Robert Hansen's Hunting Ground: Cindy Paulson's Escape

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Cindy Paulson ’ s escape from Robert Hansen was an act of incredible courage and resourcefulness. It not only saved her life but also set the stage for Hansen’s capture and. Living in Anchorage with her mother, Cindy Paulson was a 17-year-old dancer and sex worker who frequented many of the same establishments that Hansen visited while looking for targets. On June 13, 1983, Robert Hansen pulled up to Paulson in his car and propositioned her. The teenager agreed to get his in car, but as soon as she did, everything changed. Hansen immediately pulled a gunon Paulson and placed her in handcuffs. “And he had cuffed one of my hands, and I was trying to get loose and he pulled out a gun,” Paulson said in a police interview three months after the attack. “Then he had got my other hand cuffed, I don’t know how he did it, it was just frightening, ‘cause I didn’t really I fought, but not a lot, ‘cause I knew he would do something.” Robert Hansen then took Cindy Paulson to his home, sexually assaulted and tortured her for hours. In addition to the handcuffs he kept on her wrists, Hansen also tied a rope around her neck and tied it to a coffee table in his house. On June 13 , 1983, Cindy Paulson was kidnapped and raped, her life threatened by Robert Hansen. Her eventual getaway was central to Hansen’s ultimate capture and. Hansen used a Ruger Mini - 14 rifle and hunting knives in his attacks. He marked the locations of his victims’ bodies on a map with small “X” symbols, treating them as. The ending of the movie reveals that Cindy Paulson now lives in the lower 48 with her husband and three children. As revealed by Scott Walker in an interview, while he. In 1983, more than a decade after Hansen moved to Anchorage, a 17-year-old girl named Cindy Paulson was found running frantically down Sixth Avenue, barefoot and. Cindy Paulson’s escape from Robert Hansen’s clutches is nothing short of miraculous. In 1983, after being held captive and repeatedly assaulted by Hansen , she managed to. Cindy Paulson (Vanessa Hudgens): A teenage prostitute and Robert Hansen’s escaped victim who becomes crucial to the investigation. Robert Hansen (John Cusack): A.