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Cold Cases in Newtown, Connecticut

ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Newtown, Connecticut, dated 1986 to 2012. 0 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Helle Crafts (1986) and the most recent is Sandy Hook Victims (2012).

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  • Solved or convicted 2 (100%)

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1 Homicides1 Mass Shootings

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Solved 2012

Sandy Hook Victims

Twenty first-grade students and six educators were shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012.

Newtown Mass Shooting
Conviction 1986

Helle Crafts

Helle Crafts, a 39-year-old Pan Am flight attendant, was murdered by her husband Richard Crafts at their Newtown, Connecticut home in November 1986.

Newtown Homicide Age 39

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