The Woodchipper Murder Case

Bibliography

This story was written using official police records of the Newtown Police Department (CASE #N-1763-86) and the Connecticut State Police (Case # A86-525345) on the Helle Crafts murder case, as well as these additional sources:

Evans, Colin (1996). The Casebook of Forensic Detection. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.    

Herzog, Arthur (1989) The Woodchipper Murder. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company.

Johnson, Joanne. Ordeal Over for Family and Friends of Helle Crafts, November 24, 1989. The Stamford Advocate.     

Lee, Henry C. Dr. with ONeil, Thomas O. (2002) Cracking Cases, The Science of Solving Crimes. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.

Danbury News-Times:

ONeil, Patrick. Police Seek Missing Newtown Woman, December 17, 1986 Police Hunt Focuses on Zoar Shore, January 11, 1987

Police Scan Lake in Hunt for Woman, January 10, 1987

Newtown Man Arraigned in Murder, January 14, 1987

Crafts Case Handling Criticized, January 15, 1987

Crafts Tells Jury His Side, June 17, 1988

Prosecution Grills Crafts, June 18, 1988

Lawyers Summarize Case, June 23, 1988

Crafts Jury Goes to Work, June 24, 1988

Mistrial: One Juror Refuses to Continue, July 16, 1988

Smile Left Juror in Doubt, July 17, 1988

Crafts Guilty of Murder, November 22, 1989.

The Stamford Advocate:

Rosenthal, Larry. Wood Chipper Case Delayed, July 7, 1988

Crafts Found Guilty of Murder, November 22, 1989

Defense Rests in Wood Chipper Murder Trial, November 15, 1989

Crafts Trial: Suspect Sobs on Police Tape Played for Jury, October 12, 1989 Crafts Wife Tooth Broken Forcefully, October 7, 1989

Tooth Fragments IDd as Helle Crafts, October 6, 1989

Witness: Crafts Said Wife Was Visiting Mother, September 13, 1989

Wood Chipper Case Defendant Maintains Innocence, June 18, 1988

Expert Says Tooth Was Murder Victims,  May 13, 1988

Crafts Trial Hears Data From Tests on Bones,  May 24, 1988

Tooth Expert Testifies in Crafts Trial, May 12, 1988 

Tuohy, Lynne. The Wood Chipper Murder, September 5, 1989.

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1. Introduction
2. Missing
3. Helle
4. Crafts
5. The Marriage
6. The Investigation
7. The Interview
8. The Evidence Builds
9. Merry Christmas
10. Scavenger Hunt
11. "I'll Take Care of It in the Morning!"
12. The Trial Begins
13. A Verdict Arrives
14. Photo Gallery
15. Bibliography