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• Star Tribune - ‘Slain Woman’s Parents Seek Comfort From Her Letter’ - by: Martha S. Allen - August 18th, 1985 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/189729820/?match=2&terms=Kristin%20O%27Connell
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104209316/kristin-marie-o'connell : accessed 01 June 2022), memorial page for Kristin Marie “Kristy” O'Connell (12 Jan 1965–15 Aug 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104209316, citing Saint Thomas Cemetery, Saint Thomas, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Patrick Mahowald (contributor 47941442)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104209329/michael-raymond-o'connell : accessed 01 June 2022), memorial page for Michael Raymond O'Connell (24 Jun 1942–17 May 1993), Find a Grave Memorial ID 104209329, citing Saint Thomas Cemetery, Saint Thomas, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, USA ; Maintained by Patrick Mahowald (contributor 47941442)
• The Star Tribune article - “Slain Woman’s Parents Seek Comfort From Her Letter” - by Martha S. Allen - August 18th, 1985 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/189729820/?terms=kristin%20o%27connell&match=1
• Finger Lakes Times - “Mother turns to cold case team to help solve daughter's 1985 Ovid murder” - By DAVID L. SHAW - June 26th, 2021 - https://www.fltimes.com/news/mother-turns-to-cold-case-team-to-help-solve-daughters-1985-ovid-murder/article_068bf236-9eff-5dd5-b117-50a67dd7c476.html
• Finger Lake Times - “Murder mystery remains unsolved — Thirty years after a college student from Minnesota was murdered in Ovid, police have yet to make an arrest in the case” - By DAVID L. SHAW - August 15th, 2016 - https://www.fltimes.com/news/murder-mystery-remains-unsolved-thirty-years-after-a-college-student-from-minnesota-was-murdered-in/article_d1acf920-43b5-11e5-89d8-8b1dfe661e96.html
• Democrat and Chronicle article - “Ovid left shaken in murder’s wake” - author not listen - August 18th, 1985 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/137223410/?terms=kristin%20o%27connell&match=1
• New York State Troopers website - “Homicide Victim: O'Connell, Kristin M.” - https://troopers.ny.gov/homicide-victim-oconnell-kristin-m
• New York State Troopers website - “State Inspector General Finds Serious Errors in NYPD Crime Laboratory” - December 3rd, 2007
• Uncovered website - “MURDERED: KRISTIN O’CONNELL” - last updated November 18th, 2021 - https://uncovered.com/cases/kristin-oconnell/timeline
• Star-Gazette article - ‘Police try to solve 10-year-old murder of woman in ‘wrong place at wrong time’ - by Jim Pfiffer - September 10th, 1995 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/279311976/?match=1&terms=%22Kristin%20O%27Connell%22
• Press and Sun-Bulletin article - DNA may solve 85’ slaying - by The Associated Press - August 13th, 2009 - https://www.newspapers.com/image/259324363/?clipping_id=82749874&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjI1OTMyNDM2MywiaWF0IjoxNzM1NzU0NjY5LCJleHAiOjE3MzU4NDEwNjl9.Vbbfy2uf5qBCkTlXpXpXYD1BqmFBwxumLzttkOw2lmw
• Democrat and Chronicle article - Reward Offered in Cold Case - August 14th, 2010 - https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle/33086788/
• My Twin Tiers article - What Happened to Kristin O’Connell? - by Jackie Gillis - March 2nd, 2023 - https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/local-news/what-happened-to-kristin-oconnell/
• My Twin Tiers article - Digging deeper into the death of Kristin O’Connell - by Jackie Gillis - March 8th, 2023 - https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/local-news/digging-deeper-into-the-death-of-kristin-oconnell/