Alaska Serial Killers
ColdCaseIndex documents 3 serial killers whose murders took place in Alaska, with first known killings from 1971 to 2001. 3 of them were caught; 3 linked case files document their victims. The earliest series is Robert Hansen (1971) and the most recent is Israel Keyes (2001). Profiles are added in order of public interest, so this page is not a complete census of the state.
All 3 profiles
Robert Hansen
Robert Christian Hansen
Died in prison. Anchorage baker Robert Hansen pleaded guilty in 1984 to murdering four women in Alaska, confessed to killing 17, and was sentenced to 461 years. He died in custody in Anchorage in August 2014, aged 75.
Joshua Wade
Joshua Alan Wade
Died in prison. Joshua Wade pleaded guilty in 2010 to murdering his Anchorage neighbor Mindy Schloss and admitted the 2000 killing of Della Brown; in 2014 he confessed to three more Alaska killings.
Israel Keyes
Died before trial. Israel Keyes was indicted for the 2012 kidnapping and killing of Samantha Koenig in Anchorage, confessed to murdering Bill and Lorraine Currier in Vermont and five others, and died by suicide in custody in…
At a glance
| Name | Alias | State | Active | Convicted | Confessed | Suspected | Legal status | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Hansen | Robert Christian Hansen | Alaska | 1971 to 1983 | 4 | 17 | 17 to 21 | Convicted | Died in prison |
| Joshua Wade | Joshua Alan Wade | Alaska | 1994 to 2007 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Convicted | Died in prison |
| Israel Keyes | — | Alaska, Vermont | 2001 to 2012 | 0 | 8 | 11 (FBI, 2013) | Died before trial | Suicide |
Serial murder case files from Alaska
Victim-centred case pages from the cold case index, with their own timelines and sources.
Israel Keyes Victims
Israel Keyes confessed to killing Samantha Koenig, 18, abducted in Anchorage on February 1, 2012, and Bill and Lorraine Currier, who vanished from Essex, Vermont, in June 2011.
Robert Hansen Victims
Robert Hansen was an Anchorage baker who abducted women, flew them to remote Alaska wilderness, and hunted them. He confessed to 17 murders and was convicted in 1984. He died in prison in 2014.