Crystal Pifer told another boater her 42-year-old boyfriend was beating her up that night in August, according to records. Hours later, her body was found in the Halifax River. Now the boyfriend, ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A Volusia County man accused of killing his girlfriend and dumping her body in the Halifax River was found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday. Jurors deliberated for more ...

Police in Port Orange have identified a woman whose body was found in the Halifax River on Wednesday.The victim has been identified as Crystal Pifer, 28, of Daytona Beach.Pifer's mother, Laurie ...

Two and a half months ago, investigators found a woman's body, believed to be Crystal Pifer, in the Halifax River.Pifer's death was immediately classified as suspicious, but it wasn't until Tuesday ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — The Volusia County man accused of killing his girlfriend and dumping her body in the Halifax River faced a judge Wednesday. Crystal Pifer’s mother and father waited two months ...

Crystal Pifer had more than two dozen cuts and bruises on her body, including a ligature mark around her neck, when a fisherman found her dead in the Halifax River in August. She had bruises on her ...

Crystal Pifer’s boyfriend was formally charged with first-degree murder in her death. Pifer’s parents still don’t know why detectives believe Thomas Prins killed the 28-year-old. Prins, 45, was ...

DELAND — A judge denied bail Monday for a man accused of strangling his girlfriend, whose body was found floating in the Halifax River last summer. Thomas Prins, 42, is charged with first-degree ...

The trial got underway on Tuesday for 43-year-old Thomas Prins, who is accused of beating and fatally strangling his girlfriend, 28-year-old Crystal Pifer last August. "It's kind of hard not to think ...