Crystal Wilder was born in Brooking, South Dakota, on 13 September 1967. “I had a wonderful childhood. My family were very close – real strict though. I was considered a rebel, you know, because I kinda did my own thing, even though it might hurt my parents. You know, drinking, partying, staying out late, sneaking around, staying overnight with the boyfriend. Which they never found out about. I was basically a good girl, but in their eyes, they were so strict, that I was considered a rebel. I just felt I had to take that freedom and just use it the way I wanted to. I was youngest of two. I have an older sister. Two years older.”