Human remains found near Sauk City in the investigation of a murdered Windsor man and his missing wife, in which the couple’s son is the primary suspect, have been identified as Krista Halderson, Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said Friday.
The announcement brings a sobering conclusion to a weekslong search for Krista Halderson, 53, and confirms she was killed after last being seen before the Fourth of July weekend when her son, Chandler Halderson, claimed his parents went on a trip to northern Wisconsin and didn’t return.
Investigators found dismembered human remains on July 14 on state-owned land in northwestern Dane County in the town of Roxbury near the Wisconsin River. The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office — with help from the Wisconsin State Crime Lab — was able to identify the remains through a DNA match as Krista Halderson, Barrett said. Law enforcement searched the area after a person reported seeing someone matching Chandler Halderson’s description walking away from the river on July 3.
Additionally, Barrett, who had previously said he was optimistic Krista Halderson would be found alive, said more human remains were found Tuesday on the family’s property in Windsor. Those remains have yet to be identified. Barrett said local, state and federal law enforcement personnel have been “working tirelessly to search several areas throughout the southern part of Wisconsin.”
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Chandler Halderson, 23, was arrested a day after he reported his parents missing on July 7 — initially for providing false information — when investigators quickly poked holes in his story about their disappearance.
He was later charged on July 15 with murdering and dismembering his father, Bart Halderson, 50, and disposing of his torso at a rural property outside Cottage Grove. On Wednesday, Chandler Halderson was bound over for trial on charges of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, hiding a corpse and providing false information. Barrett said he expects Chandler Halderson to face the same set of charges in the killing of his mother.
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