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Robert Christian Boes Hansen (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), popularly known as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer active in Anchorage, Alaska, between 1972 and 1983. Hansen abducted , raped and murdered at least seventeen women, many of whom he may have attacked in the wilderness with a Ruger Mini-14 and hunting knives .
Nov 24, 2021 · Throughout the ’70s and early ’80s, Hansen targeted sex workers and exotic dancers, abducting these women to turn them loose in the woods so he could hunt them like animals. This is the terrifying true story of the Butcher Baker serial killer. Who Was Robert Hansen, The “Butcher Baker” Of Alaska?
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Nov 8, 2021 · The most famous murderer in Alaska, though, is Robert Hansen, notoriously known as the “Butcher Baker,” who left a trail of women’s bodies in Alaska. Here's what to know about the serial killer who used the rugged frontier as a gruesome hunting ground.
- Who is Robert Hansen?Born in 1939 and raised in Estherville, Iowa, Hansen was the son of an overbearing Danish immigrant baker described as a “big old mean guy.” As an...
- When did Hansen commit his first murder?Hansen confessed to authorities that his first murder victim was a woman “he assumed to be a topless dancer or prostitute” he propositioned in the...
- How was Robert Hansen caught?A break for law enforcement came in 1983, when a teenage sex worker, Cindy Paulson, who was abducted by Hansen, escaped as he loaded his plane. Pau...
- What was Robert Hansen's motive for murder?Hansen said he killed women because they had rejected him all his life, according to a 1984 New York Times report.
- Where is Robert Hansen today?On Aug. 21, 2014, Hansen, 75, died from natural causes, according to The New York Times. He was serving a 461-year sentence at the Spring Creek Cor...
May 16, 2020 · Alaskan Serial Killer Released His Victims Into The Wilderness — Then Hunted Them Down Like Game. Robert Hansen, a mild-mannered baker and accomplished hunter, confessed to killing 17 women and burying their bodies in remote wilderness graves. By Benjamin H. Smith May 16, 2020, 8:00 PM ET.
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May 4, 2021 · YouTube. By Thomm Quackenbush / May 4, 2021 10:40 am EST. Robert Hansen, who earned the nickname "The Butcher Baker," could have been caught for good a decade before he was, saving at least 10 lives. The police and courts repeatedly neglected to take the threat seriously.
- Thomm Quackenbush
Oct 23, 2021 · Hansen, who owned a bakery, gained the nickname "Butcher Baker" for abducting and hunting down women - many of them sex workers - in the wilderness just north of Anchorage through the early...
Aug 22, 2014 · Convicted Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen, who gained the nickname of "the Butcher Baker" for abducting and hunting down women in the wilderness during the state's oil pipeline...
