The Woodchipper Murder

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Even though the Newtown Connecticut police listed Helle Crafts disappearance as a routine missing person case Keith Mayo a private investigator knew the Danish-born mother of three hadnt skipped town nine days before Thanksgiving.. Rita Buonanno remembers the words exactly: "If anything happens to me dont think it was an accident." Helle Crafts was last seen on November 18 1986.In the style of a brilliant detective novel Arthur Herzog skillfully re-creates the hour-by-hour circumstantial details that inform this grisly true-crime narrative. We observe dispassionate Richard Crafts as he buys a truck with a pintle hook for towing heavy equipment promised for delivery before November 18. A day later he reserves a Badger Brush Bandit woodchipper.