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investigators the child's name, but said she did not remember the name of the child's mother.

She said she reported the petty cash as missing and later received a phone call from the

child's mother that she'd found an enveloope containing the petty cash and an X-Box con-

toller, and she went to the workplace of the child's mother to pick up the petty cash - but

the story was later determned by detectives to be false. The mother knew nothing about the

incident and did not even know who Creel was, according to the report. When Creel was

asked about the petty cash incident that had occurred the morning of the interview (July 25,

2014) she said she'd left the petty cash inside her childís diaper bag in an envelope, and

when detectives checked with the daycare in question, they were told that Creel had not been

there to retrieve the funds, so this story was also determined to be false.

At that time, Creel was released as the investigation continued. In ten transactions

from mid-June through July 25, ten cash receipts totaling $571 were entered into the com-

puter and voided, days later, and never shown as being credited to the accounts of the people

who'd paid in cash. The detective reported that other items, for which there were no receipts,

had also been voided, one to several days later, and matched the way Creel had hidden

"stolen funds" the report stated - that were not deposited or credited to accounts - and these

totaled $3,613. After the petty cash that was in the possession of the Creel during the time

of the interview was reviewed, a witness advised that $446 was missing from the amount of

Crystal River was a quiet laid back town in the 50's and 60's. The coming of the construction petty cash combined with that dayís intake. Witnesses pointed out that Creel had taken leave

of the Cross Florida Barge Canal, Florida Power Corporation, Seven Rivers Hospital and the from work and not worked during the month of March, and during this time, there were no

Crystal River Mall were among the things coming that would change the face of the town. This voids entered into the system and no missing funds.

On July 29, the detective exchanged emails with the vice president of the program-

1970 picture across the bay from Pete's Pier shows that time when life was slow. The only

view of the bay today is from the back of the many popular businesses. Photo/history from ming company of the software used by the Boys and Girls Clubs. She told the detective, she

is 100% certain that her company's software would not create a void, on its own, and the

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thefts were not the result of an error, and her company would provide any documentation

necessary for the investigation.

On July 30, Creel spoke with the investigator at the CCSO's Crystal River substa-

tion. She said she d lied about the first incident involving the petty cash because she was

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