How Many Women Did Robert Hansen Kill After Police Dismissed Cindy Paulson?

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews · Jun 18, 2026 · 14m

In June 1983, Cindy Paulson ran barefoot across an Anchorage airfield in handcuffs after escaping from Robert Hansen. She told police his name, his address, his car, and his plane. A security guard backed her up. Police investigated — and chose to believe the baker over the teenager.Robert Hansen confessed to killing seventeen women. He flew them into the Alaskan wilderness in his private Cessna and hunted them with a rifle. He marked the burial sites on a map. Some of those confirmed kills happened after Cindy Paulson's report was filed and shelved.This episode of Surviving Serial Killers on…