Bart and Krista Halderson had everything a couple could want: a beautiful home in Windsor, Wisconsin, and two sons they adored.
Mitchell, 24, who worked in tech, Chandler, 23, a college student living at home. Chandler had big ambitions β he talked of getting his IT degree, of his promising internship at an insurance company, and was especially excited about a new job he landed at Space Xβfounded by one of the richest people in the world, Elon Musk.
Everything seemed to be going well for the Haldersons. So, on Friday morning, July 2, when Krista just didn't show up at the office, Daniel Kroninger remembers becoming concerned. Erin Moriarty : How unusual was it for, number one, for Krista not to show up for work, not to call and just not show up? How unusual? Daniel Kroninger : So, when she hadn't said anything to me, I was like, "we'll that's kinda weird" you know β¦ It wasn't something that she would ever do. Kroninger says he texted and called her several times but got no response.
Later that afternoon, he and his girlfriend drove over to the Halderson home. A neighbor's security camera shows them arriving. Daniel Kroninger : You know, knocked on the door, didn't hear anything β¦ peered through the window. The only thing that seemed weird was there was a coffee table on its side. Daniel Kroninger : I looked in. Both cars were there. And I was like, "what? And I was starting to go around the back of the house, and then Chandler came out the side door β¦ and he came out in a towel saying, "Oh, I just got outta the shower," you know, "hey what's goin' on?
Kroninger says he was relieved to know that Bart and Krista were at the family cabin. Over the holiday weekend, he kept in touch with Chandler to see if he had heard from his mom and dad. Daniel Kroninger : He said, "yeah, they don't have very good service up there so you kinda have to wait till the clouds clear before they get a message. On Sunday July 4, Kroninger says Chandler called him and said he was "bored and needed something to do.
