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EKLUTNA ANNIE: F, 16-25, found near Anchorage, AK - 17 July
1980 - Robert Hansen victim
DIR By: Akoya
Date: February 6, 2020, 2:18 pm
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An autopsy report concluded the victim had been killed by a stab
wound to the back. She was murdered by Robert Hansen, a serial
killer who was responsible for murdering as many as 20 other
women. Eklutna Annie was buried in a shallow grave, alongside a
series of power lines in Eklutna, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Re: EKLUTNA ANNIE: F, 16-25, found near Anchorage, AK - 17 July
1980 - Robert Hansen victim
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Date: February 6, 2020, 2:20 pm
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Date Found
July 17, 1980
Location Found
Eklutna, Alaska
Estimated Age Range
16-25 Years
Case Information
Case Numbers
NCMEC Number
1184520
ME/C Case Number
04-00106
Demographics
Sex
Female
Race / Ethnicity
White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group
Adult - Pre 30
Estimated Age Range (Years)
16-25
Estimated Year of Death
1979-1980
Height
5' 1"(61 inches) , Estimated
Weight
Cannot Estimate
Circumstances
Type
Unidentified Deceased
Date Found
July 17, 1980
NamUs Case Created
May 1, 2012
ME/C QA Reviewed
May 2, 2012
Location Found Map
Street Address
Mile 2 Eklutna Lake Road
Eklutna, Alaska
County
Anchorage Borough
Circumstances of Recovery
On July 17, 1980, the remains of an unidentified female were
discovered in a heavily wooded area, one mile south of South
Eklutna Lake Road near mile post two in Eklutna, Alaska. Based
on the condition of the remains, the decedent was likely
deceased at least one year prior to discovery. The decedent was
white with possible admixture of Native American.
This unidentified female is a known victim of serial killer
Robert Hanson, who murdered 17-21 women around Anchorage, Alaska
between 1971-1983.
Details of Recovery
Inventory of Remains
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Condition of Remains
Not recognizable - Partial remains with soft tissues
Physical Description
Hair Color
Brown
Head Hair Description
Long, light brown hair with a red tint
Body Hair Description
Facial Hair Description
none
Left Eye Color
Unknown or Missing
Right Eye Color
Unknown or Missing
Clothing and Accessories
Item
Description
AccessoriesMatches found in the jacket pocket (Salem brand)Near
the Body
ClothingBrown leather jacket (hip length), light colored knit
sweater and jeansNear the Body
Footwear Red knee high red high heel womans boots with nylon
zipper on the side On the Body
Jewelry Wide copper bracelet with 3 inset turquoise pieces, a
turquoise and brown shell necklace with heart pendant, twisted
metal hoop earrings that are gold in color, a white shell ring
with brown inset, and a ladies Timex chain-linked wrist watch
with gold plate and brown face On the Body
Investigating Agencies
Alaska State Troopers
(907) 269-5511
Agency Case Number
--
James Gallen, Det.
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Anchorage Police Department
(907) 786-8900
Agency Case Number
80-43262
No Investigator Entered
Case Contributors
Stephen Hoage, Medicolegal Death Investigator
Alaska Medical Examiner's Office
(907) 334-2200
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Re: EKLUTNA ANNIE: F, 16-25, found near Anchorage, AK - 17 July
1980 - Robert Hansen victim
DIR By: Akoya
Date: February 6, 2020, 2:22 pm
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Grisly legacy of 'Eklutna Annie'
Author: Mike Dunham
Updated: September 29, 2016
Published July 14, 2012
A small bronze plaque, partially buried by sod at the Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, marks the grave of one of the most
famous murder victims in Alaska history. The plaque doesn't have
her real name -- no one knows what that was -- or even the name
by which she is best known. And the date on it is probably
wrong.
But there lies "Eklutna Annie," said to have been the first
victim of serial killer Robert Hanson.
Hanson, an Anchorage baker, admitted to killing 17 women between
1979 and 1984, sometimes taking them to remote locations and
hunting them down like wild game. The bloody spree has provided
material for several books -- fiction and nonfiction -- episodes
of television crime shows, documentaries and an upcoming major
film, "The Frozen Ground."
Investigators confirmed the names of 16 of Hanson's victims.
(Some believe the total is 21 or more.) But Annie has remained
nameless since her remains were uncovered near a remote power
line on July 21, 1980.
This year, 32 years and a day after Annie's body was found,
Anchorage school teacher Rachel Gregory will portray the
deceased woman, standing by her grave and telling visitors what
little can be confirmed about Annie's life. Gregory is one of
several actors who will depict personages buried at the downtown
graveyard in a "Stories at the Cemetery" performance from 6 to 8
p.m. on Sunday, July 22.
The "Stories" event was started last year by volunteer cemetery
researchers Bruce and Audrey Kelly and actress/storyteller Linda
Benson. Admission is free, though donations are accepted and
shared by the performers.
"We were making bets about how many people would show up," said
Gregory, who last year portrayed Ada Blackjack, the sole
survivor of a disastrous expedition to Wrangel Island in the
1920s. "We figured a couple dozen.
"There must have been a thousand."
Quirky tales
"Stories" builds on long-running annual tours of the cemetery
started by the late John Bagoy. Distressed by the deteriorating
condition of the graves of Anchorage pioneers, Bagoy threw
himself into studying the site, plot by plot. He swept the
grounds with a metal detector to uncover tin identification
plates, which in some cases were all that was left of the
original wood crosses that once marked where coffins were
placed.
For "Stories' " inaugural year, Benson and company focused on
local celebrities like Blackjack, painter Sydney Laurence's wife
Jeanne, and publisher and Native rights advocate Howard Rock.
But they also featured the graves of those killed in the
notorious Cache Creek murders of 1939.
This year, the repertoire will feature more homicides, including
men killed in misunderstandings or love triangles. Jeff Aldrich,
a veteran of the Fairbanks Shakespeare Festival who has been
performing in "bobrauschenbergamerica" at Cyrano's this month,
will assume the role of a detective who comments on Annie and
directs visitors to the nearby graves of four of Hanson's other
victims.
The Kellys recruited Aldrich.
"It sounded cool to me," he said. "I'm into site-specific work
and work that's integral with the community -- and this is
both."
Some of this year's tales are more quirky than horrifying.
Audrey Kelly (she portrayed Jeanne Laurence last year) will be
Myrtle Wendler, the owner of Club 25 and the Wendler Building,
said to be the oldest frame structure still standing in
Anchorage. "I might give away my secret recipe for the Golden
Comet," she said, slipping into character and referring to the
club's signature drink. "I never divulged it until my
retirement."
Bruce Kelly will be Frank Dorbrandt, a pioneer pilot with an
airplane propeller for a grave marker. "You can always tell
where the pilots are," Kelly said.
He described Dorbrandt as a cantankerous smuggler who gave
federal authorities the fits, "a braggart, self-serving. He
worked for all the air carriers but not with any one of them for
very long. He was not a team player. But no one ever questioned
his ability to fly."
Linda Benson will take the role of Ella Romig, wife of the
doctor for whom Romig Hill is named. John Frazier will vamp it
up as Wayne Hussy, one of the first openly gay men in town and
self-proclaimed "First Empress of Alaska."
No name
Period costumes are key to the show. Aldrich will wear a trench
coat and fedora. Gregory will be tarted up in a mini-skirt and
netted midriff.
"I'm trying to get the clothes right to the best of my ability,"
she said.
The real Annie was wearing knee-high, high-heeled boots, a
sleeveless knit top, jeans and a brown leather jacket when she
died. Hanson told interrogators she was a topless dancer or a
prostitute -- the same thing he said about all his victims.
Hanson didn't know her name but thought she might have been from
Kodiak. (Police dubbed her "Eklutna" because of where she was
found, not because she was thought to be from the village.)
A Daily News article on the 20th anniversary of her death
described how Hanson drove her out of town in his truck, chased
her when she ran and grabbed her by her long hair. She pulled a
knife from her purse. He took the knife and stabbed her in the
back.
"It was gruesome way to die," Gregory said. "It's a sad story
but a good awareness tool, a way to talk about the way some
people still treat women."
Annie was thought to have died a year before electrical workers
found her remains. There was little left to identify her. The
Alaska State Troopers' missing persons website says Annie was
short, between 4 feet 11 inches and 5 feet 3 inches tall. And
young, in her late teens or early 20s. She was "possibly white
with American Indian/Native mix" and had "light brown to
reddish-blond" hair.
Hanson was convicted and sentenced to 461 years plus life. He is
in Spring Creek prison in Seward.
Annie was laid to rest in the Anchorage cemetery, then exhumed
and relocated -- her third burial -- when the area where she was
originally interred was designated for infants.
Her humble, relocated marker now sits between two elegant
headstones under a massive blue spruce flanked by flowering
lilacs. The plaque on Plot 21, Row 17, Section 14 of the
cemetery is hard to find. It gives visitors no clue as to her
place among the unsolved mysteries of Alaska's past. It contains
just four words.
"Jane Doe
Died 1980."
Reach Mike Dunham at mdunham@adn.com or 257-4332.
By MIKE DUNHAM
Anchorage Daily News
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Re: EKLUTNA ANNIE: F, 16-25, found near Anchorage, AK - 17 July
1980 - Robert Hansen victim
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Date: February 6, 2020, 2:22 pm
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Eklutna Annie
Eklutna Annie was a young woman who was murdered by Robert
Hansen. Her remains were found buried in Eklutna, Alaska near
telephone wires.
Eklutna Annie wore many pieces of distinct, handmade jewelry.
Some were made from metal and shells and contained stones such
as turquoise. She had been stabbed in the back, which Robert
Hansen admitted to doing after she attempted to escape from his
car after he was taking her home (it is unknown if she went
willingly or was abducted). He stated she was either a topless
dancer or a prostitute.
Along with Horseshoe Harriet, she is one of two unidentified
victims of Hansen, who died in 2014.
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Sex Female
Race White
Location Eklutna, Alaska
Found July 17, 1980
Unidentified for 38 years
Postmortem interval 1 month - 1 year
Body condition Skeletal
Age approximation 16 - 25
Height approximation 4'11 to 5'3
Weight approximation N/A
Cause of death Stabbing
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Re: EKLUTNA ANNIE: F, 16-25, found near Anchorage, AK - 17 July
1980 - Robert Hansen victim
DIR By: Akoya
Date: February 6, 2020, 2:24 pm
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"Eklutna Annie"
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Reconstructions of Eklutna Annie
Born Approx. 1954–1963
Status Unidentified for 38 years, 7 months and 11 days
Died c. November 1979 – June 1980 (aged 16 – 25)[1]
Cause of death Homicide by stabbing
Body discovered July 21, 1980
Eklutna, Anchorage, Alaska
Known for Unidentified victim of homicide
Height Between 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m)
and 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) [2]
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Re: EKLUTNA ANNIE: F, 16-25, found near Anchorage, AK - 17 July
1980 - Robert Hansen victim
DIR By: Akoya
Date: February 6, 2020, 2:25 pm
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Eklutna Annie is the informal name given to an unidentified
murder victim discovered in 1980 in Eklutna, Anchorage, Alaska.
An autopsy report concluded that she had been killed by a stab
wound to the back.
She was murdered by Robert Hansen, a serial killer who was
responsible for murdering as many as 20 other women. Later in
the year, the remains of topless dancer Joanne Messina were
found in the same area.
"Horseshoe Harriet", another unidentified woman, is believed to
have also been one of Hansen's victims.
The skeletalized remains of Eklutna Annie were discovered buried
in a shallow grave, alongside a series of power lines, on July
21, 1980.
She wore several articles of clothing, including a knitted
sleeveless shirt, a leather coat containing matches in a pocket,
and knee-high boots. The victim was also wearing several pieces
of jewelry:
An apparently handmade metal bracelet containing three turquoise
stones
A copper necklace containing shell beads
A pendant heart
Jewelry worn by Eklutna Annie.
A metal wristwatch consisting of circular links with a brown
watch face
A ring carved from shell
Metal earrings
Eklutna Annie was most likely white, but may have had a degree
of Native American heritage. Her hair color ranged from light
brown to strawberry-blond.
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Robert Hansen, a serial killer who resided in the area, admitted
in 1984 that he was responsible for the victim's death. He
claimed that she was either a dancer from a local bar or a
prostitute, and that she was his first murder victim, adding
that she had been murdered in the fall or early winter of 1979.
Hansen admitted that he had stabbed this decedent as she
attempted to escape from his vehicle, when he tried to transport
her to his residence, Hansen said he believed she was from
Kodiak, Alaska, and that immediately prior to his murdering her,
as the woman struggled against his efforts to overpower her, she
had hysterically screamed, "You're going to kill me!"
Eklutna Annie is still unidentified, despite the fact that her
face has been reconstructed in both 3-D and 2-D. Several missing
women are believed to have also been murdered by Hansen.
Roxane Easland, Karen Evan, Megan Emerick, and Teresa Davis have
been ruled out as possible identities of Eklutna Annie.
Hansen was sentenced to 461 years in prison without the
possibility of parole for her murder and three others. He died
in prison in August 2014.
The remains of Eklutna Annie are interred at the Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery under a marker reading "Jane Doe / Died
1980".
The Frozen Ground, starring Nicolas Cage and John Cusack, was
dedicated to Hansen's victims
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Re: EKLUTNA ANNIE: F, 16-25, found near Anchorage, AK - 17 July
1980 - Robert Hansen victim
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Date: February 6, 2020, 2:26 pm
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Friday, February 21, 2003
Troopers try to identify victim of serial killer
ANCHORAGE (AP) -- Alaska State Troopers are making another try
at identifying a murdered woman nicknamed ''Eklutna Annie,''
more than 20 years after her decomposed body was found buried
along a power line outside Eklutna.
The woman, believed to be a white brunette in her 20s, was found
on July 21, 1980, by electric workers repairing the line. She
had no identification and could not be matched to a missing
persons report. Troopers believe she may have come to Alaska
from Washington or California.
Forensic experts said the woman appeared to have been dead about
a year.
In 1984, a local baker named Robert Hansen listed her among the
17 women he admitted killing in and around Anchorage. He said
she was his first victim, but didn't know her name. She was a
topless dancer or a prostitute, he told troopers in his
confession. He picked her up in town, told her he lived in
Muldoon and was taking her to his home.
But when he continued past Muldoon Road out of town, the woman
said no and tried to get out of his pickup, so he pulled a gun
on her.
''I just pointed the gun and I tell her, I says, 'Now look, if
you do exactly what I tell you and don't give me any problem
whatsoever, there's going to be no -- you won't get hurt any
way, shape or form,''' Hansen told troopers.
But the truck got stuck in mud. The woman helped Hansen maneuver
onto tractable ground, but when he told her to get out for a
minute, she ran, he said. He caught her by the hair and claims
she pulled a knife from her purse. He overpowered her, he said,
and used the knife to stab her in the back.
Hansen said the woman might have said she or her family lived in
Kodiak.
Troopers were not convinced the woman was Hansen's first victim,
but her death occurred early enough in his murder career that he
left her jewelry on her body when he buried her.
Troopers are hoping someone will recognize her jewelry. None of
it is valuable or particularly distinctive, but a silver cuff
bracelet with polished stones may be handmade.
Once Hansen became a more experienced killer, he began keeping
his victims' jewelry. A bag of such jewelry was found in his
home after investigators came to suspect him in the
disappearances of dancers and prostitutes from pipeline-era
Anchorage.
Hansen, now in his 60s, is in Spring Creek prison in Seward,
serving 461 years plus life.
When found, Annie was wearing knee-high, reddish-brown,
high-heeled boots, jeans, a sleeveless knit top and a brown
leather jacket.
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Re: EKLUTNA ANNIE: F, 16-25, found near Anchorage, AK - 17 July
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Date: February 6, 2020, 2:27 pm
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