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Dec 13, 2023 · Otero originally believed his younger siblings, Josephine, 11, and Joseph Jr., nine, were still at school, but when police arrived, they found the bodies of both of the children. Rader began...
Jan 30, 2019 · Charlie Otero was 15 when his parents and two siblings were murdered by the notorious BTK serial killer. Otero today shares how he overcame feelings of revenge and his message of redemption.
- 7 min
- Sean Dooley,Jenner Smith,Alexa Valiente
- 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...
Aug 31, 2018 · On the morning of January 15, 1974, Rader forced his way inside the Otero family home and murdered 33-year-old Julie Otero, her husband Joseph, 38, and their 9-year-old son, Joseph Jr., and 11-year-old daughter, Josephine.
- 2 min
The victims were Joseph Otero Sr., 38; Julia Maria "Julie" Otero, 33; Joseph "Joey" Otero II, 9; and Josephine "Josie" Otero, 11. Their bodies were discovered by the family's three older children who had been at school at the time of the killings.
- Incarcerated
- 10–12+
- BTK, BTK Killer, BTK Strangler
- Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 175 years, (10 consecutive life sentences)
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Sep 5, 2023 · January 15, 1974: Rader kills four members of the Otero family. A 28-year-old married Air Force veteran, Rader makes the plunge into infamy after severing a phone line and entering the East...
Otero Murders' Evidence. By Rachael Bell. On August 17, 2005, families of the victims murdered by Dennis Rader listened with heavy hearts to testimony concerning the Otero family murders, which occurred more than three decades earlier.
