Christy Giles: "She was like a tornado" | Forensic Files

Christy Giles was a one-time Soccer Star turned model often traveling the world looking for adventure
Christie rode camels in Morocco we rode donkeys around the Grand Canyon her big sister Misty Weldon said
Christy's Lively personality was bursting with exuberance when Christy came into her room she was
like a tornado her personality was big it was loud you just couldn't help but love her for
it it was that personality that made her husband Jan silier fall in love with her
she was the most fun and interesting person I'd ever met she didn't live inside society's box definitely not
several months after the two met Yan planned to ask Christy for her hand in marriage at The Burning Man festival in
Nevada instead the two figured why wait instead we just decided to elope we just
got married right there Christy's mom Dusty and Dad Leslie never expected to hear their daughter's name
in the same sentence as elope and Burning Man needless to say it did not go over Well
Chrissy I can't believe you've done this your dad didn't even get to walk you down the aisle and she goes oh no no no
no we got married but we are full on having a wedding in Alabama the newlyweds came to Alabama and
Christy and her mom found the perfect wedding dress to wear at a later date but she never got the chance to wear
that dress on the night of November 12 2021 she had plans to go out with her friend Hilda
Marcela cabrales but beforehand Jan who had gone to San Francisco to visit his dad said Christy
spent the early evening doing what she loved most she was enjoying a lovely sunset she
took out cat for a walk on the beach those were the last pictures she sent me of herself
and she said I wish you were here and I will forever wish that I was there too Christy who had just turned 24 was dead
of a drug overdose but when detectives heard how she was dropped off by two men they immediately suspected Foul Play
I was just told I'm very sorry to inform you Mr house but she was dropped off at
our Hospital on the outside kind of like a bag of garbage and she didn't make it and I said what
do you mean she didn't make it they said it is now a police matter I hung up and
I fell apart as investigators worked to solve Christie's death Dusty and Leslie Giles were preparing to bury their
daughter in Alabama half her ashes would go to yawn to scatter in the places they loved
Dusty placed the rest in an urn inside a butterfly box and gently wrapped it in the wedding dress she never had the
chance to wear it was important because I know how happy she was when she found it
she swirled like a princess literally in it foreign

Christy Giles, who had just turned 24 when she died, never had a chance to wear her wedding dress. Her family placed her ashes inside a butterfly box — alongside that same dress.

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Brief Summary

Christy Giles, a vibrant model, tragically died from an overdose, raising suspicions of foul play after being dropped off at a hospital.

Key points

Christy's Vibrant Life. Christy Giles was a lively soul, known for her adventurous spirit and big personality.
A Shocking Tragedy. Christy passed away at just 24 from a drug overdose, raising suspicions of foul play.
A Heartbreaking Farewell. Her mother placed Christy's ashes in a butterfly box wrapped in her wedding dress.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

I wish you were here and I will forever wish that I was there too.

Christy's last message to her husband

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