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In the late 1980s, an elderly white male named James Crist Sr., 88, and his wife, Elizabeth 'Betty' Crist, were living in Atlanta, Georgia, and in need of care. A woman named Patricia Vann Taylor Allanson, using the alias Pat Taylor, was hired as a caregiver, along with her daughter, Debbie, who was a registered nurse. Unbeknownst to the Crist family, Patricia had a criminal past and was not a licensed nurse.

Shortly after the two women began their employment with the Crists, both James a ...Read More
Victim Details

James Crist

Male

White / Caucasian

Atlanta

GA

1988-12-28

88

James

Crist

03/22/2026