Caught in Plain Sight: The Wildland Firefighter Who Vanished Among Crews
Caught in Plain Sight: The Wildland Firefighter Who Vanished Among Crews
A woman who had been wanted since May 11 showed up on a wildfire line less than 24 hours later, clocking in among crews and signing her name onto a roster in a different pen-then worked the fire she was accused of starting. How did Crystal Whitfield turn familiarity with procedure and borrowed gear into near-perfect invisibility, and who finally noticed the discrepancy?
In this episode, we follow the timeline from the May 14 photograph that captured a lone figure facing the smoke to the U.S. Marshals' fugitive order and…
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