A former funeral home director has been sentenced for a crime that remained a mystery for over two decades. Benjamin Carl Hanson, 57, received a 90-day jail sentence and four years of probation on Tuesday after pleading guilty to hiding a corpse with the intent to conceal a crime.
According to the Pioneer Press, the investigation began in October 2002 when a group of Boy Scouts hiking near the Fred C. Andersen Boy Scout Camp in Somerset Township, Wisconsin, discovered a black garbage bag. Inside the bag, they found a human skull. For years, local law enforcement struggled to identify the remains. Various forensic tests failed to provide answers, and investigators were left with a cold case that seemed destined to remain unsolved.
