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    research paper is about Dennis Lynn Rader, also known as the BTK Killer. He haunted the city of Wichita, Kansas for nearly thirty years, from his first killing of the Otero family in 1974 until his arrest in February of 2005. Ten people became his victims and throughout his “career” as serial killer he taunted the police with letters. You will learn about his upbringing, his methods to kill, his modus operandi, his victims and how he eventually got arrested. Dennis L. Rader, BTK This paper is

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    Dennis Rader is famously know as the BTK killer. “BTK” means bind, torture, kill, this was his signature for all of his killings. After many killings, Rader now sits behind prison bars, never to see the outside world again. The serial killer Dennis Rader used his own unique strategies to kill his numerous victims to fulfill his own sexual desires and fantasies. Dennis’s childhood was far from ordinary. He was born in Pittsburg, Kansas. He started school at Riverview Elementary , and eventually

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    In this case analysis, the BTK killer also known as Dennis Rader was convicted with 10 counts of first degree murder in Wichita, Kansas. He committed those crimes between 1974 and 1991. The acronym BTK stands for blind, torture, and kill. Soon after each incident, he sent anonymous letters to the police and taunting them by offering knowledge of the killings. Dennis Rader was reported to have tortured a Puerto Rican family, the Oteros in their home (Vigliotti, 2015). In court, he testified

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    Murderers usually don’t leave behind clues to be caught with. This is the reason why so many cases go unsolved. However, Dennis Rader, more widely known as B.T.K. (Bind Torture Kill), was an oddity amongst other serial killers. He almost desperately wanted his crimes to be noticed in the media and be looked at by police. He was wildly gruesome in his various murders, leaving behind many clues, but without any leads, the case couldn’t go any further. When media coverage and police investigation had

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    maniac who has no friends or family, but for Dennis Rader it was the complete opposite. Dennis Rader, also known as “The BTK Killer”, is a notable American serial killer who changed the way we view crime today. Therefore, it is crucial to be informed about his early life, “normal life”, criminal history, and his life now so we can better understand why people commit these crimes, and how to prevent them from doing so in the future. Dennis Lynn Rader was born born in Pittsburg, Kansas, on March

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    Dennis Rader began his behavior early on life. He began with the killing of animals and his fantasies. Rader is known as the “BTK Killer” which is because that’s what he was known for doing when he murdered people. He would bind them, torture them, and then kill them. Watching people plead or beg for mercy was all part of his fantasy. In 1974, Rader could not take any more. He couldn’t control his self. He had to get a fix. That is when he committed his first real crime and began his real criminal

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    Dennis Rader was born on March 9th 1945 in Pittsburgh Kansas. He is the oldest son of William Elvin Rader and Dorothea Mae Cook. Dennis graduated from Wichita Heights High School. In 1965 though 1966 Dennis attended Kansas Wesleyan University after that he has spend four years in Air Force. When he returned from Air Force he started working in meat department in supermarket. When Dennis was a child he would tortured animals. Dennis Rader first murder began in January 15 , 1974 . He killed

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    There were ten victims killed by Dennis Rader between 1974 and 1991, the first four of these being killed on one night. Rader created a nickname for himself the BTK killer; he chose this name because of the style in which he killed his victims, which involved binding, torturing and killing his female victims. He had many other aliases, most of which were self named. These included The Wichita Strangler, The Poetic Strangler and The Asphyxiater just to name a few. Rader talked about his need for acknowledgment

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    Dennis Lynn Rader was born on March 9, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Kansas. His mother, Dorothea Mae Cook, and father, William Elvin Rader, had three sons in addition to Dennis. In 1975, he married Paula Dietz, and they had one son and one daughter. Throughout his childhood, Dennis displayed signs of what he would become later in life. In reports, as well as his own confession, he tortured animals and had a fetish with women 's underwear. Dennis, also known as the BTK killer, had at least ten victims

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    The sickening serial killer, Dennis Rader, was born on March 9th, 1945 in Kansas. Dennis seemed externally normal as a child and teenager however, he was internally messed up. Eventually, Dennis was known as the BTK killer which stands for bind, torture and kill. He got his nickname as he murdered ten people between the years of 19974 and 1991. Dennis binded and tortured his victims before killing them. He would tend to get sexually aroused for his projects but, somehow continued to keep his killings

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