Who was Jonathan Crews and what was his cause of death?

JONATHAN Crews' death has remained an open mystery since 2014. On April 7, 2023, NBC's Dateline will explore the details of the Texas native's harrowing case. 2 Jonathan Crews was born in California but grew up in Irving, Texas.

JONATHAN Crews' death has remained an open mystery since 2014.

On April 7, 2023, NBC's Dateline will explore the details of the Texas native's harrowing case.

Who was Jonathan Crews?

Jonathan Crews was born in California but grew up in Irving, Texas.

He was one of three children born to Pam and John Crews. His father was a lawyer and a pastor, while his mother stayed at home to raise him and his siblings.

The 27-year-old learned how to shoot pistols while visiting his grandfather in Montana and even owned his very own SIG Sauer 9 millimeter.

According to D Magazine: "He grew up to be a tall, gangly teenager. He played bass guitar and listened to Ozzy Osbourne and Green Day—until he learned his mom liked them, too. He was quiet with strangers and laid-back, with a quick smile."

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Crews graduated with a history degree from Baylor University in 2009, where he roomed with his friend, Jacob Ramsey, whom he had known since the ninth grade.

“I was a little bit jealous of him growing up,” Ramsey told the outlet. “He was this super athletic, good-looking guy. And he had this ability to just always be this nice guy. Especially through college, I could just never get mad at him.”

Who was Jonathan Crews dating?

At the time of his death, Crews - who was working as an operations director at an urgent care clinic - had been dating Brenda Lazaro, then-26, for only three months.

The pair met at Wu Yi Shaolin, a martial arts school in a Coppell strip mall where both his sister, Dani, and mother, Pam, took classes.

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“He was the type of guy who liked to be with somebody,” Ramsey told D Magazine.

“He would always fall really hard and give the best of himself and a lot of money to a new relationship. He was always looking for a wife.”

What was Crews' cause of death?

On February 2, 2014, Crews was found dead in his Coppell, Texas, apartment with a gunshot wound to his heart.

Lazaro called 911 around 11.30pm that night to alert police that her boyfriend had shot himself in an effort to "prove" how much he loved her.

According to D Magazine, Brenda explained to authorities that Crews had told her: “Baby, I love you so much. You are my world, and I will prove it to you.”

When paramedics arrived, he was found in bed, shot by a SIG Sauer 9-millimeter pistol he owned.

Crews' family believed Lazaro was to blame for their son's death due to his girlfriend's jealous tendencies.

She was allegedly jealous of Crews' friend named Emily - who told police she received a weird text message from Crews the night he died, in which he wrote: "I want to die."

Emily and Crews' family believed Lazaro was trying to cover her tracks, however, through her attorney, Brenda declined an interview request with D Magazine in 2018 and said she denies any accusation of wrongdoing.

Has anyone been arrested for Crews' murder?

In September 2022, a Dallas County jury concluded that Lazaro - now 'Kelly' - likely killed her boyfriend after Crews' family went to civil court in 2016 because they did not agree with the Dallas County Medical Examiner's inconclusive matter of death.

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Although Lazaro has never been charged with a crime in connection to her boyfriend's death, Crews' family was awarded $206million, according to The Dallas Morning News.

On April 7, 2023, at 9pm ET, NBC's Dateline is set to air an episode exploring Crews' death in an episode titled: Behind Door 813.

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