In early 2014, David wrote on social media,
"After two years of trying to extract the Gray State story, I think I may have finally done it."
In the first half of 2014, David began traveling to Hollywood in search of getting a deal for his movie.
He was weary of those in Hollywood, but he also understood that making his script into a movie was going to require collaboration.
He was trying to navigate the tangles of Hollywood without compromising his artistic vision.
This is also where he begins a journal.
May 21st, 2014, David, Komel and Rani arrived in Texas to visit Komel's family.
They traveled from Minnesota in a black Toyota Corolla.
David and Komel fly back to Texas to meet back up with Rani.
Monday May 26th, the Crowleys begin their drive back home, this time Komel's father's car, an Acrua that he bought for Komel.
On June 13th, 2014, Komel cashed in her 401k.
David finally get a deal in the works, which him and Komel kept pretty much a secret.
Komel did tell friend that David "got a multimillion-dollar movie deal."
And in late September of 2014, David allegedly boasted to his brother Dan about how he'd soon be flying "to L.A.... for final negotiations with producers" and "he was going to be a millionaire by the end of the year."
David and Komel were looking at houses in California to move into.
David was becoming distrusting of some of those who worked with him and David told those he distrusted that there was no deal in the works.
He disbanded his Bullet Exchange company and sold some of the props.
David also sent Danny Mason forms for Danny to relinquish his rights to the Gray State, so David could move forward.
Until Danny signed the papers, which he never did, a Gray State would be at a stale mate.
They were playing a cat a mouse game for the rights of Gray State and also The Rise.
Did you know that David's Gray State script was worth 30 million dollars?
That is how much the deal he struck was worth.
In August of 2014, Rani's fifth birthday was a little awkward to say the least.
David and Komel were trying to keep the deal that David struck a secret and Danny Mason showed up to the party.
David's cousin Laura Meyer Hokenson attended the princess themed party, which was held in the family's backyard.
Hokenson said that
"They looked like a couple very much in love,"
"They were all about family and he seemed like a person who, professionally, was about to enter into a time when his life's dreams were about to come true."
Komel's mom was diagnosed with cancer earlier in 2014 and Komel disapproved of the mom using chemotherapy.
On August 23rd, David and Komel attended David's high school reunion.
Komel also begins a journal that night.
Sometime in the last week of August, Dan Jr. did something to throw a wrench in his and David's relationship, which Dan Jr. said he sorry for.
In September 2014, David sent an updated movie script to producers.
On September 26th, the producers get back to David and they suggest that his script would be better as a tv series.
He also told followers on Facebook he that he was excited at the prospect of "rebuilding a new, trustworthy team" to work on Gray State, and that for now he was at the helm alone, single handedly cultivating his "baby."
The Facebook post gets deleted the next year in January 2015, after the family is found dead.
On October 1st, 2014, Komel text her sister to tell her happy birthday.
On October 17th, Komel's sister Sidra, texts Komel informing her that she is coming to exchange cars.
On October 18th, a person named that was not David's dad, withdrew $50,000 from an account that only his dad had access to.
On this day, Sidra arrives from Texas.
She tries to text and call Komel, but gets no answer.
Sidra goes to the police department to ask them for advice.
The police call the Crowleys and get no answer, so Sidra goes to their house anyway.
David answered the door and turned Sidra away, but before he does he agrees to switch cars.
He tells Sidra to come back in one hour in order to give him time to clean up the car.
One our later, Sidra comes back and retrieves the other car, then heads back to Texas.
Sidra finds a photo of her, Komel and their mother in the car.
There is a note on the back from Komel reading that she will love them forever.
On October 24th, Dan Jr. posts on his Facebook page, how easy it is to watch gruesome deaths on television.
About this time, Komel began feeling and hallucinating ghosts.
Was someone messing with the family or was Komel actually have this experience?
November 7th, David's dad text David to see if he is alive.
David explains everything is great and that family life has swept them away.
David's dad replied by asking how negotiations for the movie are going.
David lied and told his dad that he walked away from the deal.
At the end of November, David makes his last journal entry.
"i am no one, it is everybody else that is someone."
On November 24th, Komel meets a friend at a coffee shop and makes plans to meet up after the holidays.
A few days after, Komel lets her dietitian license expire, supposedly it is because she is authoring a book.
In early December on Twitter David announced
"The Rise is almost done. I'm serious,"
"She's coming out to be quite the looker; can't wait to show you all, but I have to comb her hair for a few more weeks."
He also wrote about he would be giving it away for free.
Some of David's friends and past collaborators didn't like the idea of that.
For instance, Danny Mason wanted rights to The Rise, if David gave it away for free, Danny couldn't make any money from it.
Sean Wright, a former collaborator, wanted to get The Rise available for the public to purchase.
Sean had an upcoming for his felony tax charges and allegedly was tight on funds.
He pled guilty in March of 2015.
Sean had messaged David on social media demanding David to remove discussions and other information related to his tax problems from The Rise.
On December 17th, 2014, David reached out to producer Jason Allen and asks him if he would like to join the film.
On December 19th, David and Komel go get marijuana from a friend.
It is also the last day of school for Rani for Christmas vacation.
David and Komel picked Rani up from school.
On December 20th, around 2 a.m., a neighbor, Collin Prochnow hears what he perceives as gun shots coming from the Crowley's house.
Collin does not call the police.
Collin does not call the police.
This day, Collin's son comes from California to say with the Prochnows.
The next day is the last day of the Crowley's last banking transaction.
David charges over $30 worth of food at SmashBurger.
December 23rd, two attempts to from Komel's phone to her sister's phone go unanswered.
On this day between two and three p.m., the news paper found after the discovery of the bodies in the Crowley's kitchen garbage is delivered.
Sometime before eight o'clock on Christmas Eve, Brent Malay, David's neighbor that lived across the street, was going to shut his blinds when he looked out to see someone staring back.
Malay assumed it was David.
Neither gave a wave and the person disappeared from sight by the time Malay was closing the shades.
Sometime that night, a playlist of 53 songs starts on a loop on David's computer.
December 26th is when the police estimate the family died.
On the 28th of December, David's brother, Dan Jr., supposedly dropped of Christmas presents and a sizable check from their father.
He didn't want to bother David or his family, so he put the check in the mail box and the presents on the porch....
Murder or Suicide? Death Of The Gray State Family Pt. 3 The Discovery
Murder or Suicide? Death Of The Gray State Family Pt. 3 The Discovery
