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If there was one thing Helle Crafts\u2019 friends knew for certain, it was that Helle\u2019s husband Richard was a violent sketch ball. So when she didn\u2019t show up for work one day, they got suspicious. Richard\u2019s explanations were less than reassuring. Was she visiting her mother in Denmark? Or was she with a friend on vacation? The story kept changing, but one thing remained the same \u2014 Helle was nowhere to be found.

Then Brandi continues her Johnson County, Kansas, series with a robbery gone terribly wrong. It all started at the She\u2019s a Pistol gun store in Shawnee, Kansas. Becky Bieker owned the store with her husband Jon. She was behind the counter on January 9, 2015 when four teenagers entered the store. Two of them were armed. One of the teens punched Becky, knocking her unconscious. Shortly afterward, Jon came out of a back room, gun drawn. A gun battle ensued. Later, one of the teens\u2019 lawyers mounted an\u2026 interesting legal defense.

And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.

In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
\n\u201c50-year sentence imposed in wood chipper murder,\u201d New York Times
\n\u201cWood Chipper Murder\u201d Crime Library
\n\u201cThe Disappearance of Helle Crafts\u201d episode of Forensic Files
\n\u201c23 years ago Richard Crafts was more willing to part with his wife than his money,\u201d NewsTimes.com
\n\u201cCrafts unconcerned at wife\u2019s disappearance, her friends say,\u201d Hartford Courant
\n\u201cChopped to bits,\u201d Daily News
\n\u201cRichard Crafts denies killing his wife, says he believes she is alive,\u201d Hartford Courant

In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
\n\u201cOwner Killed, Three Shot in Attempted Robbery at Gun Shop\u201d Associated Press, NBC News
\n\u201cCo-owner of Shawnee gun shop dies; three suspects shot during attempted robbery\u201d by Michelle Pekarsky and Megan Brilley, Fox 4 \u201cSuspect in \u2018She\u2019s A Pistol\u2019 murder to plead guilty, while 3 alleged accomplices prepare for murder trial\u201d by Michelle Pekarsky, For 4 KC
\n\u201cFour Charged With Murder In Gardner Man\u2019s Death\u201d Danedri Thompson, The Gardner News
\n\u201cShe\u2019s a Pistol gun store in Shawnee is closing\u201d by Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star
\n\u201cJudge denies defendant\u2019s self-defense claim in She\u2019s a Pistol killing\u201d by Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star
\n\u201cOwner of She\u2019s A Pistol tearfully announces store\u2019s closure amid mounting expenses\u201d by Shannon O\u2019Brien, Fox 4 KC
\n\u201cTrial begins for \u2018She\u2019s A Pistol\u2019 gunman who claimed he shot store owner in self-defense\u201d by Kerri Stowell, FOX 4 KC
\n\u201cOn day three of his trial, She\u2019s A Pistol suspect pleads guilty as charged\u201d by Nick Sloan and Natalie Davis, KCTV5
\n\u201cOne man convicted for role in deadly shooting at \u2018She\u2019s A Pistol\u2019 sentenced to \u2018Hard 25\u2019 for murder\u201d by Andrew Lynch, FOX 4 Kc