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Mind of a Monster: Ep. 4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Episode 4 of Mind of a Monster: The Butcher Baker<\/a>, takes us into the Alaska Bush. Two teenaged boys, out hunting moose in the fall of 1983, come across another set of human remains on the Knik River. What’s curious is that they find these remains in a spot accessible only by boat or airplane. That finding sends investigators headlong into a new job. No longer able to deny a serial murderer in their midst, they set out to find the guy — or guys — who’ve had strange, violent encounters with the dancers and sex workers of Anchorage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not Surprised<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Of all the cops in Anchorage, the only one who is NOT surprised is Maxine Farrell. But there’s one problem. The Knik River is within the jurisdiction of the Alaska State Troopers. Essentially that means it’s “off limits” to the Anchorage police. Except, of course, the better angels of Alaska had put together a cross-jurisdictional Task Force that includes cops from both the State Troopers and<\/em> the Anchorage police. Farrell wants into the Task Force. Her superiors turn her down. Bafflingly, she won’t be joining the team that’s suddenly got Job #1. Was it something about an unwillingness to confess the error of their ways? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(It’s worth noting that, post-Hansen, the entire homicide division of APD was radically reorganized.)<\/p>\n\n\n

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AST Sgt. Glenn Flothe<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Glenn Flothe On The Job<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On the Trooper side, it didn’t take long for Sgt. Glenn Flothe to realize that he had live witnesses who’ve seen and heard more than their share. Helped by Farrell’s case records, and the legwork of APD Officer Gregg Baker, Flothe starts digging. Between them, they soon have multiple women who can help draw a bead on a possible suspect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the live witnesses is a seventeen-year-old sex worker named Cindy Paulson. Another is a dancer named Christine Hayes. Flothe resolves to talk to these women. They are, it turns out, his case. Or, should we say, a few of the tent poles in his case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Dancer Who Survived<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Take Christy Hayes. Going through the case reports, Flothe came across a 1979 report involving a young woman who escaped Hansen after an encounter that would scar her for life. According to the police report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n