Alaska's Serial Killer Research Paper

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Aubry Henkes Kerry Neuberger Comp II February 29, 2024 The Fall of Alaska’s Serial Killer Once Cindy Paulson, a girl who should’ve been one of his victims, escaped, she led the cops right to Hansen. He raped her, and when he was getting his place ready to bring her to the middle of nowhere, she managed to escape. Barely making it to the highway with Hansen on her heels, she got a ride from a truck driver (Rosewood). The driver took her to Mush Inn, where she called her boyfriend to get her. However, the driver had other plans and called the cops immediately after dropping her off. When the cops got there, though, Paulson’s boyfriend had already got her (Rosewood). They found her at Big Timber Motel and questioned her. Hansen fits the description …show more content…

On October 27, 1983, over ten years after he was killed, the police searched Hansen’s house in Rosewood. While searching, they found the jewelry that he had been keeping from the woman who had disappeared. Arrested February 28, 1984, Hansen realized he had been caught (BE 10). He tried to justify it by saying it was the womens’ fault and by saying they had it coming (SC 15). Once he was shown all the evidence the cops had, he gave in (Rosewood). He confessed to murdering seventeen women, even though it was closer to twenty-one women who went missing. He also confessed to raping thirty …show more content…

He was sentenced to life in prison plus another 461 years (Blanco). Another thing they found while searching for his house, they found a map with twenty-four x’s on it. They suspected that’s where the murders took place, when they checked, they were right (SC 18). However, there were still several bodies that hadn’t been found. So along with his prison sentence, Hansen was also told to help the cops find the remaining bodies. After Hansen’s help, they found the seventeen that Hansen admitted to, but there were still three x’s that Hansen claimed to have forgotten where they were and what they meant. To this day, five of the victims have yet to be found (Serena). He spent the rest of his life in prison. He was originally sent to Lemon Creek prison, and that’s where he stayed for seven years. After those seven years, plans were found revealing that Hansen was going to try to escape (BE 11). After that, he was moved to Spring Creek in Sewerd because it was a maximum security institution (Rosewood). While in prison, there was a film made about him called “The Frozen Ground.” Hansen died on August 21, 2014 at age 75

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