The Butcher Baker of Alaska - The Survival Story of Cindy Paulson

Cindy Paulson was barefoot, handcuffed, and running for her life.Behind her sat a small plane and the man who had kidnapped her. Seventeen-year-old Cindy knew that if Robert Hansen managed to get her into that plane and out into the remote Alaskan wilderness, she might never come back.So when Hansen turned his attention away, for just a moment, Cindy ran.What she didn't know was that her escape would help expose one of Alaska's most notorious serial killers.For years, Robert Hansen appeared to be an ordinary Anchorage baker and family man. But behind that carefully constructed life was a predator who targeted women, abducting and assaulting them before taking some into the isolated wilderness surrounding Anchorage, where he murdered them and concealed their bodies.In 1983, Hansen abducted Cindy. He held her captive for hours before taking her toward his plane. But Cindy refused to become another name on a missing-person poster. She found her moment, escaped, and made it to a nearby road, where a passing driver stopped to help her.Cindy told police everything she could remember. Hansen denied her story and even had people backing up his alibi, but investigators eventually began taking a much closer look at the quiet local baker.What they discovered inside Hansen's home, and marked on a map of the Alaskan wilderness would finally reveal the truth.Hansen eventually confessed to multiple murders and led investigators to the remains of several of his victims. He was sentenced to 461 years plus life in prison and died behind bars in 2014.This is the terrifying story of the man who became known as the Butcher Baker of Alaska and the incredible survival story of Cindy Paulson, the teenager who got away and helped bring his crimes to an end.Resources:A&E F1rst Blood: Season 1, Episode 2. Mind of a Monster: The Butcher Baker (2024) – Investigation Discovery https://www.aetv.com/articles/alaska-serial-killer-robert-hansen. https://www.violentminds.com/serial-killers/robert-hansen/. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/serial-killer-robert-hansen-victim-identified-robin-pelkey/. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert\_Hansen. https://lawandcrime.com/they-walk-among-america/fbi-profilers-helped-track-killer-who-hunted-women-in-1970s-and-1980s-alaska/. https://www.alaska.org/maps. https://people.com/how-was-robert-hansen-serial-killer-caught-11989403. Produced By: Raymond Malley