Cindy Paulson's Story: A Critical Look at the Robert Hansen Case

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The story of Cindy Paulson is one of unimaginable horror and extraordinary resilience. Kidnapped and assaulted by serial killer Robert Hansen in 1983, her courage in. 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. Yes, Cindy Paulson is a real person, and as shown in the movie, she was one of the many women who were abducted by Robert Hansen . Investigators believe that before. 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. Cindy Paulson’s story begins in Anchorage, Alaska, in the early 1980s. At the age of seventeen, she fell into the clutches of Robert Hansen , a seemingly ordinary family. 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. After she was kidnapped by Alaskan serial killer Robert Hansen , 17-year-old Cindy Paulson escaped captivity and directly led to his arrest, finally ending the Butcher.