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On June 13 , 1983 , Cindy Paulson’s life took a terrifying turn when she encountered Robert Hansen in Anchorage. Hansen initially offered her $200 for sex, but when she refused, he forced her into his car at gunpoint, initiating a terrifying ordeal. 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 confession to the murder of dozens of women. According to a reliable source, Sgt . Glenn Flothe revealed that Cindy and her friend stayed at a safe house. On the night of Hansen’s conviction, Glenn and his wife, Cherry, took Cindy for dinner at the Corsair. The next day, she left Anchorage and got involved with prostitution again. Hansen parked, got out of the car, and told the still-handcuffed Cindy Paulson to not move, or else he’d kill her. After Hansen left the car to fuel and load his plane, Paulson threw her body into the driver’s seat and managed to open the door. While the eventual arrest and conviction of Hansen relied on a confluence of factors, the testimony of Cindy Paulson , one of Hansen’s surviving victims, is widely considered a pivotal moment in the investigation. But did her testimony truly “crack” the case? Cindy Paulson was kidnapped and raped, her life threatened by serial killer Robert Hansen . Her escape was pivotal to Hansen’s arrest. These small steps began to provide ā€œhindsightā€ into the biggest serial-murder case in Alaska history. 6-13-83: CINDY PAULSEN reports rape-kidnapping to Officer Baker and later Investigator Dennis. First, we hear about that meet up from Robert Hansen ’ s confession. And then we hear about the same meet up from Cindy Paulson ’ s perspective, documented in her trooper interview with Sgt. In Part One, we talked about the party house on Government Hill in Anchorage, where Cindy Paulson had beckoned Sgt. Flothe to meet her.