![]() ![]() He spoke with a stutter and had felt shunned by the girls at school. Photo Credit: WikipediaĪs a young man, Hansen had been afflicted with particularly severe acne which left his face scarred. Reconstruction of unidentified murder victim Eklutna Annie. In his 1984 confession, Hansen claimed that she was his first victim. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately dubbed “Eklutna Annie,” the woman remains unidentified to this day. Even though Hansen started killing in the 70s, the first body wasn’t discovered until 1980, when construction workers found a body near Eklutna Road. Flothe had been placed on a task force to investigate several bodies which all seemed to have been the work of a single killer. However, Detective Glenn Flothe was, even then, on the trail of a killer–he just didn’t yet know that it was Robert Hansen. What's more, Hansen's friend, John Henning, provided him with an alibi that for the moment cleared him of any suspicion. The police didn’t doubt that a respectable business owner and family man had more credibility than a teenager performing sexual favors for money. When questioned by police, he claimed that Paulson was just a lying prostitute trying to extort money from him. In spite of Paulson’s testimony, however, Hansen wasn’t immediately arrested. Related: Serial Killer Survivors: 5 People Who Lived to Tell Terrifying Tales Disturbed by the disheveled appearance of the barefoot and handcuffed young woman, the driver gave her a ride to a nearby hotel at her request, and called the police shortly after he had dropped her off. She managed to flag down a passing truck driver in spite of the fact that her hands were cuffed in front of her. While Hansen was getting his light aircraft ready for takeoff, Paulson made a run for it, leaving her sneakers behind as proof that she had been in his vehicle. After casually taking a nap on a nearby couch as Paulson was chained by the neck to a post in the basement, he loaded her back into his car and drove to the airport. He drove her to his home, where he proceeded to torture and rape her. Paulson later told police that Hansen had offered her $200 for oral sex, and then pulled a gun on her as she got into his car. 17-year-old Cindy Paulson ran away from Hansen in 1983 as he was trying to load her into his plane and “take her out to his cabin,” presumably a euphemism for the vacant Alaskan wilderness where he gunned down his victims. Hansen likely would have continued to kill and escape justice if one of his intended victims hadn’t escaped. The years passed, but it was business as usual for the Butcher Baker, who hadn’t yet aroused suspicion. As the seedier areas of Anchorage flourished, Hansen knew that his victims wouldn’t be missed. Sudden disappearances weren’t uncommon in this transient environment. Anchorage was changing quickly in the 70s, as the construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline drew in migratory workers with disposable income, as well as opportunistic sex workers. Although he first targeted any woman who had the misfortune of striking his fancy, he soon learned that prostitutes and strippers were prime targets. Hansen was a cold and calculating killer, which explains why he went undetected for so long. Related: Robert Berdella: The Butcher of Kansas City He refused to identify all of his burial locations, and to date only 12 out of the 17 bodies have been found. He confessed to 17 murders, although some estimates place that number much higher. As part of a plea bargain, Hansen later cooperated with authorities to recover the bodies that he had hidden in the wilderness. When Hansen was finally arrested, investigators found a map covered in X marks behind the headboard of his bed. ![]()
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