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Re: HORSESHOE HARRIET: WF, 19-20, found in Palmer, AK - 25
April 1984 - Robert Hansen victim
DIR By: Akoya
Date: February 6, 2020, 2:08 pm
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Re: HORSESHOE HARRIET: WF, 19-20, found in Palmer, AK - 25
April 1984 - Robert Hansen victim *Robin Pelkey*
DIR By: Scorpio
Date: December 19, 2021, 7:19 pm
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Identified as Robin Pelkey by genealogical DNA in October 2021
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Re: HORSESHOE HARRIET: WF, 19-20, found in Palmer, AK - 25
April 1984 - Robert Hansen victim *Robin Pelkey*
DIR By: Scorpio
Date: December 20, 2021, 10:37 pm
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Colorado Woman Robin Pelkey Identified As Alaska Serial Killer’s
Victim
(CBS4) – DNA testing confirmed the identity of a woman believed
to be a victim of serial killer Robert Hansen, Alaska
authorities announced Friday. Genetic material from relatives of
Robin Pelkey matched skeletal remains found in the early 1980s
in the area of Horseshoe Lake.
She was previously referred to as “Horseshoe Harriet” for the 37
years separating her body’s discovery and the successful kinship
DNA analysis completed last month, the Alaska Department of
Public Safety stated in a press release.
The department stated Pelkey was born in Colorado in 1963.
Records indicated she was living in the Anchorage area during
the stretch of time Hansen was killing 17 women. Authorities
believe she was 19 years old when murdered.
The Alaska Bureau of Investigation’s Cold Case Investigation
Unit re-launched efforts to identify “Horseshoe Harriet” in
August, according to the press release. A new DNA profile for
the victim was generated and uploaded into a public access
genealogy database. A family tree was constructed utilizing
several close matches. Genealogy research by Parabon Nanolabs
and the Alaska Bureau of Investigation gave a preliminary result
of Pelkey’s ID.
Arkansas State Police then collected DNA samples from Pelkin’s
family members in that state and shipped the items to Alaska for
testing.
Per Alaska’s public safety department, the Pelkin family asked
for privacy following the findings “while they come to grips
with this heartbreaking news.”
Hansen was arrested in October of 1983. He pleaded guilty to
four murders and several other felony crimes. Eventually, he
admitted to killing 17 women and led police to several burial
sites.
The department is currently using genetic technology to
positively identify a woman believed to be Eklutna Annie, the
last of Hansen’s victims to not be officially named.
The Department of Public Safety has purchased a new grave marker
identifying the final resting place of Ms. Pelkey at the
Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.
Horseshoe Lake is located midway between Anchorage and Fairbanks
along an entryway to Denali National Park.
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