Dennis Rader BTK Killer Essay

In the year of 1986 two women that lived in the same apartment complex were confronted by the same perpetrator. Both women were awoken by the man the allegedly entered their home raped them. Out of both the victims’ only one of them was able to identify Godschalk as the perpetrator, while the second victim of the crime was able to help the police in creating a compost sketch of the offender. The sketch was used to be broadcasted on television and placed on the local newspapers. On December 30 of 1986 the police department received a call informing them that Godschalk looked like the man that appeared on the sketch that was being broadcasted.

The Killer at Thurston High, discussed a teenager named Kip who experienced psychological, emotional, and peer stress in early childhood. Violent and disturbing outburst was often a result of his actions, causing catastrophic traumas to his community and family. The film goes into depth explaining the relationship of Kip’s immediate family and his individual characteristics. The Kinkel family was well known, sophisticated and quite until violence struck.

Out of all the Infamous killers in the U.S the two well-known killers that I will be researching are Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy. These two murderers share many similarities such as their backgrounds, Crimes, and Motives. Both Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy are serial killers who’ve killed over a dozen people each. They’ve committed crimes including rape, murder, and kidnapping. In this research paper I will be comparing and contrasting the two serial killers.

He served in the U.S air force from the mid to late 1960s.(3). Dennis is one of the evil known serial killers in history. He was known as the Btk killer which stood for Bind,Torture and kill. Dennis Rader completely given himself a name so that he was recognized by the people. He wanted them to know that he is the reasons why these people are dying. By Giving himself a name to let the public know that he was out there it was giving him a sense of having power over the situation.

Rader fits the reason for a serial killer’s motivation. In a testimony in the book he states,” In court testimony many years later, he attributed the killings to sexual needs, and he apparently molested at least one of the females” (190). He also held traits connected to all serial killers.

A man by the name of Darryl Hunt was apprehended at the age of 19. He was charged and convicted of a murder that he did not commit in the year of 1984 in North Carolina. During the trial, the testing of DNA results proved the innocence of Mr. Hunt in 1994, however it took an additional 10 years of legal appeals to free him. The death of Deborah Sykes, a 25 year old copy editor at a local newspaper, whom was sexually assaulted and stabbed to death is what Mr. Hunt was accused of doing. Until this day this crime still touches many including Mr. Hunt.

The Real Cool Killers is about finding out the killer of a white guy who was in a bar in Harlem, New York; an all-black neighborhood. Two detectives were assigned to this case because of how much respect they had in Harlem. The detective’s names were Grave Digger and Coffin Ed and they were known for being violent with suspects. The two of the detectives were aggressive people but Grave Digger was more level headed than Coffin Ed ever since he had gotten acid thrown on his face a while back. Coffin Ed might even be trigger happy when things are thrown his way literally. Grave Digger and Coffin Ed were put onto this case to find out information and find it fast. Just a few minutes after the incident happened Grave Digger and Coffin Ed were on the scene, they thought they had some potential suspects. There were 6 young black males on the scene that were potential suspects, Grave Digger and Coffin Ed were going to find information on how this white man died in the middle of Harlem. They arrest only one of the young males because he had a handgun on him but said he shot blanks. Although that was stated Digger and Ed still had to arrest him because he was there only lead and weren't sure if that young male was telling the truth or not. As far as the other 5 young males there were told to sit on the ground and hands where they could be seen by the two

You don 't understand these things because your not under the influence of factor x). The same thing that made Son of Sam, Jack the Ripper, Havery Glatman, Boston Strangler, Dr. H. H. Holmes Panty Hose Strangler OF Florida, Hillside Strangler, Ted of the West Coast and many more infamous character kill. Which seem s senseless, but we cannot help it. There is no help, no cure, except death or being caught and put away. It a terrible nightmare but, you see I don 't lose any sleep over it. After a thing like Fox I come home and go about life like anyone else. And I will be like that until the urge hit me again. It not continuous and I don’t have a lot of time. It takes time to set a kill, one mistake and it all over. Since I about blew it on the phone-handwriting is out-letter guide is so long and typewriter can be traced to my short poem of death and maybe a drawing later on real picture and maybe a tape of the sound will come your way. How will you know me before a murder or murders you will receive a copy of the initials B.T.K. you keep that copy the original will show up someday guesswho? Because Rader did not contest his guilt, most evidence was not tested in court. However, physical and circumstantial facts that would have corroborated Rader as the BTK killer include:

Jeffery was a sex offender & a rapist. Gary Ridgway , 67 was American serial killer although Gary Ridgway killed 49 women he did not consume his victims like Jeffrey Dahmer did. Both males Jeffrey Dahmer and Gary Ridgway were Cold blooded killers , they killed human beings with no remorse for the crimes they had committed.

Rader was a fascinating individual when examining how he went about conducting his crimes. He may have not been charismatic in his way of when he addressed individuals or the police, but he did have a way with people. He was a very clever individual with how he worded his letters and how he addressed the police, to which kept him off his trail for those seventeen years. Through Rader’s skills and notoriety I truly believe he is one of the most prolific serial killers known to this

For the next victims he would go on to calling the police to tell them about his victim Nancy fox, and he sent a poem to a local newspaper detailing the murder od Shirley Vian. In 1977 Dennis Rader waited in the house of his target, he them became impatient and left before she returned home. But Dennis Rader was sure to leave a note to let her know that the BTK killer had been in her home. The case had gone cold by 2004, until Dennis Rader sent a letter to the police. The reason Rader wrote to police claiming responsibility for a murder that hadn’t been associated with the BTK killer previously. Throughout many correspondences with police Dennis Rader asked if it was at all possible for them to track his information on a floppy disk. The police department told Rader that it was impossible when in fact it was possible. Some of the things they found on the USB that helped the police department included a link to a local Lutheran Church, and metadata from a Microsoft Word document. In the metadata they were able to determine that the document was created by someone named

The purpose of this essay project, is to summarize a serial killer, and identify three criminological concepts from the course, that I believe led the person to engage in criminal activity. The serial killer that I have selected for this essay project is , Dennis Rader, better known as the "BTK Killer". The concepts that can be related to why Rader committed this crimes are Hedonistic serial Killer, and Motivated by terror. Dennis Rader, or the "BTK Killer", first committed his murder in 1974 when he killed the Otero family in their home. He strangled all four of them , and when he was done he took several souvenirs and even left semen on the scene, because he derived sexual pleasure from the killing.

Psychopath Dennis Rader, alias the BTK Killer, killed a total of 10 people, including 2 children, over a fifteen year period ranging from 1974 to 1991. Rader was apprehended and arrested in 2005 because of newer forensic technology available to analyze DNA and computer forensics. Ultimately, it was Rader’s own daughter who turned police informant, and give them a DNA sample from her cheek saliva (Hansen, 2006). Young & Ortmeier (2011) describe how DNA Identification Act of 1994 led to the development of CODIS, which been used for varied reasons such as identifying violent offenders, victims and unidentified remains. Despite Rader’s cleverness and precautions, he carelessly left behind trace biological evidence from underneath his fingernails that was lifted forensically from a letter BTK sent to the

Oliver Stone’s 1994 classic, Natural Born Killers, excited and traumatized its audiences while also causing controversy. The tale of white trash lovers caught up in a realm of chaos that includes a continuous murderous rampage from state to state, draws in audiences with its graphic violence and riveting pulse inducing music. Yet, the message of this film seems to be much deeper than just exposing audiences to yet another chaotic action movie filled with guns, blood and mayhem. Stone’s Natural Born Killers examines the subject of media’s investment in serial murder very thoroughly, and so it seems likely that it has the potential to offer a more rigorous interrogation of the nature of the American public’s fascination with the serial

     Hemingway's "The Killers" illustrates that unexplained violence is an integrated part of society.  To acknowledge the cruelties of life is to come to terms with horrifying events that can not be denied.  A person may lack the maturity to cope with everyday life if they do not realize that evil can exist in any given society.