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Mystery caller adds twist to Schuessler Peterson murders
A Cook County judge disclosed a mysterious call claiming new information on the 1955 Schuessler Peterson murders. The caller, who did not identify himself, was asked to appear but never returned. The case previously convicted Kenneth Hansen in 1995, with defense and prosecutors skeptical of the late lead. Margie Mack backed Hansen’s innocence while her mother’s diary details linked her father to the killings.
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Cook County
Bobby Peterson
Anton
John Schuessler
Chicago
Kenneth Hansen
Country Club Hills
Hansen
Maywood
Michael P. Toomin
Toomin
Robinson Woods
Lawrence Avenue
Des Plaines
Thomas Gainer
Gainer
Lawrence Goodman
Goodman
Hanover Park
Jack Reiling
Margie Mack
Mack
Joyce Saxon
Reiling