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Mar 26, 2019 · After BTK was captured, there were many revelations about his horrific actions. Graphic details were revealed through the letters and drawings he sent to police throughout the years, and creepy images of Rader dressed in his victims' clothing were made public.
- Amanda Tullos
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.
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Aug 30, 2023 · According to KAKE, Osage County Sheriff Eddie Virden said old Polaroid images taken by Rader before his arrest mirror the positions Rader placed his victims in. The photos also reportedly showed clothing he wore during some shots.
Aug 25, 2023 · Polaroid photos already in the original BTK journal file showed a red blanket that appeared to belong to Shawna Beth Garber, a 22-year-old woman murdered in 1990 and known only as “Grace Doe” until DNA technological advancements led investigators to her half-sister in 2021.
- The Psychology of Preserving Evidence
- How Dennis Rader Documented His Crimes
- How Rader Was Finally Caught
Rader is hardly alone in preserving criminal evidence, despite the obvious problems inherent to doing so. Park Dietz, a clinical professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, estimates that “50 to 75 percent” of serial sexual offenders keep evidence of their crimes. Dietz tells A&E True Crimeit’s o...
Nola Foulston, the former district attorney of Sedgwick County, Kansas who prosecuted Rader, says that the documentation he created of his crimes was extensive—and went far beyond a few snapshots immediately after a kill. “He collected bras. He collected underwear. He took pictures of himself in the clothing of the women. He would do all kinds of w...
Contrary to popular belief, lots of uncaught serial killers “retire” from their crimes as they grow old, and Rader could’ve easily gotten away with his crimes and died undiscovered. His final confirmed murder was in 1991, and he wasn’t arrested until 2005—shortly after he renewed correspondencewith police and media following a decade of silence. Ra...
Apr 28, 2022 · When investigators raided his home and office, they found a treasure trove of Polaroid pictures of his victims. But some of the photos were also of Rader himself in various forms of bondage and clothing, according to Oxygen’s “Mark Of A Serial Killer.”
Chilling photos Dennis Rader allegedly took of himself may tie him to more unresolved murders, according to police. He appears to be dressed as victims in the photos, mimicking torture. Rader, also known as BTK, which stands for “bind, torture and kill,” was convicted of killing 10 people from 1974 to 1991.
