The suspect vehicle then fled, and Wingo’s vehicle was also driven away from the area.   Wingo’s vehicle which was a Toyota Tundra that was white in color, was later found in the Webster area.   

Galveston Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible for this senseless murder.  You can remain anonymous!  

 Justin`s family needs your help in solving this tragic crime.  If you know anything at all, please do the right thing and make the call.

The initial reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the young mother’s killer was raised to $25,000.*

Detectives are now asking for anyone who was involved in a trail ride on Bolivar Peninsula July 13 to 15 to come forward. Participants in those trail rides typically take midnight rides along the beach, and may have witnessed something the night 28-year-old Gearen vanished

Law officers investigating the brutal rape and killing of a woman at Crystal Beach may have gotten a break in the case. They are now looking for a vehicle like this:

• Newer-model SUV
• 4-door, small to mid-size
• Dark blue, gray or black
• Spare tire mounted on rear
• Center brake light above rear window
• Dark tinted windows

Bridgett Gearen, 28, a single mother of a 2 year old girl, was found dead on the beach at the end of Monkhouse Road in Crystal Beach, Texas.  It is believed she died sometime in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 15, 2007.  She was apparently beaten and investigators believe she may have been strangled.

Bridgett was vacationing in Crystal Beach with her 2 year old daughter and several friends.  She disappeared after she left her rented beach house in preparation for a midnight ride on the beach.  Her friends followed her outside the house only minutes later, but were unable to locate Bridgett.  Her body was found hours later at the edge of the water.

Galveston Crime Stoppers is asking for your help in solving this case and getting a dangerous individual(s) off of our streets.  If you were at the beach in Crystal Beach during the night of July 14, 2007 or the morning of July 15, 2007, please contact us at (409) 763-TIPS.  If you have information about this crime, or know of persons who may have information about this crime, please call Crime Stoppers.  Do the right thing.  Make the call!

Special Note:  If you visited Crystal Beach the weekend of this crime you may, unknowingly, hold vital information about this crime!!!!

Sheriff’s office investigators want to see video or photographs shot around Crystal Beach between Friday and Sunday. Call 409-766-2222 or 866-248-8477.