'Dateline' A single mother gunned down in her apartment garage

“Dateline” (NBC) can be seen each Friday evening at 9/8 p.m. It aired at 8 p.m. (central time) on the Albuquerque TV station KOB 4. Last night’s episode on Oct. 20, 2017 was called, “One Moment.” In the overnight TV ratings it garnered 4.21 million TV viewers overall. It reached 0.7 million TV viewers in the all-important 18 to 49 adult demographic. “Hawaii Five-0” (CBS) grabbed 8.53 overall & 1.0 with adults. “Inhumans” nabbed 1.98 overall & 0.4 with adults.  

“Dateline” is a TV show focusing on crime and murder in the United States. Last night’s episode was reported and narrated by Josh Mankiewicz.

“One Moment.” Sept. 2001. Hawthorne, California is part of Los Angeles. Chrystal Taylor was the youngest of 6 kids. She had a baby boy who became a responsible single mother. She walked down to her car inside the apartment garage. She was heading to work and was shot in the head. She died at the hospital. Witnesses say they saw an unknown male running from the garage after hearing a gunshot. Police question her family, relatives and boyfriends. It turns out that she was pregnant with another child who also died. Crystal had received an earlier phone call from an unknown male. Who is he and why did someone want Crystal dead?  

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(NBC photo of the late Crystal Taylor).