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.…