Richard Crafts于1986年在没有尸体的情况下,利用旁证杀害他的妻子Helle,被判有罪,并在服满30年后于2020年获释。 Richard Crafts was convicted of killing his wife Helle in 1986 without a body, using circumstantial evidence, and was released in 2020 after serving 30 years.

1986年,飞行服务人员Helle Crafts从法兰克福返回后消失;她的丈夫Richard Crafts在一个具有里程碑意义的康涅狄格州案件中因谋杀她而被定罪,这是第一次在没有尸体的情况下定罪,其依据是间接证据,包括租用的木屑、在偏远地点发现的遗骸和一根带头发的链锯。 In 1986, flight attendant Helle Crafts vanished after returning from Frankfurt; her husband, Richard Crafts, was convicted of her murder in a landmark Connecticut case—the first such conviction without a body—based on circumstantial evidence including a rented wood chipper, human remains found at a remote site, and a chainsaw with her hair. 他被判处50年徒刑,服刑30年后于2020年获释。 He was sentenced to 50 years and released in 2020 after serving 30 years.