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Robin Louise Horseshoe-Harriet Pelkey

Case from Palmer, AK dated Jul 21, 1983

Victim Details

Robin Pelkey

Female

White / Caucasian

Palmer

AK

1983-07-21

19

Robin

Louise Horseshoe-Harriet Pelkey

Yes

07/19/2026

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White/Caucasian female, age 19, Robin Pelkey moved through Anchorage's early-1980s streets on the margins, a teenager whose disappearance left no paper trail. In the summer of 1983, amid a city haunted by a predator later dubbed the “Butcher Baker,” she crossed paths with Robert Hansen. Months later, on April 25, 1984, partial skeletal remains were found near Horseshoe Lake by Palmer, north of Anchorage—a site that would give investigators the placeholder name “Horseshoe Harriet.” Exam ...
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  • Robin Pelkey | Unidentified Wiki | Fandom
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