Robert Hansen
Robert Hansen | |
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Hansen mugshot, c. 1983 | |
| 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 The Runaway Killer |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Conviction | 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 | Alaska |
Date apprehended | October 27, 1983 |
| Imprisoned at | Spring Creek Correctional Center, Seward, Alaska (until his death) |
Robert Christian Boes Hansen (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), also known as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer active in Anchorage, Alaska, between 1972 and 1983, abducting, raping and murdering at least seventeen women. Many of his victims 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. He died in 2014 of natural causes at age 75.
While serving a prison sentence for arson in the early 1960s, Hansen was diagnosed with manic depression with periodic schizophrenic episodes. The psychiatrist who made the diagnosis noted that Hansen had an "infantile personality" and that he was obsessed with getting back at people whom he felt had wronged him.