On December 27, 2000, 6-year-old Rachael Crum, her 4-year-old brother Kyle Redway, and their 43-year-old mother Katherine Kitty Kleinkauf were found stabbed to death in their small cottage on Field Road in Guilford, Connecticut. Autopsies showed the three victims had been stabbed a total of about 30 times; Rachael suffered multiple stab wounds. The crime was described as a robbery motivated by the perpetrator’s intent to steal an ATM card for drugs.

The investigation focused on Jonathan Mills, then 27, who went to the Guilford police station for questioning on December 28 and confessed. He led investigators to the skeletal remains of 20-year-old Mindy Elizabeth Leigh, who had been missing for two months. Mills was arrested and charged in connection with the deaths; his record included prior convictions for burglary, larceny, and drug possession.

A jury later convicted Mills of the murders and imposed life in prison without parole. Does anyone have memories of the Guilford community at that time or information about the victims that could add context to the case?