Burnsville woman’s family fights for justice 40 years after brutal New York murder

The Brief

  • A Burnsville woman’s family has been seeking justice for four decades.
  • Kristin O’Connell was found dead in rural upstate New York in 1985.
  • No arrests have been made, and a homicide investigation is ongoing.

EAGAN, Minn. (FOX 9) Kristin O’Connell’s family and friends gathered to honor her on Thursday, exactly 40 years since the last day she was seen alive.

Seeking justice and closure

The backstory:

Kristin O’Connell was last seen on Aug. 14, 1985.

According to New York State Police, her body was found in a cornfield in upstate New York two days later. She was from Burnsville, but was visiting a friend in a rural Finger Lakes town at that time.

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