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True crime cases in Connecticut

19case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026

Casepin holds 19 case files in Connecticut. By legal status, 3 marked unsolved, 3 marked cold, 1 marked ongoing, 11 marked solved and 1 marked overturned.

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11
Overturned
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1886–2021
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    New Canaan, Connecticut, United States · 2019

    Murder of Jennifer Dulos

    Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five in New Canaan, Connecticut, disappeared on May 24, 2019, after being attacked at her home; her body has never been found, and she was declared legally dead in 2023. Her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was charged with her murder but died by suicide in January 2020 before trial, while his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, was convicted in 2024 of related charges.

    16 to watch & hear
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    East Rock, New Haven, Connecticut · 2021

    Murder of Kevin Jiang

    Kevin Jiang, a 26-year-old Yale graduate student, was shot and killed in New Haven, Connecticut, on February 6, 2021, and Qinxuan Pan was later convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison for the killing.

    5 to watch & hear
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    Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut · 1998

    Killing of Martha Moxley

    Martha Moxley, 15, was found bludgeoned and stabbed with a golf club in her family's Greenwich, Connecticut backyard on October 31, 1975. Michael Skakel was convicted of her murder in 2002, but after multiple appeals his conviction was overturned in 2018, and in 2020 prosecutors announced they would not retry him.

    3 to watch & hear
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    Greenwich, Connecticut · 2006

    Murder of Andrew Kissel

    Andrew Kissel, a real estate developer accused of defrauding a Manhattan co-op board of millions of dollars, was found stabbed to death, bound hand and foot, in the basement of his rented Greenwich, Connecticut estate in April 2006. His chauffeur and the chauffeur's cousin were later convicted in connection with the killing.

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    Ledyard, Connecticut · 1970

    Murder of Linda Childers

    Linda Sue Childers, a Louisville, Kentucky woman using the alias Lorraine Stahl, was shot to death in Connecticut in December 1970 along with her boyfriend, an escaped bank robber; her skeletal remains were found in 1974 but she was not identified until DNA analysis in February 2024.

    1 thing to watch or hear
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    Ellington, Connecticut · 2015

    Murder of Connie Dabate

    Connie Dabate was fatally shot in the basement of her Connecticut home on December 23, 2015. Her husband, Richard Dabate, initially told police an intruder killed her, but digital evidence including Fitbit and computer data contradicted his account. He was convicted of her murder in 2022.

    1 thing to watch or hear
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    Hartford Distributors warehouse, Manchester, Connecticut · 2010

    Hartford Distributors shooting

    On August 3, 2010, a former employee shot and killed eight coworkers and wounded two others at a Hartford Distributors beer warehouse in Manchester, Connecticut, before killing himself as police closed in.

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    Edgehill Road and East Rock Road, New Haven, Connecticut · 1998

    Killing of Suzanne Jovin

    Suzanne Jovin, a 21-year-old Yale University senior, was fatally stabbed off campus in New Haven, Connecticut, on December 4, 1998. The case remains unsolved despite a decades-long investigation.

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    Newtown, Connecticut, United States · 2013

    Disappearance and Death of Robert Hoagland

    Newtown, Connecticut resident Robert Hoagland vanished in July 2013 after a routine morning gas station stop; his disappearance was investigated for nearly a decade as a possible abduction or voluntary disappearance before his 2022 death revealed he had secretly relocated to New York under the assumed name "Richard King."

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    Newtown, Connecticut, United States · 1986

    Murder of Helle Crafts

    Danish flight attendant Helle Crafts was murdered by her husband, Eastern Air Lines pilot Richard Crafts, in Newtown, Connecticut in November 1986. Despite the absence of a body, forensic evidence led to Connecticut's first murder conviction without recovered remains.

About these files

Case files in Connecticut

The files run from 1886 to 2021. The 2010s hold the most, with 5 files. The oldest is Lynching of Charles Lockwood, from 1886.

They are spread across 13 cities and towns; the most are in New Haven (4), Newtown (3) and Greenwich (2). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (15), disappearance cases (3) and domestic violence cases (3).

9 files of the 19 have coverage attached: 32 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 11 creators. The most covered is Murder of Jennifer Dulos, with 16 items to watch or hear. Kendall Rae, Dr. Todd Grande and Dateline NBC have covered the most of them.

Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.

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How many case files in Connecticut are on Casepin?

19. By status: 3 unsolved, 3 cold, 1 ongoing, 11 solved and 1 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these files?

Lynching of Charles Lockwood, from 1886. Open the file

Which case in Connecticut has the most coverage?

Murder of Jennifer Dulos, with 16 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file

Which creators have covered case files in Connecticut?

Kendall Rae (3 cases), Dr. Todd Grande (3 cases) and Dateline NBC (1 case), among 11 creators in all.

Where in Connecticut are most of these cases?

New Haven (4), Newtown (3) and Greenwich (2).

How current is this page?

It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.

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