Eklutna Annie

Eklutna Annie is the name given to an unidentified murder victim whose body was discovered in a wooded area, one mile south of South Eklutna Lake Road in Eklutna, Anchorage, Alaska, in July 1980. She was aged between 16 and 25 at the time of her death, and her body was discovered several months after her murder. An autopsy report concluded that she had been killed by a single stab wound to the back.

This unidentified decedent became known as Eklutna Annie due to the location in which her body was discovered. The case remains open, and numerous efforts have been made to determine the identity of the decedent, including several forensic facial reconstructions of how she may have appeared in life.

Discovery and examination

On July 17, 1980, Eklutna Annie's skeletal remains were found by workmen, buried in a shallow grave along a series of power lines north of Anchorage. Eklutna Annie remains unidentified. She is the only victim of Robert Hansen to remain unidentified.

The remains of Eklutna Annie are interred at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery, under a marker reading "Jane Doe / Died 1980".

Eklutna Annie is still unidentified, despite her face being reconstructed in both 3-D and 2-D. Several missing women are believed to have also been murdered by Hansen.

In September 2020, a revised facial reconstruction of the victim was released by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. The organization had previously released a digital reconstruction, and a clay bust of Eklutna Annie had also been created in the past.

Television The Investigation Discovery channel has broadcast a documentary focusing upon the murders committed by Robert Hansen. This documentary, titled Alaska: Ice Cold Killers, was initially broadcast on January 25, 2012. New Dominion Pictures has broadcast a 50-minute documentary focusing on Hansen's murders. Directed by Stuart Taylor, this documentary, titled A Hunter's Game, was first broadcast on November 23, 1999. The show Very Scary People profiled Robert Hansen in "The Butcher Baker". It was first broadcast on May 9, 2021.

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