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Robert Hansen

Robert Hansen
Robert Hansen.jpg
Mugshot of Robert Hansen
Born Robert Christian Hansen
(1939-02-15)February 15, 1939
Estherville, Iowa, U.S.
Status Deceased
Died August 21, 2014(2014-08-21) (aged 75)
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Other names The Butcher Baker
Criminal charge Arson, assault, kidnapping, weapons offenses, theft, insurance fraud, murder, rape
Criminal penalty 461 years in prison
Spouse(s) (m. 1960–62, divorced)
(m. 1963–?)
Children 2
Parent(s) Christian Hansen (father)
Edna Hansen (mother)
Conviction(s) February 18, 1984
Killings
Victims 17-21+
Span of killings
1971–1983
Country United States
State(s) Alaska
Date apprehended
June 13, 1983
Imprisoned at Anchorage Correctional Complex (until his death)

Robert Christian Hansen (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), known in the media as the "Butcher Baker", was an American serial killer. Between 1971 and 1983, Hansen abducted, raped and murdered at least 17, and possibly more than 30 women, in and around Anchorage, Alaska, hunting them down in the woods with a Ruger Mini-14 and other weapons. He was arrested and convicted in 1983 and was sentenced to 461 years with no possibility of parole.

Hansen was born in Estherville, Iowa in 1939. He was the son of a Danish immigrant and followed in his father's footsteps as a baker. In his youth, he was skinny and painfully shy, afflicted with a stutter and a severe case of acne that left him permanently scarred. (In later years, he would recall his face as "one big pimple.") Shunned by the attractive girls in school, he grew up hating them and nursing fantasies of cruel revenge. Throughout childhood and adolescence, Hansen was described as being quiet and a loner and he had a relationship with his domineering father. He was frequently bullied at school for having acne and speaking with a stutter. He started hunting and often found refuge in this pastime.

In 1957, Hansen enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and served for one year before being discharged. He later worked as an assistant drill instructor at a police academy in Pocahontas, Iowa. There, he began a relationship with a younger woman. He married her in the summer of 1960.

On December 7, 1960, he was arrested for burning down a Pocahontas County Board of Education school bus garage, for which he served 20 months of a three-year prison sentence in Anamosa State Penitentiary. His wife filed for divorce while he was incarcerated. Over the next few years, he was jailed several times for petty theft. In 1967, he moved to Anchorage, Alaska, with his second wife, whom he had married in 1963 and with whom he had two children. In Anchorage, he was well liked by his neighbors and set several local hunting records.


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