Robert Hansen | |
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Born | Robert Christian Hansen February 15, 1939 Estherville, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | August 21, 2014 | (aged 75)
Other names | Bob the Baker Bob Hansen The Butcher Baker[1] |
Conviction(s) | First degree murder (4 counts) |
Criminal penalty | 461 years imprisonment without parole |
Details | |
Victims | 17–37 killed 31+ raped 3+ victimless crimes 1 attempted murder 1 attempted rape |
Span of crimes | December 22, 1971 – June 13, 1983 |
Country | United States |
State(s) | Alaska |
Date apprehended | October 27, 1983 |
Imprisoned at | Spring Creek Correctional Center, Seward, Alaska (until his death) |
Robert Christian Boes Hansen[2] (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 the women abducted were released by Hansen into the wilderness and hunted with a Ruger Mini-14 and hunting knives. Hansen was captured in 1983 and sentenced to 461 years' imprisonment without the possibility of parole.[3][4] He died in 2014 of natural causes at age 75.
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