It emerged that Hansen, age 22 at the time, had met Peterson and the Schuesslers while they were hitchhiking, and lured them into the stables on the pretext of showing them horses.
It emerged that Hansen, age 22 at the time, had met Peterson and the Schuesslers while they were hitchhiking after seeing the Disney film The African Lion at a Loop-area theater. Hansen lured them into he Idle Hour stables on the pretext of showing them horses.