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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.
- He Killed Animals as A Child
- His Pre-Murder Behaviour
- His Scrapbooking
- He Prepped For His Crimes
- The Otero Family
- He Dressed as His Victims
- He Took Souvenirs
- The ‘Motel Parties’
- He Murdered A Woman with Her Children There
- Shirley Was A Random Choice
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. As a boy scout, he knew how to tie knots and nooses. His first victims were animals, which he hanged.
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.
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.
Rader had a ‘kit’, which included breaking and entering tools, cords, tape, hoods, knives, plastic bags, and a gun.
His first victims were a family: Joseph and Julie Otero and two of their children, Josephine and Joseph Junior, who were only 11 and nine. Rader had been stalking Julie and Josephine and was surprised to find Joseph at home when he broke into their house. However, he managed to subdue them all by pretending to be an escaped criminal and using a gun...
Torturing and murdering women wasn’t enough for Rader. He also liked to re-enact his crimes on himself. He would put on a ‘lady mask’, dress up as the women he murdered, put on their underwear, and then tie himself up and take photos. He once came close to getting caught after he tied himself up during a scout outing and found himself unable to get...
Trophies stolen from his victims, including underwear, were kept and then hidden in various locations. They were buried in the ground, concealed in his house, and even, hidden in his church.
Rader used the term ‘motel parties’ for masturbation. He would go to a motel, binding himself, and covering his head with a plastic bag—just like he did with his victims.
Shirley Vian was a 24-year-old woman and married mother of three when Rader entered her home in 1977, posing as a detective. Her children were also at home. This didn’t stop Rader. He locked them in the bathroom and then strangled Shirley, while her children screamed from the other room. Only a ringing telephone saved them from also being killed. T...
Shirley wasn’t even his intended victim. Rader had been stalking another woman, but when he discovered she wasn’t home, he spontaneously changed his plan.
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.
Sep 5, 2023 · BTK is linked to the disappearance of Cynthia Kinney from Oklahoma in 1976, as well as the death of Shawna Beth Garber, whose body was discovered in Missouri in December 1990.
Oct 13, 2024 · Dennis Rader (born March 9, 1945, Pittsburg, Kansas, U.S.) is an American serial killer who murdered 10 people over a span of three decades before his arrest and confession in 2005. He called himself BTK because he bound, tortured, and killed his victims. Rader was raised in Wichita, Kansas.
Aug 17, 2005 · Prosecutors offered chilling details into the BTK serial killer’s reign of terror Wednesday, outlining his fascination with bondage, his desire to strengthen his hand muscles when he found it hard...
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Jul 12, 2024 · The BTK Killer was sentenced to 175 years in jail without the possibility of parole. He escaped the death penalty only because Kansas did not have the death penalty instated during the 17 years of his rampage.
