Krystal Fraser’s family vows never to give up on finding her killer
NINE years after intellectually disabled and nine-month pregnant Pyramid Hill woman Krystal Fraser went missing, her family is still as desperate as ever to find her killer.
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KRYSTAL Fraser’s family will “never give up” fighting for their pregnant daughter, who went missing nine years ago.
Police appeared to have a breakthrough in the case this week when they and questioned a 61-year-old Pyramid Hill man over Krystal’s disappearance on June 20, 2009.
But he was released after questioning and no charges have been laid.
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Krystal’s mother, Karen, who still lives in Pyramid Hill, was staying strong.
“Don’t worry, we won’t ever give up,” she told friends on social media. “It’s not in our nature.”
A $100,000 reward remains in place for anyone who has information about Krystal’s disappearance.
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Victoria Police declined to be interviewed for this story but in a statement this week, the force confirmed it had grave fears for Krystal.
“Investigators believe Krystal was murdered, and despite extensive investigations, are yet to locate her,” the statement said.
The Missing Persons Squad spent days in Pyramid Hill before Christmas reinterviewing witnesses and checking statements.
David Domaine, who owns the Pyramid Hill pub and employed Krystal when she was a teenager, said the town was concerned for Krystal’s parents, Karen and Neil.
“Hopefully, it brings some closure to them. No one knows why or how it happened,” he said.
“Krystal was due to have the baby any day. Really, it’s a double murder.”
Krystal, 23, had an intellectual disability, which meant she had the mental age of a 15-year-old. Some people took advantage of her kind nature. Her family were worried she was too friendly and had a contraceptive implant inserted in her arm.
They were shocked when she fell pregnant.
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Krystal had been admitted to hospital in Bendigo on June 19, 2009, to rest before the baby’s birth. But she released herself the next day and returned to Pyramid Hill on the train at 8.40pm.
She visited a friend in Albert St but left about 9.30pm.
Krystal received a phone call from a public phone box outside the Leitchville post office, about 30km away, just before midnight.
The Sunday Herald Sun interviewed Karen Fraser in 2009, shortly after Krystal’s disappearance.
“She didn’t leave Pyramid Hill on her own. If they have killed her, they have killed my grandson as well and that is just sick,” Mrs Fraser said.