Robert Christian Boes Hansen [ 2 ] February 15, β August 21, , popularly known as the Butcher Baker , was an American serial killer active in Anchorage, Alaska , between and , abducting , raping and murdering at least seventeen women.
Many of the women abducted were released by Hansen into the wilderness and hunted with a Ruger Mini and hunting knives.
Hansen was captured in and sentenced to years' imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The family moved to Richmond, California , in , but returned to Iowa in and settled in Pocahontas.
In his youth, Hansen was painfully shy, had a stutter and suffered severe acne that left him permanently scarred. Throughout childhood and adolescence, he was described as a quiet loner who had a difficult relationship with his domineering father. Hansen took to practicing both hunting and archery , often finding refuge in those pastimes. He later worked as an assistant drill instructor at a police academy in Pocahontas. There, he began a relationship with a younger woman, whom he married in On December 7, , Hansen was arrested for burning down a Pocahantas County school bus garage, as revenge for his mistreatment in high school.
Over the next few years, Hansen was jailed several times for petty theft. In Anchorage, he was well-liked by his neighbors and set several local hunting records. In December , Hansen was arrested twice, first for abducting and attempting to rape an unidentified housewife, then for raping an unidentified sex worker.
