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|death_date=March 2, 1957 (aged 65) ​

|death_date=March 2, 1957 (aged 65) ​

|death_place=Camden, Ouachita County, [[Arkansas]] ​

|death_place=Camden, Ouachita County, [[Arkansas]] ​

|party=Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

|spouse=Clyde Falwell Crawford (married 1925-1957, her disappearance)​

|spouse=Clyde Falwell Crawford (married 1925-1957, her disappearance)​

No children ​

No children ​

Odis Henley, the state police detective, believed that in 1957 Crawford confronted Berg over the transfer of timber assets. Crawford had drawn up a  will for Rose Berg, who in 1957 was a patient in a nursing home, diagnosed with what would now be called [[Alzheimer's disease]]. She bequeathed more than $20 million to three nieces, daughters of sisters, who lived in other states: Jeannette Newman Simpson, Marian Newman Peltason (1908–1979) of Santa Barbara, [[California]],[2] and Lucille Newman Glazer. Rose Berg did not refer to Mike Berg, a nephew by marriage, in her will.

Odis Henley, the state police detective, believed that in 1957 Crawford confronted Berg over the transfer of timber assets. Crawford had drawn up a  will for Rose Berg, who in 1957 was a patient in a nursing home, diagnosed with what would now be called [[Alzheimer's disease]]. She bequeathed more than $20 million to three nieces, daughters of sisters, who lived in other states: Jeannette Newman Simpson, Marian Newman Peltason (1908–1979) of Santa Barbara, [[California]],[2] and Lucille Newman Glazer. Rose Berg did not refer to Mike Berg, a nephew by marriage, in her will.

According to the nieces, Crawford had informed them before her disappearance that she intended to file a lawsuit against Mike Berg to expose the fraudulent deeds. Brickell found other timber deeds in the Ouachita County Courthouse that transferred additional assets over a period of years from Rose Berg to Mike Berg. One deed, noted as having a questionable signature of Rose Berg, conveyed a large acreage of timber in fifteen counties to Mike Berg, as well as properties in Camden, and an estimated 150 active oil royalties. When Crawford disappeared, Rose Berg's will also vanished. Mike Berg ultimately secured all of his aunt's estate. He granted $187,000 to each of Rose Berg’s nieces in exchange for a relinquishment of all claims to their aunt's estate.[1]  

According to the nieces, Crawford had informed them before her disappearance that she intended to file a lawsuit against Mike Berg to expose the fraudulent deeds. Brickell found other timber deeds in the Ouachita County Courthouse that transferred additional assets over a period of years from Rose Berg to Mike Berg. One deed, noted as having a questionable signature of Rose Berg, conveyed a large acreage of timber in fifteen counties to Mike Berg, as well as properties in Camden, and an estimated 150 active oil royalties. When Crawford disappeared, Rose Berg's will also vanished. Mike Berg ultimately secured all of his aunt's estate. He granted $187,000 to each of Rose Berg's nieces in exchange for a relinquishment of all claims to their aunt's estate.[1]  

In 1986, based on ''The Gazette'' articles, Bill McLean, the prosecuting attorney in El Dorado, where some of the land in question was located, reopened the case of Maud Crawford and the associated Berg deeds. McLean traveled to Ouachita County, against the wishes of Sheriff Jack Dews, to interview Jack Dorris (1915–1986),[2] who had been a bodyguard of Mike Berg. Dorris was dying of [[cancer]] and did not survive long enough for McLean to question him.[1] [5] Despite the evidence from Brickell's investigation, no one was prosecuted in the case, and Crawford's disappearance and likely murder were never solved.

In 1986, based on ''The Gazette'' articles, Bill McLean, the prosecuting attorney in El Dorado, where some of the land in question was located, reopened the case of Maud Crawford and the associated Berg deeds. McLean traveled to Ouachita County, against the wishes of Sheriff Jack Dews, to interview Jack Dorris (1915–1986),[2] who had been a bodyguard of Mike Berg. Dorris was dying of [[cancer]] and did not survive long enough for McLean to question him.[1] [5] Despite the evidence from Brickell's investigation, no one was prosecuted in the case, and Crawford's disappearance and likely murder were never solved.