{"id":8731,"date":"2017-09-04T19:38:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T19:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/butcherbaker.net\/wordpress\/?p=8731"},"modified":"2021-10-16T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T23:08:12","slug":"kidnapped-cindy-paulson-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/butcherbaker\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/04\/kidnapped-cindy-paulson-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidnapped: Cindy Paulson, Part XIX: Run"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although some versions<\/a> of Cindy’s escape put her in Hansen’s airplane<\/a> when she made her move (or variations on that theme, including one version where it’s claimed he partially uncuffed her at the airport), these are COMPLETE FABRICATIONS.<\/p>\n

When she started to run, Cindy was still in the backseat<\/a> of Hansen’s car and fully handcuffed. Hansen himself was near his Supercub, ferrying an airplane seat from the Buick’s trunk.<\/p>\n

Not only was it physically impossible for Cindy to be restrained in the plane without<\/em> that airplane seat — something Hansen would not contemplate — it was the geographic distance between them that gave Cindy the headstart she needed when she ran for her life.<\/p>\n

\"Run:
\nRobert Hansen’s Supercub <\/strong>(in snow at Merrill Field; numbered photo courtesy Alaska State Troopers)<\/p>\n

\n

Purchase Butcher, Baker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cindy
\nCindy Paulson<\/strong><\/p>\n

FLOTHE<\/strong>: OK. Do you remember \u2013 what was he was doing at the airport, just before you ran away?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: He was over by the airplane. And I couldn\u2019t see him. All I could see was from the waist down. I took off running.
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: Do you know what he was doing at that time?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: No. He said he had to put a seat in. He looked like he was just putting a seat in.
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: Did you hear him open the trunk?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: Yeah. The trunk of the car?
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: Uh huh.
\nCINDY<\/strong>: Yeah. The trunk was open.
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: The trunk was open?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: Yeah, because he put the rope in the trunk. I could… I think. \u2018Cause it sounded like it. You know, you can… I don\u2019t know… My sister is deaf, I have a sister who\u2019s deaf… So I know a little bit about sounds and stuff, you know? I… It\u2019s this little thing, you know? It just sounded like he had threw the rope back there. And set the gun on top.
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: Do you know why he was putting the seat in?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: Probably so he could chain me in…
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: …when you ran away, where did you run to?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: From where the plane was, I couldn\u2019t run straight to Fifth Avenue… I had to run down and around to a car lot. And I was gonna hide behind one of the cars and I see him coming. And the same time I see him standing there, that\u2019s when I jumped up and flagged the truck down. The truck didn\u2019t stop at first and then I started screaming and hollering and it stopped. And then I got in and the guy looked at me and said, \u2018Ma\u2019am, you all right?\u2019 [I said] \u2018No.\u2019 He wanted to take me to the police and I said \u2018No, just stop.\u2019 \u2018Cause the guy started running after us in the truck. And the guy in the truck wouldn\u2019t stop at the Big Timber, he said, \u2018uh unh, he\u2019s gonna kill me, he\u2019s gonna kill me.\u2019 \u2018Just stop right here, then. Stop. Let me out, motherfucker.\u2019
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: Do you know if the man in the truck saw him?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: I think he did. That\u2019s why he wouldn\u2019t stop.
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: Did he act scared?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: Yeah, he was scared. That\u2019s why he wouldn\u2019t stop the truck. He said, \u2018No, he might come after us.\u2019
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: So where did you end up getting out of the truck at?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: Up by the Mush Inn.
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: What did this man\u2019s truck look like?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: It was a white Ford truck.<\/p>\n

\"Run:
\n1978 Ford F150<\/strong> (example; photo courtesy Lexi Shorey<\/a>)<\/p>\n

FLOTHE<\/strong>: So he stopped at the Mush Inn?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: Yeah. He stopped right on Fifth Avenue by the Mush Inn sign. And I ran to the Mush Inn.<\/p>\n

\"Run:
\nMush Inn from Fifth Avenue<\/strong> (2017; copyright Leland E. Hale)<\/p>\n

FLOTHE<\/strong>: What did you do then?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: Called Mr. Franklin<\/a> to come pick me up.
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: And how long was it before he came?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: About five minutes. Three minutes.
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: How did he get there?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: Cab.
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: So he came over from the Big Timber?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: Uh huh.
\nFLOTHE<\/strong>: Did you make the phone call yourself?
\nCINDY<\/strong>: No. I had the people at the front desk call for me. I was hysterical. I couldn\u2019t barely talk on the phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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