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Sep 5, 2023 · She is found dead by strangulation eight days later, though police fail to connect her murder to BTK at the time. September 16, 1986: A husband becomes the suspect in another BTK killing
Jun 26, 2005 · June 26, 2005, 9:41 PM UTC / Source: The Associated Press. In a surprise move, Dennis Rader pleaded guilty Monday to 10 counts of first-degree murder before delivering a chilling matter-of fact ...
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Jun 27, 2005 · BTK killings suspect Dennis Rader pleaded guilty on Monday to 10 counts of first-degree murder, and matter-of-factly described how he committed the crimes that terrorized the Wichita, Kansas, area ...
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 Rader occasionally killed or attempted to kill men and children, he typically targeted women.
- Incarcerated
- 10–12+
- BTK, BTK Killer, BTK Strangler
- Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for 175 years, (10 consecutive life sentences)
Jun 28, 2005 · "BTK" was the killer's self-named reference to his preference to "bind, torture and kill" his victims in the string of murders from 1974 to 1991. ... Waller found Rader guilty of all charges ...
Aug 17, 2005 · In describing one killing, Rader told Snyder: “I’m sorry. I know this is a human being, but I’m a monster.” Rader, a 60-year-old former church congregation president and Boy Scout leader ...
May 9, 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. He later claimed that as a youth he had killed ...
