Robert Hansen dropped victims into the woods to shoot them with his long-range rifle.
Many times people are not what they seem. Robert Hansen, a man with the traits of a good and quiet man, kidnapped, raped and killed 17 prostitutes in AlaskaUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The terrifying murders took place between 1970 and 1983, when, after raping his victims, he set them free to chase them and hunt them like animals with his rifle.
a complicated childhood
Robert Hansen was a rapist and murderer of women.
Robert Hansen was born on February 15, 1939 in Estherville, Iowa, United States. His father was a very strict Danish cook and forced little Robert to work until dawn in the family bakery.
Robert was bullied in his teens and developed an introverted, solitary and unsociable character. Until one day, as soon as he graduated, he decided to take revenge on those who bothered him. He set fire to a school bus.
Time passed and in 1966 she married and had two children. A year later the family decided to move to Alaska. They opened a bakery, earning the respect and admiration of their neighbors who saw him as a quiet and calm, but kind boy.
However, the American got into trouble again after stealing a power saw. For this crime he was sentenced to five years in prison, of which he did not even serve half.
Image from the movie “Killer Hunt” inspired by the story of Robert Hansen
It should be noted that while he was in prison, a group of prison psychologists examined him and found that Hansen suffered from bipolar disorder, which required treatment to cure his constant mood swings, as well as discovering a childish and obsessive personality in him.
the killer baker
Robert Hansen’s criminal life began in 1970, the first murder occurred in 1971 when he took over the services of the prostitute Lisa Futrell. Robert took her home, handcuffed her, mistreated and raped her, then he accompanied her to the airport, loaded her onto his plane, and landed on the ground in his cabin. already in the forest, he released the woman, making her believe she was free, but as she ran, he grabbed her rifle and executed her.
Some of the women killed by Robert Hansen
More than 15 women, all sex workers, have undergone the same macabre procedure. The large number of missing young people complicated the action of the police, who, until then, could not find bodies and had many clues as to who could be behind all this.
Cindy Paulson, his latest victim
On the night of June 13, 1983, 17-year-old Cindy Paulson went to the police and said she was accosted on the street by a short, skinny guy with red hair. She offered her $ 200 for her sexual services.
The young woman said they were there when the boy handcuffed her and threatened her with a gun. He forced her into a car, took her to a house and raped her.
Up until that point, Officer Baker of the Alaska Police Department hadn’t heard anything that didn’t happen on a daily basis. But suddenly, Cindy’s story began to go down a strange road.
Cindy Paulson’s story and testimony were instrumental in convicting the killer
After raping her, the boy forced her to get back in the car and took her to an open field where there was a plane. She told him they would fly into her cabin in the middle of the forest.
The man was negligent for a moment and Cindy managed to escape by running to the nearest street, where she went straight to ask for help. That same night, the police found the plane and learned that it belonged to a certain Robert Hansen, an Anchorage baker, married with two children.
When Hansen was questioned by officers, he denied the suspicions, saying the girl was trying to get him into trouble because he refused to pay her what she was asking. Between the baker and the prostitute, they chose to believe the man.
sentence and death
In 1983 he received a sentence of 461 years in prison without the right to parole.
The discovery of several bodies in 1983 on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska, anticipated Hansen’s arrest. Each victim presented execution shots with a weapon of the same caliber.
With Cindy’s detailed statement, a search warrant was requested and on October 27, 1983, the “killer baker” was arrested. During the inspection they spotted a hidden loft with objects and jewels of their victims.
Hansen pleaded guilty to only 4 murders.even if he arrived with justice to hand over the places where the bodies were, of which only 12 were recovered.
In the end, the court sentenced him to 461 years in prisonwithout the possibility of probation. died in 2014 of an illness (it was never revealed how) at the age of 75.
In 2013 John Cusack and Nicolas Cage brought the story of the ‘killer baker’ to the cinema with the film: “Killer Hunt”.
Thomas Fernandez Cruzado
Source: Clarin
