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Aug 31, 2018 · Several of these photos — featured in Oxygen's "Snapped: Notorious BTK Killer" — were able to shed light on the serial killer who went unnoticed in the city he terrorized for more than 30 years. Scroll down to see what authorities uncovered.
- BTK’s Early Victims
- BTK’s Next Victims
- BTK’s Final Victims
Although Dennis Rader harbored sadistic sexual fantasies from a very young age and partook in zoo-sadism and sexual fetishes, he didn’t begin his killing spree until the time he was in his late 20s and married. In January 1974, he began his killing spree and targeted four members of the Otero family, killing Mr. and Mrs. Otero and two out of their ...
The BTK also described how he used a “hit kit” for most of his cases, which consisted of guns, rope, handcuffs, and tape in either a briefcase or a bowling bag. He said he was living out his “sexual fantasies” on his victims, but he wasn’t charged for sexually assaulting them. In 1977, BTK killed two more women, Shirley Vian and Nancy Fox. The 26-y...
BTK became obsessed with killing a woman by the name of Anne Williams, who, at age 63, escaped death because she arrived home later than usual. Dennis said that he was livid and because he grew more and more frustrated the later it got, he just left. In early 1985, Dennis killed his eighth victim, Marine Hedge. Marine was 53 at the time and lived j...
Prosecutors offered details of the BTK serial killer’s reign of terror Wednesday, outlining his fascination with bondage, and a terrifying conversation he had with an 11-year-old girl before...
Jan 29, 2021 · Over the course of nearly two decades, Dennis Rader murdered at least 10 people in the Wichita, Kansas metropolitan area under the pseudonym BTK ('Bind, Torture, Kill'). But despite his repeated taunts to the police and media, investigators were unable to hone in on a suspect.
- Before Dennis Rader Became The BTK Killer. Dennis Lynn Rader was born on March 9, 1945, as the oldest of four in Pittsburgh, Kansas. He would grow up in a fairly humble home in Wichita, the same city which he would later terrorize.
- The BTK Killer’s First Murder. Rader was laid off from his job as an electrician in 1973 and shortly afterward killed his first victims on January 15, 1974.
- Dennis Rader’s Family Life Alongisde Paula Deitz While Committing His Murders. While her husband massacred a family, Dennis Rader’s wife Paula Dietz prepared to start one of her own.
- A Proud Father Living A Double Life. Not even Dennis Rader’s own children suspected him. Their father was, at his worst, a strictly moral Christian. His daughter, Kerri Rawson, would recall how once her father did angrily grab her brother by the neck, and she and her mother had to pull him off to save the boy’s life.
Aug 29, 2023 · Chilling photos of BTK resurface in investigations. Warning: This content contains graphic images that some viewers may find disturbing. Investigators are looking into missing persons cases associated with Rader. The serial killer known as BTK was convicted of killing 10 people.
May 30, 2020 · American serial killer Dennis Rader, also known as BTK –which stands for “bind, torture, kill”–murdered ten people between 1974 and 1991, in the Wichita, Kansas, metro area. He often left...
