Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Robert Hansen across 5 places, from 1939 to 2014.
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Robert Christian Boes Hansen (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), also known as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer active in Anchorage, Alaska, between 1971 and 1983, abducting, raping and murdering at least seventeen women.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Robert Hansen was documented, and when
15 February 1939exact date
Estherville, Iowaattested“Robert Hansen was born in Estherville, Iowa, on February 15, 1939, the elder of two children to an American mother, Edna Margret Hansen (née Petersen; October 27, 1916 – April 24, 2005) and a Danish father, Christian "Chris" Hansen (Sept…”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
1942 to 1949period
Iowaattested“The family moved to Richmond, California, in 1942, but returned to Iowa in 1949 and settled in the city of Pocahontas, where Hansen worked at a bakery owned by his father.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
1942 to 1949period
Richmond, Californiaattested“The family moved to Richmond, California, in 1942, but returned to Iowa in 1949 and settled in the city of Pocahontas, where Hansen worked at a bakery owned by his father.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
21 August 2014exact date
Anchorage, Alaskaattested“Hansen died on August 21, 2014, age 75, at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage due to natural causes related to lingering health conditions.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
21 August 2014exact date
Alaskaattested“Hansen died on August 21, 2014, age 75, at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage due to natural causes related to lingering health conditions.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
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Places Robert Hansen is documented in
Alaska1 presence · 2014
Anchorage, Alaska1 presence · 2014
Estherville, Iowa1 presence · 1939
Iowa1 presence · 1942
Richmond, California1 presence · 1942
Other places tied to Robert Hansen in the record
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1957year
Fort Polkmentioned“In 1957, Hansen enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and served for one year at Fort Polk in Louisiana before being discharged.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
1957year
Louisianamentioned“In 1957, Hansen enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and served for one year at Fort Polk in Louisiana before being discharged.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
1963 to 1967period
Anchorage, Alaskamentioned“In 1967 he moved to Anchorage, Alaska, with his second wife, whom he had married in 1963 and with whom he had two children.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
7 July 1973exact date
Seward, Alaskamentioned“* Megan Siobhan Emerick, age 17, vanished on July 7, 1973, in Seward.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
5 July 1975exact date
Seward, Alaskamentioned“* Mary Kathleen Thill, age 22, disappeared from Seward on July 5, 1975.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
1976year
Anchorage, Alaskamentioned“In 1976, Hansen pleaded guilty to larceny after he attempted to steal a chainsaw from an Anchorage Fred Meyer store.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
19 May 1980exact date
Seward, Alaskamentioned“* Joanna Messina, age 24, went out to dinner with Hansen on May 19, 1980, while she was working in Seward.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
21 July 1980exact date
Eklutna, Anchoragementioned“* The remains of "Eklutna Annie" were discovered buried next to a power line in a wooded area, one mile south of South Eklutna Lake Road in Eklutna on July 21, 1980.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
1982year
Knik Rivermentioned“Later that year, the body of Joanna Messina was discovered in a gravel pit near Seward, and in 1982 the remains of twenty-three-year-old Sherry Morrow were discovered in a shallow grave near the Knik River.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
1982year
Seward, Alaskamentioned“Later that year, the body of Joanna Messina was discovered in a gravel pit near Seward, and in 1982 the remains of twenty-three-year-old Sherry Morrow were discovered in a shallow grave near the Knik River.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
26 May 1982exact date
Anchorage, Alaskamentioned“On May 26, 1982, she met Hansen in a diner parking lot in Anchorage.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
25 March 1983exact date
Anchorage, Alaskamentioned“* Teresa Watson, age 22, was last seen in Anchorage on March 25, 1983.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
13 June 1983exact date
Muldoon, Anchoragementioned“On June 13, 1983, Hansen offered seventeen-year-old Cindy Paulson $200 to perform oral sex; when she got into the car, he pulled out a gun and drove her to his home in the Muldoon neighborhood of Anchorage.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
2 September 1983exact date
Knik Rivermentioned“On September 2, 1983, Goulding's body was discovered near the Knik River, buried in a shallow grave.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Hansen
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