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The Chandler Halderson case: Read the original reports
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On Saturday, 48 Hours, the CBS newsmagazine, introduced a national audience to the shocking case of Chandler Halderson, the 23-year-old Windsor man convicted of killing his parents, Bart and Krista Halderson, and dismembering and attempting to burn their bodies in the family fireplace before disposing of their remains across two counties. Read the Wisconsin State Journal's original reporting on the case from 2021 and earlier this year.
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A village of Windsor couple has been missing since July 1 and the Dane County Sheriff’s Office is seeking public help in finding them.
"We definitely have some suspicions as to what actually happened" to Bart and Krista Halderson, Sheriff's Office spokesperson Elise Schaffer said Thursday night.
Barrett said the remains were found in rural Dane County, but declined to say where. The couple's son is in custody.
Chandler Halderson initially said his parents traveled to their cabin in Langlade County for the holiday weekend.
More human remains were found Wednesday in rural northwestern Dane County in the investigation into the murder of Bart Halderson and the disappearance of Krista Halderson.
Chandler Halderson, 23, is charged in the murder of his father, Bart. His mother, Krista, remains missing.
The pond behind the Halderson home was to be drained to about 5 feet from its current 12.
Additional charges against Chandler Halderson are expected now that his mother, Krista Halderson, is confirmed dead.
Chandler Halderson remains in the Dane County Jail on $1 million bond. He is next in court on Sept. 1.
Judge points to January trial in Chandler Halderson's case.
The 23-year-old Dane County man is charged with killing his parents, Bart and Krista Halderson, over the Fourth of July weekend.
"A lot of cases begin with a murder. This one is just a small piece of the puzzle," the prosecutor told the 18-member jury.
Halderson's former girlfriend believed he was working and going to school and nicknamed him "hubby." Prosecutors say Halderson was living a lie.
Jurors heard the 23-year-old Windsor man haltingly explain to detectives where he'd been and what he'd been doing from June 30 to July 8.
Ammunition and a bloody ax were also among dozens of pieces of evidence unveiled Monday.
A forensic anthropologist with the Dane County Medical Examiner's Office testified earlier in the day that over 50 fragments of cranial bone, teeth and a dental cap were recovered from the Halderson family fireplace.
Google searches shown to the jury on Wednesday revealed that Chandler Halderson looked up a decades-old family dismemberment case the day he was arrested.Â
The jury deliberated just over two hours before finding Chandler Halderson guilty on all eight charges in last summer's killing of Bart and Krista Halderson.
Halderson faces life in prison.
Chandler Halderson request to skip sentencing an 'affront to the public's interest,' prosecutor says
"The criminal justice system does not serve at the pleasure of convicted murderers," Deputy District Attorney William Brown said in a letter.
Judge John Hyland cited a 1997 state Supreme Court decision in requiring Halderson to be at his sentencing.
"If Chandler could do this to his own family, just imagine what he could do to someone he did not love," a friend to the victims wrote.
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