Helen Brach, heiress to a Chicago candy company fortune, was last seen in February 1977 after a medical appointment in Rochester, Minnesota. She never arrived home and was declared legally dead in ...

Newspaper clippings show the extensive coverage of the disappearance of Helen Brach, the heiress to the Brach Candy fortune. Brach, who was from Glenview, Illinois, disappeared in 1977 and was last ...

Helen Brach's disappearance involved "burned diaries, psychic phenomena, an empty grave, forged checks, a meat grinder and a pink Cadillac" Bettmann/Getty A wealthy heiress disappeared on February 17, ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 17, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Four players try out for the ...

Feb. 26—ROCHESTER — The clerk at the Rochester gift shop recalled how the woman appeared to be in a hurry. "It was as if someone was waiting for her or she had somewhere to go," said Phyllis Redalen, ...