Overview

Date Last Seen: June 28, 1980

Location Last Seen: Downtown Anchorage (4th Avenue), Anchorage, Alaska

Circumstances at a Glance

• Last seen after arranging to meet an unidentified man on 4th Avenue in Anchorage.
• Had been staying with her boyfriend at the Budget Motel on Spenard Road for approximately two weeks.
• Reported missing several days later by a friend.
• Robert Hansen later confessed to killing her.
• Her remains have never been located, leaving the case officially unresolved.

Detailed Case Breakdown

Roxane Easland Disappearance (1980): The Unsolved Alaska Case Linked to Robert Hansen

Overview

Roxane Easland disappeared from Anchorage, Alaska, on June 28, 1980, after reportedly leaving to meet an unidentified man in downtown Anchorage. Although her remains have never been recovered, investigators believe she was murdered by notorious Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen, who confessed to killing her following his 1983 arrest. Despite Hansen’s confession, Roxane’s body has never been found, and her case remains an active missing person investigation.

Last Seen Summary

Date Last Seen: June 28, 1980

Location Last Seen: Downtown Anchorage (4th Avenue), Anchorage, Alaska

Circumstances at a Glance

• Last seen after arranging to meet an unidentified man on 4th Avenue in Anchorage.
• Had been staying with her boyfriend at the Budget Motel on Spenard Road for approximately two weeks.
• Reported missing several days later by a friend.
• Robert Hansen later confessed to killing her.
• Her remains have never been located, leaving the case officially unresolved.

The Disappearance of Roxane Easland

Roxane Easland was 24 years old when she vanished during the summer of 1980 in Anchorage, Alaska. Some records spell her name as Roxanne Easland or Roxanne Easlund, and she was also known to use the aliases Karen Lee Baunsgard and Robin Lee Easland.

For the two weeks before her disappearance, Easland had been living with her boyfriend at the Budget Motel on Spenard Road. On June 28, 1980, she reportedly planned to meet an unidentified man on 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage. She was never seen again.

A friend officially reported her missing on July 2, 1980, initially using one of her aliases, which complicated the early investigation. Authorities eventually determined that Roxane had disappeared under suspicious circumstances.

Connection to Robert Hansen

Roxane Easland’s disappearance became closely tied to one of Alaska’s most infamous serial murder investigations.

Robert Hansen, often called the “Butcher Baker,” targeted women in Anchorage throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Following his arrest in 1983, Hansen confessed to 17 murders and numerous sexual assaults.

Among the victims he admitted killing was Roxane Easland. Hansen later guided investigators to several burial locations, but only twelve victims’ remains were recovered. Roxane’s body was not among them.

Investigators also discovered a map inside Hansen’s home marked with numerous locations that corresponded to where victims’ bodies had been left. Authorities believed the map contained more locations than the murders Hansen admitted committing, suggesting his actual victim count may have been higher.

Why the Case Remains Open

Although Hansen confessed to Roxane’s murder, the absence of her remains means investigators have never been able to fully document the crime scene or determine precisely where she was killed and buried.

Without physical recovery of her remains, the Alaska State Troopers continue to classify Roxane Easland as a missing person.

Her case remains one of the unresolved disappearances associated with Hansen’s killing spree and continues to be listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs).

Latest Investigation Information

There have been no publicly announced breakthroughs resulting in the recovery of Roxane Easland’s remains.

The case remains open with the Alaska State Troopers, and Roxane continues to be listed in NamUs Case #28953. Public databases continue to encourage anyone with information about her disappearance or the possible location of her remains to contact investigators. Recent updates have largely consisted of database maintenance and case information revisions rather than new investigative developments.