{"id":1086,"date":"2018-08-08T15:48:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T15:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lelandhale.com\/wordpress\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2018-08-08T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T15:48:33","slug":"informant-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lelandhale.com\/wordpress\/informant-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonesome Death of Beth van Zanten: Informant Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What Sandra Patterson told Trooper Sgt. Don Hughes would come to stand as the early archetype for all of Hansen&#8217;s kidnappings, rapes and, ultimately, his murders. She was among the lucky ones, though she too feared she would be killed. Indeed, Sandra was barely able to talk Hansen down at the crucial moment and, even then, was convinced things could have gone either way. Her statement to Hughes was a study in terror and survival. A statement that showed an evil seed, poised go grow. <\/p>\n<p>Remember this: the year of Sandra&#8217;s assault is 1971. Hansen&#8217;s deadly quest would not be stopped until 1983. That&#8217;s a lot of time. Too much time. Especially when one considers that the D.A. did not pursue charges resulting from this incident, instead rolling them into the charges that resulted from his attempted kidnapping of a real estate secretary. <\/p>\n<p>Whether they knew it or not, prosecutors were teaching Robert C. Hansen a lesson: when the victim is a prostitute, you can get away with <del datetime=\"2018-08-08T15:16:39+00:00\">almost<\/del> anything. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/butcherbaker.net\/wordpress\/informant-statement\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MORE>>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Sandra Patterson told Trooper Sgt. 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