Candy heiress Helen Vorhees Brach would be 104 next Nov. 10, if she were still alive. But that is not likely. Mrs. Brach was declared legally dead as of Feb. 17, 1977, allegedly the last day she ...

The latest twist in the death of candy heiress Helen Brach has her body being incinerated at East Chicago's Inland Steel in 1977. Reports of the region connection to one of America's most famous ...

Helen Vorhees Brach disappeared on Feb. 17, 1977 and was never seen again. (Chicago Tribune) 1977: Candy heiress Helen Vorhees Brach was last seen alive. She left an appointment at the Mayo Clinic ...

shot and disposed of in a steel furnace on orders from a notorious Chicagoland horse dealer The mystery of Candy Heiress Helen Brach's murder has finally been solved, 37 years later. The multi ...

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 ...

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 ...

What happened to Helen Brach? The heiress to a Chicago candy company fortune vanished without a trace in 1977 and now the only man ever convicted in the case has died. Richard Bailey takes to the ...

The bur oak, believed to be 250 to 300 years old, is dying, say staff at Lincoln Park Zoo, where the tree sits cordoned off just west of the Helen Brach Primate House. Nan Schonberg was strolling ...

MORTON GROVE, Ill. (CBS) -- Chicago candy heiress Helen Voorhees Brach disappeared 45 years ago – and she remains the wealthiest woman in Illinois ever to have disappeared. Some who have ...

A magenta 1971 Rolls-Royce Corniche convertible once owned by suburban candy heiress Helen Brach will be among the highlights when Mecum Auto Auctions returns to the Renaissance Schaumburg ...

The list of famous people that had a Corniche in their garages is quite long and includes names like Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Aristotle Onassis, and Helen Brach.