Man charged in case of skull discovered in western Wisconsin in 2002

Ex-Minnesota funeral director decapitated body of woman whose skull found in WI woods, charges say

The skull was found in 2002 by Boy Scouts in Wisconsin but not tied to a name until this past summer.

Remains found in Wisconsin lead to the arrest of a man in Minnesota

ST. CROIX COUNTY, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) - 23 years after a human skull was found in the woods in western Wisconsin, 57-year-old Benjamin Carl Hanson of Bayport, Minnesota, has been charged with hiding a corpse and felony theft of more than $2,500. In October of 2002, a group of Boy Scouts walking through the woods in [...]

Former funeral home employee charged in connection with skull found in Wisconsin in 2002

A former employee of a Minnesota funeral home has been charged with stealing the skull of a woman before her body was cremated in 2001.

Funeral director charged two decades after skull was found near a boy scout camp

The skull belonged to Alyce Catharina Peterson, who died at the age of 92 in July 2001

Man charged with hiding a corpse decades after skull found in St. Croix County

A cold case in St. Croix County has resurfaced after a human skull was found.

Man charged in case of skull discovered in western Wisconsin in 2002

Charges of hiding a corpse and felony theft have been filed against Benjamin Hanson, who worked as a funeral director during the time the skull was found.