Troopers had their hands full with what turned out to be a clusterf*k of witnesses. There were the people who…
Troopers called Greg Nicholas in for a second interview shortly after talking to his blood cousin, Ronnie Broughton. They needed…
Even as Robert Hansen made his initial appearance in this case through the person of Sandra Patterson, troopers would not…
What Sandra Patterson told Trooper Sgt. Don Hughes would come to stand as the early archetype for all of Hansen’s…
After Sgt. Gilmour’s initial interview of Sandra Patterson, the case was turned over to Sgt. Don Hughes for further investigation.…
Beth’s foster cousin notwithstanding, troopers were still looking for an informant, or informants, who could help them break their case.…
Beth’s foster cousin Greg Nicholas gave his first trooper interview on December 26th, the day after Beth was found. As…
Given that Beth had planned to babysit for her (foster) cousin, Greg Nicholas, on the night she disappeared, he immediately…
DECEMBER 25, 1971: On Christmas day, two brothers went to McHugh Creek, along Turnagain Arm south of Anchorage, to shoot…
I’ve written about the murder of Beth van Zanten multiple times — here, here, here and here. That the murder…