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  2. Sep 5, 2023 · Dennis Rader, known as the BTK Killer, tormented his Kansas community but was caught through his desire for attention. Here’s how the events unfolded.

    • He killed animals as a child. Unlike a lot of serial killers, Rader’s childhood was, by most accounts, unremarkable. However, he also admitted to having fantasies about torture and bondage from childhood.
    • His pre-murder behaviour. Before he killed his first victim, Rader stalked women, attempted a (failed) kidnapping, and broke into people’s homes. He claimed that it gave him a sense of power after losing his job and being forced to live off his wife’s salary.
    • He was obsessed with women. Rader often stalked women just for the sake of it and fantasised about how he would kill them.
    • His scrapbooking. Rader’s obsession extended to him cutting out pictures of women from adverts in magazines. He drew ties and gags onto the pictures and then stuck them onto cards that he carried around with him.
  3. Feb 11, 2021 · The BTK Killer, whose real name is Dennis Rader, adopted the moniker to stand for the depraved methods he used to murder his victims: "Bind, Torture, Kill." He took the life of his final victim, Dolores Davis, on January 19, 1991, but then, the murders abruptly stopped.

  4. Mar 26, 2024 · Dennis Rader murdered 10 people in Kansas from 1974 to 1991, becoming known as the BTK killer. Read about his wife, children, victims, and life in prison now.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dennis_RaderDennis Rader - Wikipedia

    Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945), also known as BTK (an abbreviation he gave himself for " bind, torture, kill "), is an American serial killer who murdered at least ten people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Although he occasionally killed or attempted to kill men and children, Rader typically targeted women.

  6. Aug 29, 2019 · The BTK Killer was on the loose from 1974 until 2005, which obviously left Wichita in a constant state of fear and panic. During that time, he took the lives of 10 people in the area.

  7. Apr 28, 2022 · For more than 30 years, Wichita’s notorious serial killer managed to evade authorities — taunting investigators and local media over the years with cryptic letters and crime scene photos as his body count continued to rise. The killer even gave himself his own nickname, “BTK.”

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