Born
5 Nov 1954, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Death
31 Aug 1983, Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois

Tragically, Eric Hanson, was one of the victims of Chicago’s serial murderer, Larry Eyler who was convicted of murdering 21 young men and boys between 1982 and 1984 and sentenced to death by lethal injection, died of AIDS-related complications in 1994 while incarcerated on death row. He was known as “The Interstate Killer” as many of his victims were discovered close to the Interstate Highway and is also known to have killed an additional 20 more young men and boys.

On October 4, 1983, 18-year-old, Eric Hansen’s torso concealed inside a plastic bag in Kenosha County, Wisconsin was discovered by two mushroom hunters. The St. Francis teenager was last seen alive on September 27 in Downtown Milwaukee. The victim was identified on October 11 as Hansen’s head, arms, and legs had been severed from his torso with a hacksaw, and the torso itself had been completely drained of blood. The skull and hands were never found.