Michael Hansen
Real Name: Jack Joseph Bruno
Aliases: Michael James Hansen
Wanted For: Abduction
Missing Since: August 3, 1991
Case[]
Details: Thirty-two-year-old Michael Hansen is wanted for abducting his daughter, Cozette, on August 3, 1991. Authorities later discovered that "Michael Hansen" was an alias and that his real name was Jack Bruno. He is also wanted in New Jersey on narcotics and prostitution charges.
Extra Notes:
- This case first aired as a part of the Special Live Edition on November 25, 1992 along with Robert Watson, Cathy Marie Ferner, Windy Korioth, Becky Terry, Kimberly, Katie, and Kelly Hurley, Connie Jo Hamilton, John Harman, Susan Roberts, Joseph Rodia, and Ken Dickerson.
- It was excluded from the FilmRise release of the series.
Results: Captured. In November 1995, Hansen was arrested in New Mexico. Cozette was later located in Mexico and reunited with her mother, Myra, in January of 1996. Hansen was sentenced to prison and has since been released.
Links:
- Anxiously Awaiting the Happy Ending - July 7, 1996
- Stranger in the House: One Mother's Story - May 7, 1997