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Funeral Director Gets 90 Days for Hiding Victim’s Remains

6/5/2026

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Benjamin Hanson got 90 days in jail and four years’ probation for hiding Alyce Peterson’s remains.
Boy Scouts found a skull in a Houlton, Wisconsin forest in 2002 that DNA linked to Peterson.
Hanson was the funeral director at Simonet Funeral Home in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, when he arranged her services.
His sentence requires sobriety and mental-health treatment.
Simonet Funeral Home’s owners expressed sympathy for the Peterson family.

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Story summary

Benjamin Hanson got 90 days in jail and four years’ probation for hiding Alyce Peterson’s remains.
Boy Scouts found a skull in a Houlton, Wisconsin forest in 2002 that DNA linked to Peterson.
Hanson was the funeral director at Simonet Funeral Home in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, when he arranged her services.
His sentence requires sobriety and mental-health treatment.
Simonet Funeral Home’s owners expressed sympathy for the Peterson family.