Crystal Lynn Lusk Johnson was 29 when she died in Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina. Her date of death is given as March 10, 2005; she was born March 15, 1975, in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, and was the daughter of Lawrence Bobby Lusk and Virginia Lynn Honaker. She was married to Danny Ray Johnson.

Reports state that Crystal was murdered with a gun and that her husband, then 33, was arrested in connection with her death. Accounts describe the couple’s relationship as tumultuous, and the investigation and subsequent legal proceedings focused on the events surrounding the shooting.

Crystal’s family and community remembered her as a loving daughter, wife, and friend. If anyone knew Crystal, her family, or has information that could shed light on what happened in Pilot Mountain in March 2005, please share what is known.