According to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Patrick Mullins’ family believes that he could have been killed for witnessing something illegal while he was out on the river. Despite this theory, The Cinemaholic adds that suspicion quickly fell on Damon Crestwood. Radio Times explains that Crestwood met the family through Mullins’ brother, Gray Mullins. After Mullins’ death, Crestwood’s mental health began to slowly deteriorate. This was a red flag to Mullins’ loved ones as he and Crestwood did not have a deep friendship by any means. Even so, Crestwood seemed to be overly affected by Mullins’ untimely death to the point where he said some questionable things to Mullins’ family and friends.
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According to Newsweek, Crestwood told Jill that he “would go and look out along the Manatee River and cry and sob for hours.” In “Unsolved Mysteries,” family friend Stephen Covey stated (per The Cinemaholic), “Damon was just kind of off the rails. Constantly asking, ‘If something happened, would you still be my friend? Could I count on you being there?’ None of us really knew exactly why.” A different article from Radio Times states that Crestwood would break down on the anniversary of Mullins’ death. In addition, he reportedly began to use crystal meth. However, there were other indications that Crestwood may have known more about Mullins’ death than he was letting on.
