Cindy Paulson and Robert Hansen: A Case That Changed Criminal Justice

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Cindy Paulson ’ s decision to report the crime and cooperate with law enforcement was instrumental in bringing Robert Hansen to justice. Her testimony and the evidence she. On June 13 , 1983 , Cindy Paulson was kidnapped and raped, her life threatened by Robert Hansen. Her eventual getaway was central to Hansen’s ultimate capture and. Living in Anchorage with her mother, Cindy Paulson was a 17-year-old dancer and sex worker who frequented many of the same establishments that Hansen visited while looking for targets. On June 13, 1983, Robert Hansen pulled up to Paulson in his car and propositioned her. The teenager agreed to get his in car, but as soon as she did, everything changed. Hansen immediately pulled a gunon Paulson and placed her in handcuffs. “And he had cuffed one of my hands, and I was trying to get loose and he pulled out a gun,” Paulson said in a police interview three months after the attack. “Then he had got my other hand cuffed, I don’t know how he did it, it was just frightening, ‘cause I didn’t really I fought, but not a lot, ‘cause I knew he would do something.” Robert Hansen then took Cindy Paulson to his home, sexually assaulted and tortured her for hours. In addition to the handcuffs he kept on her wrists, Hansen also tied a rope around her neck and tied it to a coffee table in his house. The ending of the movie reveals that Cindy Paulson now lives in the lower 48 with her husband and three children. As revealed by Scott Walker in an interview, while he. But the story of his conviction hinges significantly on the courageous testimony and unwavering perseverance of one woman: Cindy Paulson . This post explores Paulson’s. However, the particularly devastating case of Robert Christian Hansen was a travesty of justice that did not slip through a crack. It was all but shoved through a hole. The case of Robert Hansen and Cindy Paulson left a lasting impact on law enforcement practices. The investigation highlighted the need for improved coordination between. On February 27 , 1984 , Robert Hansen pled guilty to the only four murders that could definitively be tied to him by ballistics.