Virginia woman was strangled with her child sleeping nearby, authorities say. Who was behind the deadly attack?
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Crystal Sale: I walk into the hospital … saw my daughter there … And I watched them do CPR and … I'll never forget that. TINA HOPKINS (TikTok): … my niece was murdered. We don't have hardly any information. TINA HOPKINS (TikTok): There is an ongoing investigation … JACOB PIERCY (911 call): One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. TINA HOPKINS (TikTok): He was actually sitting in the parking lot of her apartment, watching everything Katlyn was doing. CRYSTAL SALE (TikTok): I woke up this morning in sheer panic. CRYSTAL SALE (TikTok): I'll get a text message. And for an instant, I'll think that it's Katlyn. CRYSTAL SALE (TikTok) We now have a new court date. … This one should be it, and I pray to God that it is. LEILA MITCHELL | (TikTok): Today the jury will be told that they can either find Trenton Frye guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder. Or they can find him not guilty at all. SHERRY COX (TikTok): All of our nerves are on edge … So, wish us all luck today. It's gonna be rough. CRYSTAL SALE (TikTok): I think everyone that has lost their lives to domestic violence, their names need to be said. CRYSTAL SALE (TikTok): I don't want another mother, another family to go through what we're going through. I have to be my daughter's voice and I have to help save other women.
Crystal Sale: I walk into the hospital … saw my daughter there … And I watched them do CPR and … I'll never forget that.
On Oct. 7, 2022, as Crystal Sale arrived at the hospital bedside of her daughter, Katlyn Lyon Montgomery.
She knew the two people she needed most.
Erin Moriarty: And would you say your sisters have really stepped up for you?
Crystal Sale: Absolutely. … I don't know what I'd done without my sisters.
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Crystal Sale: I walk into the hospital … saw my daughter there … And I watched them do CPR and … I'll never forget that. TINA HOPKINS (TikTok): … my niece was murdered. We don't have hardly any information. TINA HOPKINS (TikTok): There is an ongoing investigation … JACOB PIERCY (911 call): One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four. TINA HOPKINS (TikTok): He was actually sitting in the parking lot of her apartment, watching everything Katlyn was doing. CRYSTAL SALE (TikTok): I woke up this morning in sheer panic. CRYSTAL SALE (TikTok): I'll get a text message. And for an instant, I'll think that it's Katlyn. CRYSTAL SALE (TikTok) We now have a new court date. … This one should be it, and I pray to God that it is. LEILA MITCHELL | (TikTok): Today the jury will be told that they can either find Trenton Frye guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder. Or they can find him not guilty at all. SHERRY COX (TikTok): All of our nerves are on edge … So, wish us all luck today. It's gonna be rough. CRYSTAL SALE (TikTok): I think everyone that has lost their lives to domestic violence, their names need to be said. CRYSTAL SALE (TikTok): I don't want another mother, another family to go through what we're going through. I have to be my daughter's voice and I have to help save other women.
This story originally aired on Nov. 30, 2024. It was updated on Jan. 31, 2026. In:
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