Alaskan Woods Butcher Baker — True Crime
Robert Hansen is listed among the most prolific serial killers in the United States, yet many people have never heard of him — those who have know him as the Butcher Baker Killer.
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Hansen might have been the only killer known to have flown women into the wilderness to be released and hunted down. A lot of that came down to a few things. First, he targeted women that he was banking on people, not reporting them missing right away. Then, after being caught, he did everything to avoid the spotlight, including pleading guilty to avoid a trial. And once behind bars, he did nothing to get the outside world’s attention. After being found guilty in 1984, he didn’t make an appearance in the media until 2006, when he declined an interview with the Associated Press by writing this note. “I do not care so much for myself, but you journalists have hurt my family so very much.”
After Hansen’s death by natural causes retired, Sgt Flenn Flothe, who hunted down the serial killer hunter, said this to the Alaskan Dispatch. “This world is better without him.”
So you might be asking, why? Why is there another article being written about Robert Hansen? It’s not for him. It’s for his victims. It’s for those who worked diligently to bring this killer to justice. It’s for all of…