Wisconsin Man Charged in Parents’ Killing and Dismemberment

Madison, Wis.—A Wisconsin man accused of killing and dismembering his father was charged Wednesday with committing the same crimes against his mother. Chandler Halderson, 23, now faces two counts each of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, hiding a corpse, and providing false information on kidnapped or missing persons in the deaths of his parents, Bart and Krista Halderson. According to prosecutors, the defendant spun a “web of lies” after reporting his parents missing on July 7. Chandler Halderson, who was arrested July 8 on charges of lying to officials, told investigators that his parents never returned home to Dane County from a Fourth of July weekend trip to their cabin in northern Wisconsin. In an amended criminal complaint, prosecutors don’t provide a theory as to why Halderson might have killed his parents. But the complaint does include details about the investigation, including statements the Windsor man allegedly made to …
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