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Hansen case witness links 1955 murders to trio
A former pornographer and federal informant testifies that Kenneth Hansen told him in 1968 he strangled three teenage boys in 1955 with help from his brother Curt and two other men. The victims Anton and John Schuessler and Bobby Peterson were found in a forest preserve after hitchhiking near Milwaukee and Lawrence avenues. The witness details a barn setting, a failed attempt, and post crime arson, with other suspects named in connection to the case.
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Kenneth Hansen
William “Red” Wemette
Hansen
Anton
John Schuessler
Bobby Peterson
Wemette
S. Cicero Ave
Country Club Hills
Chicago
Wennette
Tinley Park
Frankie Schweihs
Curt Hansen
Bureau of
Arizona
Herb Hollatz
Silas Jayne
Roger Spry
Jayne
Robinson Woods
Idle Hour
George Jayne
Forest Preserve
Lawrence Avenue
Des Plaines River
Milwaukee
Lawrence Avenues
Cook County Forest Preserve
Joe Plemmons
Hansen’s
Plemmons
Jed Stone
FBI
IRS
Stone