Candlewood Murder Case
In September 1943 a cottage in the Neversink area of Candlewood Lake burned. The remains of the house, which had been closed for the season two weeks earlier, were viewed by the owners but essentially left untouched.
The following May the owners of the cottage, a Mr.& Mrs. Noce, came back and went through the ruins and made a grisly discovery in what had been the basement. They found a pair of summer shoes and what appeared to be human bones. The remains were given to Dr. John D. Booth, the medical examiner for Danbury (shades of CSI) and he determined that the remains were of a woman between the age of 16 & 21 who had been shot in the head. The medical examiner called this his most interesting case & dubbed it the "Candlewood Murder Case."
The murderer, William Saunders, of New York City, was arrested 8 days later and confessed to the crime. He received life in prison but was paroled after 14 years.