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Kristyn “Krash” Richerson Still Missing After Eight Years

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Cherokee Nation citizen Kristyn “Krash” Richerson still missing eight years after Rocklahoma weekend

By Cara Cowan Watts, Cherokee411.com

MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Kristyn Sue Richerson had her truck packed for Rocklahoma in May 2018. She wanted to see Halestorm and its frontwoman, Lzzy Hale, and her friends say nothing would have kept her away. She never made it to Pryor. View News Story

Richerson, a Cherokee Nation citizen, was last seen at her home in the 1300 block of Houston Street in Muskogee on May 25, 2018. She was 51. She turned 60 on Oct. 14. Friends called her “Krash” because she was a drummer, and they formed a search group called Krash’s Army.

Her sister, Robin Brown, reported her missing that July. The men living with Richerson told conflicting stories. Roommate Carl Bryce told police the two went to Rocklahoma and Richerson left with an unidentified woman. Brown said she was told her sister went to Colorado with a woman from Vinita. Cellphone records showed Richerson’s phone never left Muskogee, police said.

Brown said her sister’s phone and debit cards were found at the house. She said Richerson would never have left her dogs or their mother’s ashes behind.

According to court records and news reports, investigators learned Bryce used Richerson’s Oklahoma Access Card after she vanished. Bryce and a second roommate, Cody Ray Campbell, sold or gave away her belongings and had her red Toyota pickup. Both men were held briefly as material witnesses. They were later charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, and Campbell was sentenced to five years on that charge.

Campbell allegedly told a third person that Bryce stabbed Richerson and buried her in the backyard. Police searched the property on July 20, 2018, and found no remains. That same day, the Muskogee County district attorney filed a first-degree murder charge against an unnamed “John Doe.” No one has been charged in Richerson’s death.

In 2023, Muskogee Police Investigator Stephen Brown told KJRH that police believe Richerson is probably deceased. He said investigators had not gathered enough evidence for the district attorney to file charges.

“I just want some answers. I would just like to see somebody prosecuted,” Robin Brown told the station.

Richerson’s home lies within the Muscogee (Creek) Nation boundaries recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court in McGirt v. Oklahoma in 2020. The Bureau of Indian Affairs Missing and Murdered Unit lists her case as open.

Richerson is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighed about 200 pounds when she disappeared. She has brown hair and hazel eyes and wears reading glasses. She has an 8- to 10-inch portrait tattoo of Stevie Nicks on her right calf and a scar on the back of her right leg. She was last seen in a tan shirt, camouflage pants and possibly a bandana.

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Cara Cowan Watts is a journalist for Cherokee411.com, an independent media company serving all three Cherokee Tribal Nations and Cherokees wherever they live. Contact: Cherokee411.com.

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