Walter Gilmour

Walter Gilmour (1942-2016) was an Alaska State Trooper and coauthor, with Leland E. Hale, of the true crime book Butcher, Baker . Gilmour worked as a police officer in Ketchikan, Alaska, before beginning a twenty-three-year career as a state trooper. He later served as a colonel in the Alaska State Defense Force. As a major in the State Troopers, Gilmour was instrumental in the search for serial killer Robert Hansen, the subject of Butcher, Baker , which was adapted into the 2013 film The...See more

Walter Gilmour (1942-2016) was an Alaska State Trooper and coauthor, with Leland E. Hale, of the true crime book Butcher, Baker . Gilmour worked as a police officer in Ketchikan, Alaska, before beginning a twenty-three-year career as a state trooper. He later served as a colonel in the Alaska State Defense Force. As a major in the State Troopers, Gilmour was instrumental in the search for serial killer Robert Hansen, the subject of Butcher, Baker , which was adapted into the 2013 film The Frozen Ground . Leland E. Hale is the author of the novel Huck Finn Is Dead and, with coauthor Walter Gilmour, the true crime book Butcher, Baker . The story of Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen, Butcher, Baker inspired the 2013 film The Frozen Ground . Hale has also worked in the energy, aerospace, and software industries. He lives in Washington State. See less