The state Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of former airline pilot Richard Crafts, who was found guilty in 1989 of killing his wife and disposing of her body with a chain saw and wood chipper.

On this day, Jan. 11, in 1987, Connecticut police arrested the husband of a missing flight attendant in the case that became known as the "Wood chipper Murder." When 39-year-old Helle Crafts ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man convicted of killing his wife and feeding her body parts through a wood chipper has been released from prison nearly 20 years early.

Remember the wood chipper? This is the case that inspired that part of the movie. ... Here are the facts: In November of 1986, a Connecticut housewife named Helle Crafts went missing.

Credit card records also showed that Richard Crafts had rented a wood chipper. He was convicted in a second trial in November 1989 and sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Wood Chipper Murderer Richard Crafts Released From Prison Richard Crafts had been behind bars since his 1987 arrest and subsequent conviction of murdering his wife, Helle Crafts. The Connecticut ...

One of the most chilling cases of domestic murders I’ve heard is the infamous wood chipper case out of Connecticut. Flight attendant Helle Crafts went missing in 1986. She’d been working her ...

The Shocking Truth's latest episode reveals the gruesome details behind the mysterious disappearance of Helle Crafts, the woman who went missing from her home in Newtown, Connecticut and was never ...