Title: AKF800721 July 21, 1980
Description: Eklutna, Anchorage, Alaska
Description: Eklutna, Anchorage, Alaska
100PercentFound - October 12, 2006 10:32 PM (GMT)
AK - Jane Doe- Teenager to early 20s
Classification: Unidentified
NCIC #: U-150004982
Dental Charts: unknown
DNA Available: Y
Skeletal Remains: Y
Located Date: July 21, 1980
Area Found: Eklutna Road
Gender: Female
Height: approx 5 feet
Weight: unknown
Race: White
Eyes: unknown
Hair: long reddish brown
New contact info:
Alaska State Troopers
Paula Goforth
(907) 269-5497 - Local
(907) 338-7243 - FAX
The state motto for Alaska is "North to the Future," but the future was cut short for 17 young women.
Sometimes we are forced to make life-changing decisions and sometimes they turn out to be bad decisions. Sometimes we feel as though we have no choice in the path set before us. Sometimes we are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Fate, if you believe in it, could have had his hand out when these young girls made their life-changing decisions. Robert Hanson was waiting for each of them at the end of their paths.
Robert Hanson was a troubled child, a depressed teen, and consequently a mentally distraught adult. He had no self-esteem during his childhood years or as an adult. To compensate for this inadequacy he became a “great hunter” in Alaska, winning trophies for his kills and therefore, winning the praise of the community. Eventually tiring of hunting wild game, he turned his attention to hunting human prey. He started out by stabbing his first victim to death as she tried to escape. It wasn’t long before his passion escalated into sadistic torture. He claims to have killed 17 women. Sadly, these young women were trapped and tortured, flown to his remote cabin in the wilderness; then let go to run for their lives only to be hunted down like wild game and shot. The “great hunter” could not share his trophies now with the community, they would not bring him praise.
It all began on July 21st, 1980 with a discovery made by construction workers. They were digging near Eklutna Road when partial remains of a woman buried in a shallow grave were found. Hanson’s first human trophy. There was little evidence to go on in identifying her so the detectives dubbed her “Eklutna Annie”. Annie was possibly a teen or maybe in her early 20s, a tiny girl only about 5 feet tall. She was Caucasian and had brunette to reddish brown hair. She was fashionably dressed in knee-high, reddish-brown high-heeled boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown leather jacket. Her jewelry was unusual; possibly a handmade silver cuff bracelet with polished stones.
Robert Hanson remains behind bars in a prison in Alaska and will be there for the remainder of his life. Annie has traveled a path, unknown, for more than 25 years; it’s time for her to rest in peace with her own name. If any part of “Annie’s Story” stirs a memory of a young girl you knew from long ago, please let someone know. Investigators believe she may have come to Alaska from California or Washington.
Anyone with information should call investigator William Hughes at 907-269- 5058.
Email: william_hughes@dps.state.ak
Forensic reconstruction sculpture courtesy of http://crimelibrary.com
Source:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers...t_hansen/2.html
Classification: Unidentified
NCIC #: U-150004982
Dental Charts: unknown
DNA Available: Y
Skeletal Remains: Y
Located Date: July 21, 1980
Area Found: Eklutna Road
Gender: Female
Height: approx 5 feet
Weight: unknown
Race: White
Eyes: unknown
Hair: long reddish brown
New contact info:
Alaska State Troopers
Paula Goforth
(907) 269-5497 - Local
(907) 338-7243 - FAX
The state motto for Alaska is "North to the Future," but the future was cut short for 17 young women.
Sometimes we are forced to make life-changing decisions and sometimes they turn out to be bad decisions. Sometimes we feel as though we have no choice in the path set before us. Sometimes we are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Fate, if you believe in it, could have had his hand out when these young girls made their life-changing decisions. Robert Hanson was waiting for each of them at the end of their paths.
Robert Hanson was a troubled child, a depressed teen, and consequently a mentally distraught adult. He had no self-esteem during his childhood years or as an adult. To compensate for this inadequacy he became a “great hunter” in Alaska, winning trophies for his kills and therefore, winning the praise of the community. Eventually tiring of hunting wild game, he turned his attention to hunting human prey. He started out by stabbing his first victim to death as she tried to escape. It wasn’t long before his passion escalated into sadistic torture. He claims to have killed 17 women. Sadly, these young women were trapped and tortured, flown to his remote cabin in the wilderness; then let go to run for their lives only to be hunted down like wild game and shot. The “great hunter” could not share his trophies now with the community, they would not bring him praise.
It all began on July 21st, 1980 with a discovery made by construction workers. They were digging near Eklutna Road when partial remains of a woman buried in a shallow grave were found. Hanson’s first human trophy. There was little evidence to go on in identifying her so the detectives dubbed her “Eklutna Annie”. Annie was possibly a teen or maybe in her early 20s, a tiny girl only about 5 feet tall. She was Caucasian and had brunette to reddish brown hair. She was fashionably dressed in knee-high, reddish-brown high-heeled boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown leather jacket. Her jewelry was unusual; possibly a handmade silver cuff bracelet with polished stones.
Robert Hanson remains behind bars in a prison in Alaska and will be there for the remainder of his life. Annie has traveled a path, unknown, for more than 25 years; it’s time for her to rest in peace with her own name. If any part of “Annie’s Story” stirs a memory of a young girl you knew from long ago, please let someone know. Investigators believe she may have come to Alaska from California or Washington.
Anyone with information should call investigator William Hughes at 907-269- 5058.
Email: william_hughes@dps.state.ak
Forensic reconstruction sculpture courtesy of http://crimelibrary.com
Source:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers...t_hansen/2.html
awagner - October 13, 2006 04:20 AM (GMT)
monkalup - January 2, 2007 11:32 PM (GMT)
http://www.doenetwork.us/cases/311ufak.html
Unidentified White Female
"Eklutna Annie"
Discovered on July 21, 1980 in Anchorage, Anchorage County, Alaska.
Death had occurred about a year before discovery.
Manner of death is homicide. The victim had been stabbed in the back.
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Vital Statistics
Estimated age: Late teens - early 20's
Approximate Height and Weight: 4'11" - 5'3"
Distinguishing Characteristics: Long, reddish-brown hair.
Clothing: Knee-high, reddish-brown, high-heeled vinyl boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown leather jacket. She also wore several peices of of jewelry. None of it is valuable or particularly distinctive, but a silver cuff bracelet with polished stones may be handmade.
DNA: Available
Victim's Jewelry
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Case History
The victim was found on July 21, 1980 buried along a power line outside Eklutna.
In 1984, a local baker named Robert Hansen listed her among the 17 women he admitted killing in and around Anchorage. He said she was his first victim, but didn't know her name. Hansen said that she was a topless dancer or a prostitute and that he was going to take her to his home. On the way, the woman tried to escape. Hansen then killed her.
The victim had no identification and could not be matched to a missing persons report. Hansen said the woman might have said she or her family lived in Kodiak. Troopers believe she may have come to Alaska from Washington or California.
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Investigators
If you have any information about this case please contact:
Alaska State Troopers
907-269-5497
Or
Anchorage Police Department
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.
Agency Case Number: 96-51484
NCIC Number:
U-150004982
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
Source Information:
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
KTVA
Anchorage Police Department
Unidentified White Female
"Eklutna Annie"
Discovered on July 21, 1980 in Anchorage, Anchorage County, Alaska.
Death had occurred about a year before discovery.
Manner of death is homicide. The victim had been stabbed in the back.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vital Statistics
Estimated age: Late teens - early 20's
Approximate Height and Weight: 4'11" - 5'3"
Distinguishing Characteristics: Long, reddish-brown hair.
Clothing: Knee-high, reddish-brown, high-heeled vinyl boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown leather jacket. She also wore several peices of of jewelry. None of it is valuable or particularly distinctive, but a silver cuff bracelet with polished stones may be handmade.
DNA: Available
Victim's Jewelry
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Case History
The victim was found on July 21, 1980 buried along a power line outside Eklutna.
In 1984, a local baker named Robert Hansen listed her among the 17 women he admitted killing in and around Anchorage. He said she was his first victim, but didn't know her name. Hansen said that she was a topless dancer or a prostitute and that he was going to take her to his home. On the way, the woman tried to escape. Hansen then killed her.
The victim had no identification and could not be matched to a missing persons report. Hansen said the woman might have said she or her family lived in Kodiak. Troopers believe she may have come to Alaska from Washington or California.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Investigators
If you have any information about this case please contact:
Alaska State Troopers
907-269-5497
Or
Anchorage Police Department
You may remain anonymous when submitting information.
Agency Case Number: 96-51484
NCIC Number:
U-150004982
Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.
Source Information:
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
KTVA
Anchorage Police Department
monkalup - January 2, 2007 11:33 PM (GMT)
http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/022103...la0160001.shtml
Web posted Friday, February 21, 2003
Troopers try to identify victim of serial killer
ANCHORAGE (AP) -- Alaska State Troopers are making another try at identifying a murdered woman nicknamed ''Eklutna Annie,'' more than 20 years after her decomposed body was found buried along a power line outside Eklutna.
The woman, believed to be a white brunette in her 20s, was found on July 21, 1980, by electric workers repairing the line. She had no identification and could not be matched to a missing persons report. Troopers believe she may have come to Alaska from Washington or California.
Forensic experts said the woman appeared to have been dead about a year.
In 1984, a local baker named Robert Hansen listed her among the 17 women he admitted killing in and around Anchorage. He said she was his first victim, but didn't know her name. She was a topless dancer or a prostitute, he told troopers in his confession. He picked her up in town, told her he lived in Muldoon and was taking her to his home.
But when he continued past Muldoon Road out of town, the woman said no and tried to get out of his pickup, so he pulled a gun on her.
''I just pointed the gun and I tell her, I says, 'Now look, if you do exactly what I tell you and don't give me any problem whatsoever, there's going to be no -- you won't get hurt any way, shape or form,''' Hansen told troopers.
But the truck got stuck in mud. The woman helped Hansen maneuver onto tractable ground, but when he told her to get out for a minute, she ran, he said. He caught her by the hair and claims she pulled a knife from her purse. He overpowered her, he said, and used the knife to stab her in the back.
Hansen said the woman might have said she or her family lived in Kodiak.
Troopers were not convinced the woman was Hansen's first victim, but her death occurred early enough in his murder career that he left her jewelry on her body when he buried her.
Troopers are hoping someone will recognize her jewelry. None of it is valuable or particularly distinctive, but a silver cuff bracelet with polished stones may be handmade.
Once Hansen became a more experienced killer, he began keeping his victims' jewelry. A bag of such jewelry was found in his home after investigators came to suspect him in the disappearances of dancers and prostitutes from pipeline-era Anchorage.
Hansen, now in his 60s, is in Spring Creek prison in Seward, serving 461 years plus life.
When found, Annie was wearing knee-high, reddish-brown, high-heeled boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown leather jacket.
Web posted Friday, February 21, 2003
Troopers try to identify victim of serial killer
ANCHORAGE (AP) -- Alaska State Troopers are making another try at identifying a murdered woman nicknamed ''Eklutna Annie,'' more than 20 years after her decomposed body was found buried along a power line outside Eklutna.
The woman, believed to be a white brunette in her 20s, was found on July 21, 1980, by electric workers repairing the line. She had no identification and could not be matched to a missing persons report. Troopers believe she may have come to Alaska from Washington or California.
Forensic experts said the woman appeared to have been dead about a year.
In 1984, a local baker named Robert Hansen listed her among the 17 women he admitted killing in and around Anchorage. He said she was his first victim, but didn't know her name. She was a topless dancer or a prostitute, he told troopers in his confession. He picked her up in town, told her he lived in Muldoon and was taking her to his home.
But when he continued past Muldoon Road out of town, the woman said no and tried to get out of his pickup, so he pulled a gun on her.
''I just pointed the gun and I tell her, I says, 'Now look, if you do exactly what I tell you and don't give me any problem whatsoever, there's going to be no -- you won't get hurt any way, shape or form,''' Hansen told troopers.
But the truck got stuck in mud. The woman helped Hansen maneuver onto tractable ground, but when he told her to get out for a minute, she ran, he said. He caught her by the hair and claims she pulled a knife from her purse. He overpowered her, he said, and used the knife to stab her in the back.
Hansen said the woman might have said she or her family lived in Kodiak.
Troopers were not convinced the woman was Hansen's first victim, but her death occurred early enough in his murder career that he left her jewelry on her body when he buried her.
Troopers are hoping someone will recognize her jewelry. None of it is valuable or particularly distinctive, but a silver cuff bracelet with polished stones may be handmade.
Once Hansen became a more experienced killer, he began keeping his victims' jewelry. A bag of such jewelry was found in his home after investigators came to suspect him in the disappearances of dancers and prostitutes from pipeline-era Anchorage.
Hansen, now in his 60s, is in Spring Creek prison in Seward, serving 461 years plus life.
When found, Annie was wearing knee-high, reddish-brown, high-heeled boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown leather jacket.
monkalup - January 2, 2007 11:35 PM (GMT)
monkalup - May 5, 2007 01:10 AM (GMT)
Alaska
Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Troopers seek real name of slain 'Eklutna Annie'
MYSTERY: Serial killer Robert Hansen claimed woman was his first victim.
February 20, 2003
Sheila Toomey
Anchorage Daily News
Staff
More than 20 years after her decomposed body was found buried along a power line outside Eklutna, Alaska State Troopers are making another try at identifying the murdered woman known as ''Eklutna Annie.''
The woman, believed to be a white brunette in her 20s, was found on July 21, 1980, by electric workers repairing the line. She had no identification and could not be matched to a missing persons report.
Forensic experts said the woman appeared to have been dead about a year.
In 1984, a local baker named Robert Hansen listed her among the 17 women he admitted killing in and around Anchorage. He said she was his first victim, but didn't know her name. She was a topless dancer or a prostitute, he told troopers in his confession. He picked her up in town, told her he lived in Muldoon and was taking her to his home.
But when he continued past Muldoon Road out of town, the woman said no and tried to get out of his pickup, so he pulled a gun on her.
''I just pointed the gun and I tell her, I says no look, if you do exactly what I tell you and don't give me any problem whatsoever, there's going to be no -- you won't get hurt any way, shape or form,'' Hansen told troopers.
But the truck got stuck in mud. The woman helped Hansen maneuver onto tractable ground, but when he told her to get out for a minute, she ran, he said. He caught her by the hair and claims she pulled a knife from her purse. He overpowered her, he said, and used the knife to stab her in the back.
All Hansen could remember about the woman was that she might have said she or her family lived in Kodiak.
Troopers weren't convinced Annie was Hansen's first victim, but her death occurred early enough in his murder career that he left her jewelry on her body when he buried her. Troopers are hoping someone will recognize it, even after all this time. None of it is valuable or particularly distinctive, but a silver cuff bracelet with polished stones looks like it might have been handmade.
Once Hansen became a more experienced killer, he began keeping his victims' jewelry. A bag of such trophies was found in his home after investigators came to suspect him in the disappearances of dancers and prostitutes from pipeline-era Anchorage. Hanson, now in his 60s, is in Spring Creek prison in Seward, serving 461 years plus life.
When found, Annie was wearing knee-high, reddish-brown, high-heeled boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown leather jacket. She could have been an Alaskan, or she could have been one of the hundreds of women working in the West Coast sex trade who cycled through Anchorage, Seattle and Portland.
Anyone with a clue to Eklutna Annie's real identity is asked to contact investigator William Hughes, with the Alaska State Troopers Missing Persons Bureau at 1-907-269-5058.
Reporter Sheila Toomey can be reached at stoomey@adn.com or 907-257-4341.
Anchorage Daily News (AK)
Troopers seek real name of slain 'Eklutna Annie'
MYSTERY: Serial killer Robert Hansen claimed woman was his first victim.
February 20, 2003
Sheila Toomey
Anchorage Daily News
Staff
More than 20 years after her decomposed body was found buried along a power line outside Eklutna, Alaska State Troopers are making another try at identifying the murdered woman known as ''Eklutna Annie.''
The woman, believed to be a white brunette in her 20s, was found on July 21, 1980, by electric workers repairing the line. She had no identification and could not be matched to a missing persons report.
Forensic experts said the woman appeared to have been dead about a year.
In 1984, a local baker named Robert Hansen listed her among the 17 women he admitted killing in and around Anchorage. He said she was his first victim, but didn't know her name. She was a topless dancer or a prostitute, he told troopers in his confession. He picked her up in town, told her he lived in Muldoon and was taking her to his home.
But when he continued past Muldoon Road out of town, the woman said no and tried to get out of his pickup, so he pulled a gun on her.
''I just pointed the gun and I tell her, I says no look, if you do exactly what I tell you and don't give me any problem whatsoever, there's going to be no -- you won't get hurt any way, shape or form,'' Hansen told troopers.
But the truck got stuck in mud. The woman helped Hansen maneuver onto tractable ground, but when he told her to get out for a minute, she ran, he said. He caught her by the hair and claims she pulled a knife from her purse. He overpowered her, he said, and used the knife to stab her in the back.
All Hansen could remember about the woman was that she might have said she or her family lived in Kodiak.
Troopers weren't convinced Annie was Hansen's first victim, but her death occurred early enough in his murder career that he left her jewelry on her body when he buried her. Troopers are hoping someone will recognize it, even after all this time. None of it is valuable or particularly distinctive, but a silver cuff bracelet with polished stones looks like it might have been handmade.
Once Hansen became a more experienced killer, he began keeping his victims' jewelry. A bag of such trophies was found in his home after investigators came to suspect him in the disappearances of dancers and prostitutes from pipeline-era Anchorage. Hanson, now in his 60s, is in Spring Creek prison in Seward, serving 461 years plus life.
When found, Annie was wearing knee-high, reddish-brown, high-heeled boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown leather jacket. She could have been an Alaskan, or she could have been one of the hundreds of women working in the West Coast sex trade who cycled through Anchorage, Seattle and Portland.
Anyone with a clue to Eklutna Annie's real identity is asked to contact investigator William Hughes, with the Alaska State Troopers Missing Persons Bureau at 1-907-269-5058.
Reporter Sheila Toomey can be reached at stoomey@adn.com or 907-257-4341.
monkalup - December 31, 2009 07:15 PM (GMT)
Ell - October 2, 2011 07:32 PM (GMT)
Hunting Humans
By David Lohr
When investigators first heard Hansen’s confession, they couldn’t help but think of the popular fictional story “The Most Dangerous Game” by writer Richard Connell. The story is about a shipwrecked trio that find themselves stranded on an uncharted island, where they meet a Russian Count, known only as General Zaroff. The group is initially delighted to find someone else on the island, but their happiness turns to sorrow when they realize that the shipwreck was no accident and the good general had lured them there so he could hunt them down. Up until the early 1980s, Richard Connell’s story was a work of fiction, the product of one man's imagination. Robert Hansen was conducting a real life version of “The Most Dangerous Game.”
As the interview neared its end, Hansen was provided with a large aerial map of the region. He identified 15 gravesites, 12 of which were unknown to investigators. Since it would have been nearly impossible to locate any of the graves going by Hansen's checkmarks on the map, investigators decided to fly him to each location. The following day, Hansen accompanied the men to the Anchorage International Airport, where they boarded a large military helicopter. Their first stop was along the Knick River, not far from where Paula Goulding was found. Afterwards, they flew east to Jim Creek, and then west toward Susitna. Their final stops were due south, at Horseshoe Lake and Figure Eight Lake. At every stop, Hansen led investigators to the site, now heavily covered in snow, and they would mark the trees with orange paint. By the end of the day Hansen had revealed the gravesites of 12 unknown women.
According to articles published by The Anchorage Daily News, Robert Hansen pled guilty on February18, 1984, to four counts of first-degree murder in the cases of Paula Golding, Joanna Messina, Sherry Morrow, and “Eklutna Annie.” One week later, on February 27, Superior Court Judge Ralph E. Moody sentenced Hansen to 461 years plus life, without chance of parole. He was then remanded to Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in
Pennsylvania.
By May 1984, investigators had found seven bodies at the gravesites Robert Hansen pointed out to them. No other bodies were ever recovered. The summary went as follows:
Victims: Malai Larsen, Angela Feddern, Lisa Futrell, Tamara Pederson, Sue Luna
On April 24, Sue Luna - Knik River.
On April 24, Malai Larsen - parking area by old Knik bridge.
On April 25, DeLynn Frey - Horseshoe Lake.
On April 26, Teresa Watson - Kenai Peninsula.
On April 26, Angela Feddern - Figure Eight Lake.
On April 29, Tamara Pederson - one and a half miles from old Knik Bridge.
On May 9, Lisa Futrell’s - south of old Knik Bridge.
Spring Creek Correctional Center, Seward
In 1988, Hansen was returned to Alaska and became one of the first inmates in the new Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, where he remains today. Shortly after his conviction, the record keepers for Pope & Young removed Hansen’s name from their record books. Hansen’s wife and two children tried to remain in Alaska, but after two years of harassment, his second wife filed for divorce and left Alaska for good.
Conservationist Gareth Patterson recently published an article on his website entitled “The Killing Fields.” In the piece, Patterson compared the similarities between trophy animal hunters and serial killers. “Certainly one could state that, like the serial killer, the trophy hunter plans his killing with considerable care and deliberation. Like the serial killer, he decides well in advance the type of victim--that is, which species he intends to target. Also like the serial killer, the trophy hunter plans with great care where and how the killing will take place--in what area, with what weapon. What the serial killer and trophy hunter also share is a compulsion to collect trophies or souvenirs of their killings. The serial killer retains certain body parts and/or other trophies for much the same reason as the big game hunter mounts the head and antlers taken from his prey...as trophies of the chase," he said.
On February 21, 2003, more than 20 years after her decomposed body was found, Alaska State Troopers asked for the public's help in identifying “Eklutna Annie.” In an effort to help solve her identity, state police released information regarding her clothing and jewelry.
According to the report, which was published by Kenai Peninsula News, an Alaska newspaper, the victim was a white brunette in her 20s. When found, Annie was wearing knee-high, reddish-brown, high-heeled boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown leather jacket.
Troopers were also hoping that someone might recognize her jewelry; a silver cuff bracelet with polished stones, possibly handmade.
Anyone with information should call investigator William Hughes at 907-269- 5058. Email: william_hughes@dps.state.ak
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_...t_hansen/7.html
By David Lohr
When investigators first heard Hansen’s confession, they couldn’t help but think of the popular fictional story “The Most Dangerous Game” by writer Richard Connell. The story is about a shipwrecked trio that find themselves stranded on an uncharted island, where they meet a Russian Count, known only as General Zaroff. The group is initially delighted to find someone else on the island, but their happiness turns to sorrow when they realize that the shipwreck was no accident and the good general had lured them there so he could hunt them down. Up until the early 1980s, Richard Connell’s story was a work of fiction, the product of one man's imagination. Robert Hansen was conducting a real life version of “The Most Dangerous Game.”
As the interview neared its end, Hansen was provided with a large aerial map of the region. He identified 15 gravesites, 12 of which were unknown to investigators. Since it would have been nearly impossible to locate any of the graves going by Hansen's checkmarks on the map, investigators decided to fly him to each location. The following day, Hansen accompanied the men to the Anchorage International Airport, where they boarded a large military helicopter. Their first stop was along the Knick River, not far from where Paula Goulding was found. Afterwards, they flew east to Jim Creek, and then west toward Susitna. Their final stops were due south, at Horseshoe Lake and Figure Eight Lake. At every stop, Hansen led investigators to the site, now heavily covered in snow, and they would mark the trees with orange paint. By the end of the day Hansen had revealed the gravesites of 12 unknown women.
According to articles published by The Anchorage Daily News, Robert Hansen pled guilty on February18, 1984, to four counts of first-degree murder in the cases of Paula Golding, Joanna Messina, Sherry Morrow, and “Eklutna Annie.” One week later, on February 27, Superior Court Judge Ralph E. Moody sentenced Hansen to 461 years plus life, without chance of parole. He was then remanded to Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary in
Pennsylvania.
By May 1984, investigators had found seven bodies at the gravesites Robert Hansen pointed out to them. No other bodies were ever recovered. The summary went as follows:
Victims: Malai Larsen, Angela Feddern, Lisa Futrell, Tamara Pederson, Sue Luna
On April 24, Sue Luna - Knik River.
On April 24, Malai Larsen - parking area by old Knik bridge.
On April 25, DeLynn Frey - Horseshoe Lake.
On April 26, Teresa Watson - Kenai Peninsula.
On April 26, Angela Feddern - Figure Eight Lake.
On April 29, Tamara Pederson - one and a half miles from old Knik Bridge.
On May 9, Lisa Futrell’s - south of old Knik Bridge.
Spring Creek Correctional Center, Seward
In 1988, Hansen was returned to Alaska and became one of the first inmates in the new Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward, where he remains today. Shortly after his conviction, the record keepers for Pope & Young removed Hansen’s name from their record books. Hansen’s wife and two children tried to remain in Alaska, but after two years of harassment, his second wife filed for divorce and left Alaska for good.
Conservationist Gareth Patterson recently published an article on his website entitled “The Killing Fields.” In the piece, Patterson compared the similarities between trophy animal hunters and serial killers. “Certainly one could state that, like the serial killer, the trophy hunter plans his killing with considerable care and deliberation. Like the serial killer, he decides well in advance the type of victim--that is, which species he intends to target. Also like the serial killer, the trophy hunter plans with great care where and how the killing will take place--in what area, with what weapon. What the serial killer and trophy hunter also share is a compulsion to collect trophies or souvenirs of their killings. The serial killer retains certain body parts and/or other trophies for much the same reason as the big game hunter mounts the head and antlers taken from his prey...as trophies of the chase," he said.
On February 21, 2003, more than 20 years after her decomposed body was found, Alaska State Troopers asked for the public's help in identifying “Eklutna Annie.” In an effort to help solve her identity, state police released information regarding her clothing and jewelry.
According to the report, which was published by Kenai Peninsula News, an Alaska newspaper, the victim was a white brunette in her 20s. When found, Annie was wearing knee-high, reddish-brown, high-heeled boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown leather jacket.
Troopers were also hoping that someone might recognize her jewelry; a silver cuff bracelet with polished stones, possibly handmade.
Anyone with information should call investigator William Hughes at 907-269- 5058. Email: william_hughes@dps.state.ak
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_...t_hansen/7.html
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