Robert Christian Hansen (born on February 15, 1939 in Estherville, Iowa) is an American serial killer. Between 1980 and 1983, Hansen murdered between 17 and 21 persons near Anchorage, Alaska.
Hansen was born in Estherville, Iowa to Christian and Edna Hansen. Throughout childhood and adolescence, Hansen was described as being quiet and a loner, and had a horrible relationship with his domineering father. He was frequently bullied at school, usuall...
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Robert Christian Hansen (born on February 15, 1939 in Estherville, Iowa) is an American serial killer. Between 1980 and 1983, Hansen murdered between 17 and 21 persons near Anchorage, Alaska.
Hansen was born in Estherville, Iowa to Christian and Edna Hansen. Throughout childhood and adolescence, Hansen was described as being quiet and a loner, and had a horrible relationship with his domineering father. He was frequently bullied at school, usually for his perpetual acne, and also for his severe stutter. In 1957, Hansen enlisted in the United States Army Reserve and served for one year before being discharged. He later worked as an assistant drill instructor at a police academy in Pocahontas, Iowa. In Pocahontas, Hansen began a relationship with a late adolescent girl and married in the summer of 1960.
On December 7 of that year, he was arrested for burning down a local school bus garage, for which he served 20 months of a 3-year prison sentence. His wife filed for divorce against him...
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