Crystal Wilson: Jesse Wilson's adoptive mother arrested years after body of missing 10-year-old found
BUCKEYE, ARIZONA: According to the Buckeye Police Department, 10-year-old Jesse Wilson's adoptive mother, Crystal Wilson, has been arrested in connection with the boy's death. Wilson was charged with one count of abandoning or hiding a body by a grand jury last week, according to Buckeye Police Chief Larry Hall, who spoke at a press conference on Tuesday morning, December 13. She was arrested on Monday afternoon, December 12, in her Gainesville home in Georgia.
Wilson was reported missing from his home in the Sundance neighborhood of Buckeye in the early morning hours July 18, 2016. Crystal initially contacted the Buckeye Police Department saying her son had slipped out of their home, as per ABC15. Police and hundreds of volunteers from the community, including staff from the school Jesse attended, spent countless hours searching for the boy but found no trace of him. The FBI also helped in the search and the police didn’t rule out foul play in his disappearance.
