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Helen Marie Brach (née Voorhees; born November 10, 1911 – disappeared February 17, 1977) was an American multimillionaire widow whose wealth had come from marrying into the E. J. Brach & Sons Candy Company fortune; she endowed the Helen V. Brach Foundation to promote animal welfare in 1974. [1]
The events surrounding Brach's murder were summarized by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in adjudicating an appeal made by Richard Bailey: Helen Vorhees Brach, millionaire heiress to the Brach's Confections fortune, was one of Bailey's victims. She met Bailey in 1973 and they entered into a relationship.
A former ship captain, 83-year-old Rolf Neslund, is shot, cut up and burned. The investigation reveals that he had an argument, with his wife Ruth, over his retirement fund. Rolf's body is never found and the case goes unsolved for several years until there is enough evidence to charge his wife, Ruth for his murder.
Four people are in custody as French police hunt for the killer of an 11-year-old schoolgirl who was stabbed on her way home.. A murder investigation was launched after Louise Lasalle’s body was ...
The death of a man found seriously injured inside a house has triggered a murder investigation. The victim, a man in his 60s, was found at a house in Warwick Road, Acocks Green, at about 14:55 GMT ...
Opening statements presented in trial of Jeremy C. Brock, 57, charged with murdering his grandmother Helen Vogt at her Erie townhouse in July 1988. DA, defense spar over DNA as grandson goes on ...
Helen did have a houseman named Jack Matlick. After Helen's husband, Frank, passed away, he helped manage her home. One of the richest candy manufacturers in the world, Frank had owned the E. J. Brach & Sons Candy Company. Helen was working as a coat-check lady at the Palm Beach Country Club in Florida when he first met her.
Relatives of a Travelodge receptionist have questioned whether her "brutal" killing could have been prevented, as an inquest into her death opened earlier. Marta Elena Vento, 27, was punched ...