Helen Vorhees Brach, heiress to the Brach candy fortune disappeared in 1977 - her body has never been found although she was declared dead in 1984 - but indictments and trials stirred up by revelations unearthed in the investigation are still being filed. Though one man is in prison for life for soliciting her murder, authorities are no closer today to answering the question: What happened to Helen Brach?
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Helen Vorhees Brach, before her disappearance.
A Brach's Candy advertisement. Helen Brach married Frank Brach, the son of the founder of the Brach candy empire.Under Frank's leadership E.J. Brach and Sons became one of the world's largest candy producers and made thefamily wealthier than any of them had ever dreamed possible.When he died in 1970, he left Helen an estate worth more than $20 million.
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The logo of the Mayo Clinic where the last verifiable sighting of Helen Brach was made before her disappearance.
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Jack Matlick, a long-time major domo for Frank and Helen Brach who stayed on to run the household for Helen after Frank's death.He told investigators that he had picked up Helen from the airport in Chicago after her visit to the Mayo Clinic but no-one recalls seeing her on that flight.
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