Robert Hansen passed away, the infamous "hunter"

Hansen was the subject of a movie released last year called "The Frozen Ground."



The reason this is on the Outdoor board is for two reasons. First it's the best board on TD. Second, Hansen not only killed 17 or more women, its the way he did it that makes it so bizarre. he hunted them like game. Hansen would abduct women in Anchorage, fly them to the Knik River Valley about 40 miles north and hunt them like game.

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Convicted Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen, who abducted women and hunted them down in the Alaska wilderness in the 1970s as Anchorage boomed with construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, died Thursday. He was 75.

Hansen died at Alaska Regional Hospital after being in declining health for the past year, Alaska Department of Corrections spokeswoman Sherrie Daigle said. The state medical examiner will determine the cause of death, Daigle said.

Hansen was convicted in 1984 after confessing to killing 17 women, mostly dancers and prostitutes, during a 12-year span. Hansen was convicted of just four of the murders in a deal that spared him having to go to trial 17 times.

The Anchorage baker also confessed to raping another 30 women in that time.

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Hansen would abduct the women and take them to remote places outside the city. Sometimes, he would drive, and other times he would fly his private plane. A licensed pilot, Hansen told investigators one of his favorite spots to take his victims was the Knik River northeast of Anchorage.

Investigators have said that in some instances Hansen would rape the women but return them to Anchorage, warning them not to contact authorities. Other times, he would let the women go free in the wilderness and then hunt them with his rifle.

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There was a short story we read in school years ago called "The Most Dangerous Game" of which he subject was hunting humans.