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Mystery caller linked to 1955 boys murders surfaces
Morton Grove man Charles Larson who phoned a Cook County judge three weeks earlier after claiming he could shed light on the three boys murders has come forward. He says he saw a man with a frightened boy in a car near Robinson Woods on the day the victims disappeared and later identified one boy. Prosecutors weighing whether to call him at a May 26 hearing, while defense attorneys seek a new trial for Kenneth Hansen.
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Morton Grove
Cook County
Charles Larson
Kenneth Hansen
Hansen
Country Club Hills
Bobby Peterson
Anton
John Schuessler
Hanover Park
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Larson
East River Road
Robinson Woods Forest Preserve
Lawrence Avenue
Des Plaines
Milwaukee
Lawrence Avenues
Robinson Woods
Anton Schuessler
Chicago
Jack Reiling