On the morning of December 27, 2000, Katherine Kitty Kleinkauf, 43, was found murdered in her Guilford, Connecticut, home alongside two of her young children. Her 6-year-old daughter Rachael Crum and 4-year-old son Kyle Redway were also found dead; all three had been stabbed while sleeping. An autopsy showed the three victims suffered about 30 stab wounds in total, with Kleinkauf and Kyle dying from chest stab wounds and Rachael from multiple stab wounds. The scene was discovered when Kleinkauf’s 10-year-old daughter returned from a sleepover.
Investigators arrested 27-year-old Jonathan Mills, Kleinkauf’s nephew, the day after the bodies were found. Mills, who had a significant criminal history, confessed to the killings and said he had entered his aunt’s bedroom to steal her ATM card; the motive was determined to be money for drugs. During questioning he led police to the skeletal remains of 20-year-old Mindy Elizabeth Leigh, who had been missing since October 2000.
Mills was charged with multiple counts including murder, capital felony, robbery, burglary, larceny and fraudulent use of an ATM and credit card; a jury later convicted him on numerous counts and sentenced him to life in prison after considering mitigation. Does anyone have information about Katherine, her children, or the events that led up to that night?