Sedgwick County, Kansas

The BTK Killer is a psychotic male named Dennis Rader. His murder spree started in 1974 with the Otero family. Dennis then went through 10 victims without getting convicted till 1991. Throughout Dennis's crime spree he would send messages and puzzles to KAKE and the police taunting them by basically admitting to it. The reason why they couldn't convict him was that they didn't know who it was at all. The police then send Dennis messages and Dennis sent a message back. Dennis asks the police if it

Have you ever wondered why some people love art and music, and some love science and math? These individuals love math or art because they get a sense of relaxation and excitement from these activities. Serial killers are the same way they love to kill people and have lots of different motives for why they kill them. A serial killer is a person who kills repeatedly. The one motive that drove Dennis Rader, to kill his victims was to gain power and control over them. In order to identify

The Case Overview 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

Dennis Rader, otherwise known as The BTK killer, was arrested in 2005 for the murder of 10 people. Rader began killing in 1974 by killing four members of the Otero family. The reason that Dennis Rader was called the BTK killer is because of the “Bind, Torture, Kill” technique. Dennis Rader began to write taunting letters and reporting his crimes, providing details that only the killer would know. In October of 1974 Rader placed a letter in a public library book where he took responsibility for the

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

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

Dennis Rader, or the BTK Killer, was responsible for the murder of ten people between 1974 and 1991. He was known for writing letters to police after a murder that offered information that nobody knew. Eventually the murders and letters stopped, then in 2004 Rader sent another letter to police claiming responsibility for a murder that was not connected to him before. Thanks to advancements in DNA technology police were able to collect evidence from underneath the victim’s fingernails. Rader soon

Dennis Lynn Rader was born on March 9, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Kansas and was the oldest of four sons. Dennis’s had a very normal life but his behavior changed at around 7 years old when he became sexually aroused while watching his grandmother strangle chickens. He wanted to duplicate that arousal so he engaged in animal torture by hanging cats and dogs. When he reached adulthood, he would break into women’s homes, steal their lingerie and take them to his parents’ basement where he would photograph

The BTK killer is a serial killer. The BTK killer is a serial killer because he killed his most of his victims at different locations and at different times. His first killings were on the same day and it was a family. His first killings were the Otero family. The first one he murdered was the dad Joeseph, he was murdered on January 15, 1974 in his house. His second murder was Julie, she was also murdered in her house on January 15, 1974. His third murder was Joesph, he was murdered In his house

at the hands of Dennis Rader, aka BTK.Stalking his victims for weeks, as if they were his prey, Rader caused havoc in Wichita Kansas. Hanging, stabbing, and suffocating innocent girls and families, Dennis Rader achieve sexual pleasure. Dennis Rader is the worst serial killer, because he showed no mercy. Dennis Rader was born on March ninth, 1945. Born in Pittsburg Kansas, Dennis Rader grew up in Wichita. At a young age, Dennis tortured,and hung animals, and developed mental control issues. Dennis