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Serial killer Robert Hansen’s reign of terror lasted from 1972 to 1983. Operating from Anchorage, Alaska, this menacing individual reportedly kidnapped, raped, and murdered at least seventeen women. He was infamously nicknamed Butcher Baker .
An Oxygen True Crime article states that Hansen was born in 1939 and raised in Estherville, Iowa. Furthermore, he was the eldest son of Edna Margret Hansen and Christian “Chris” Hansen. Chris Hansen was said to be a “big old mean guy” and overbearing by nature. To make matters worse, young Robert suffered from severe acne and also strutted. Eventually, he developed an interest in hunting and tracking, which came to use when he began killing females.
Robert Hansen reportedly took a life for the first time in the 1970s. According to the Anchorage Daily News, he assumed that his first victim was a topless dancer or prostitute. At first, he pulled a gun on her and then stabbed her to death. He finally got rid of the body by burying it in a shallow grave. Officials discovered the remains of his first victim in 1980; however, her identity remains a mystery.