{"id":4861,"date":"2012-02-22T14:04:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T14:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/butcherbaker.net\/wordpress\/?p=4861"},"modified":"2020-09-28T17:50:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T17:50:26","slug":"butcher-baker-hidden-city-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/22\/butcher-baker-hidden-city-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Butcher, Baker: Hidden City, Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you saw last night&#8217;s <em>great<\/em> <a title=\"The Travel Channel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelchannel.com\/\">Hidden City<\/a> episode on <a title=\"Hidden City: Anchorage: Marcus Sakey: Robert Hansen\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelchannel.com\/tv-shows\/hidden-city\/episodes\/anchorageroberthansensmostdangerousgamethelegendofblackjacksturgeseskimohunters\">Anchorage<\/a>, you were treated to an excellent &#8212; and highly-graphic &#8212; overview of the Robert Hansen murders. One of the segments featured the ballistics test on the murder weapon which, as host <a title=\"Marcus Sakey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelchannel.com\/TV_Shows\/Hidden_City\/About_The_Show\/Meet_Marcus_Sakey\">Marcus Sakey<\/a> points out, was critical to getting a <a title=\"Robert Hansen\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Hansen\">Robert Hansen<\/a> confession and conviction.<\/p>\n<p>The true story of the ballistics test on the murder weapon is actually MORE dramatic. <em>Much<\/em> more dramatic.<\/p>\n<p>Trooper Sgt. Glenn Flothe&#8217;s plan was to send the rifle to the FBI Quantico, Virginia, lab for the ballistics. To make sure it got there, he requested that a Trooper hand-deliver the weapon. That request was turned down, so the rifle was sent to Virginia by mail.<br \/>\nThen Flothe got a call from the FBI. Wondering where the rifle was. It hadn&#8217;t arrived as expected. As you might imagine, Sgt. Flothe went into a panic. This was the crucial piece of evidence. And now it had gone missing. If only they&#8217;d let him hand-deliver that weapon&#8230; If only&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bonus<\/strong>: <a title=\"HIdden City: Anchorage: Ballistics tests with Bob Shem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelchannel.com\/video\/its-all-about-the-ballistics\">Video clip<\/a> of ballistics test, with Bob Shem of the Alaska State Crime Lab.<br \/>\nThankfully, there was a happy ending. Days later, the rifle showed up on a loading dock. It was sent on to the FBI Quantico, where ballistics tests proved it was the murder weapon. Close call. Way too close.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about the Robert Hansen murders? Read &#8220;<a title=\"Butcher, Baker\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Butcher-Baker-Bloodied-Landscape-Murderer\/dp\/1578335442\">Butcher, Baker<\/a>,&#8221; by Walter Gilmour and Leland E. Hale. <a title=\"Butcher, Baker\" href=\"http:\/\/butcherbaker.net\/\">More here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Robert Hansen&#8217;s Attic (with murder weapon)<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/images\/hansen_cache.jpeg\" alt=\"Cache of weapons found in Robert Hansen's attic. Included is the murder weapon.\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you saw last night&#8217;s great Hidden City episode on Anchorage, you were treated to an excellent &#8212; and highly-graphic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,22,26,31,32],"tags":[54,71,106,108,128,141,142,234,279,287,288,359,360,370,449,461,573],"class_list":["post-4861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-butcher-baker","category-movies","category-publishing-2","category-true-crime","category-tv","tag-alaska-state-crime-lab","tag-anchorage","tag-baker","tag-ballistics","tag-bob-shem","tag-butcher","tag-butcher-baker-2","tag-fbi","tag-hansen-murder-weapon","tag-hidden-city","tag-hidden-city-anchorage","tag-leland-e-hale","tag-leland-hale","tag-marcus-sakey","tag-quantico","tag-robert-hansen","tag-walter-gilmour"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Butcher, Baker: Hidden City, Pt. 1 - Butcher Baker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/22\/butcher-baker-hidden-city-pt-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Butcher, Baker: Hidden City, Pt. 1 - Butcher Baker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you saw last night&#8217;s great Hidden City episode on Anchorage, you were treated to an excellent &#8212; 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