{"id":16386,"date":"2018-09-06T16:21:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T16:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/butcherbaker.net\/wordpress\/?p=16386"},"modified":"2020-09-29T20:27:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T20:27:32","slug":"hansen-faces-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/wordpress\/2018\/09\/06\/hansen-faces-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonesome Death of Beth van Zanten: Hansen Faces Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

In March of 1972, Robert Hansen went to trial for his Assault with a Deadly Weapon charge against the real estate secretary. In the vagaries of the criminal justice system, the kidnapping, rape and assault with a deadly weapon charges brought against him in the Patty Roberts case were dropped in return for a no contest<\/em> plea in the other case.<\/p>\n

At his trial, Hansen’s minister — his wife Darla was extremely religous<\/a> — testified on his behalf, portraying him as a good Christian man who provided an excellent Christian environment for his wife and family. Much was also made of the fact that Robert was a hardworking soul who worked two jobs to provide for his family. The good reverend recommended leniency in the charges against his lost little sheep.<\/p>\n

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\nRobert Hansen at his 1972 arrest<\/strong> (courtesy Alaska State Troopers)<\/p>\n

Hansen was convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment on the charges involving the real estate secretary, but the judge granted him a Suspended Imposition of Sentence (SIS). By June of 1972, Hansen had been transferred to a halfway house.<\/p>\n

“Hansen was back on the prowl, driving the Avenue, whetting his appetite for excitement while still in the Half Way house.” Sgt. Glenn Flothe<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Walter Gilmour<\/strong> was having none of it — for all the good it did him. The following excerpt is taken from an early draft of Butcher, Baker<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“I had not been persuaded by the goody two-shoes bullshit of the defense. I could care less that Hansen was a world class bow hunter who owned the record for a Dall’s sheep, even if it did have a fresh bullet mark in the horns. To me, he was just an ugly, pockmarked man who wore glasses and stuttered. To me, he was a clumsy, and therefore dangerous, kidnapper and rapist, who might very well have killed Beth van Zanten. Still, there was a general feeling among the Troopers at the time that Hansen was not our man. He was, so the feeling went, just too wimpy to fit the profile of a killer.<\/p>\n

“I can usually take or leave the opinions of psychiatrists, and I only have confidence in their diagnosis when it happens to agree with mine. But after his arrest for the abduction of Sandra (Robyn) Patterson, Hansen was given a psychiatric evaluation by Dr. J. Ray Langdon, and I still find his thoughts illuminating. Dr. Langdon found that Hansen \u2018exhibited a compulsive personality structure with thought disorder, perhaps with periodic episodes during which he dissociated in a psychotic rather than neurotic fashion.\u2019 The good doctor concluded that, assuming his diagnosis was correct, Hansen’s mental illness \u2018would be very difficult to treat successfully.\u2019<\/p>\n

“Langdon also included his evaluation the finding that Hansen \u2018in his teens used to fantasize doing all sorts of harmful things to girls.\u2019<\/p>\n

“When all the psychiatric gobbledygook was cleared away, it was evident that Dr. Langdon didn’t think much more of Robert Hansen than I did. I thought he was a creepy little shit who was not a prime candidate for redemption. As far as I was concerned, Hansen’s fantasies as a teenager were becoming all too real as an adult. Unfortunately, mine was the minority viewpoint.”<\/p>\n

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Purchase Butcher, Baker<\/a><\/strong>
\nOrder my latest book, “What Happened In Craig<\/strong>,” HERE<\/strong><\/a> and HERE<\/strong><\/a>, true crime on Epicenter Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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