland, Australia

[@christiehutchins1597]

Hi zara😊 I would love to see what you can find out about The Meanest Man in America.. Pee Wee Gaskins in South Carolina. I read a book about him a long time ago, little did I know that he wrote his own book about his horrific acts. Have a beautiful day

[@antwanwilson7228]

Probably the thing behind his evilness was because he was also bipolar

[@Happytobehereee]

I’m not new here…but still wanted to say hi 💜

[@glauvie]

**** this guy. **** THIS GUY.

[@suzimonkey345]

🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹

[@suzimonkey345]

🌹

[@j_uzimakie]

Love u zaraaaaa ❤

[@moshimedlin-sw6ov]

Zara What kinda lawyer are you? Just curious. Moshi

[@ZaraV]

Hey Moshi! I do a little bit of this and that but mainly property law - sometimes family law and wills too but try and avoid those haha

[@moshimedlin-sw6ov]

@@ZaraV ok. I was just wondering. Are you working right now since you’ve got the two baby boys? Or just staying home and doing the mom and KZbin thing? Being a mom is the hardest job ever believe me I’ve been there. My son Brendan just graduated college and in August he is off to Las Vegas to go to culinary school. He’s wanted to be a chef since he was 6 years old. He’s been working in restaurant kitchens on his breaks from school since high school. My daughter Jordan is away right now and I really don’t want to talk about it it’s a legal matter. But both of them are beautiful kids. I’m proud of Brendan and all he’s accomplished. I know you’re boys are gonna be great too. You seem like a great person too. Moshi

[@Bunnyetsuko]

My heart ❤️ goes out to you…I was feeling your pain when you were trying to explain the monstrous acts that Tommy committed.

[@alanamacneill88]

Brave girl

[@hallievanoutryve3109]

Stop recommending our girl child cases for a while? This one really got to you, understandably so.

[@shanazrauf1817]

Hi ❤

[@BBWBrynn]

I don’t believe in the death penalty but……

[@keiradavies6576]

Hi new sub beauty 😝💋

[@trineeinarsen2514]

Hi❤

[@heatherhitchens3212]

😢 the only thing that will help people like that is Jesus

[@hellaSwankkyToo]

you: …..Oakland, CA in 19- me: EXCUSE ME!? _rewinds_ 😳 deadass had no idea we had a serial killer from my hometown. i don’t like it. i don’t like it one bit. LOL ETA: oh NVMD! he moved at 18 months, he doesn’t get to claim Oakland. buhbye, Tommy. 😊