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    BTK Story

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    BTK: The Story Abstract Dennis Lynn Rader was born to Dorothea Mae and William Elvin Rader on March 9, 1945. Otero was found murdered in his home alongside three of his family members. Joseph Otero 's wife was beaten, choked and bound before Rader killed her. Rader 's next "BTK" victim was a 21-year-old named Kathryn Bright.

Similarly to Rader 's first set of victims, she had been bound with a cord, somewhat clothed and had been choked and stabbed numerous times.

Rader 's last two victims

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    convicted offender. On the 30th anniversary of the Otero murders a book was going to be released that BTK was history. The author suspected that this might flush BTK out of hiding. Within two months of the announcement another letter arrived at the Wichita Eagle claiming credit for the September 16, 1986 brutal unsolved murder of 28-year old Vicki Wegerle. BTK pretended to work for the electric company to trick his way into her house. He tortured her and strangled her. Detectives had the killer's

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    The Generalist Model One of the most useful models for social workers to implement is the generalist model. Since the goal of social work is to work with individuals and assist them in solving their problems, the generalist model seeks to create three levels of practice to better aide the individuals in direct practice service (Farley, Smith, & Boyle, 2011). These three levels are the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. The micro level refers to the systems that directly impact a single individual,

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    Blake Mycoskie

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    Start Something That Matters, written by Blake Mycoskie is noted as being “A creative and open-hearted business model for our times.” This quote from the Wall Street Journal perfectly describes this book and what it is all about. Blake Mycoskie, a young entrepreneur that had started prior businesses such as delivering laundry to college students, starting an all-reality cable-TV channel, and also teaching driver education online. Blake was not done there, he wanted something more. He wanted to find

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    Dennis Radar Outline

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    Pittsburgh, Kansas, United States (Biography.com Editors, 2015). 3. Gender: Dennis Radar is male. 4. Briefly describe childhood home life Dennis Radar was one of four children born to William and Dorothea Rader. Rader spent most of his childhood in Wichita, Kanas. He had a seemly average life, was a little more revered than most and a below average student. In 1966, Rader joined the Air Force where he went on to attain the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon as

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    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

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    Dennis Rader: Serial Killer Essay

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    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

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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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    child, Rader seemed ordinary. He was an avid boy scout, participated in his church youth group, and performed fairly well in school. Many people described him as a polite young man who preferred to keep to himself. Two years after graduating from Wichita Heights High School he enrolled in Kansas Wesleyan College in Salina. In the summer of 1966,

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    camp? Unfortunately, it does not resemble the iconic scene from the classic film, American Pie. This narrative depicts why I decided to attend Southwestern rather than other colleges such as Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, and Wichita State University. My fellow band friends and I took a three hour journey to Weatherford from Blackwell to attend the Southwestern Band Camp for four days. As soon as we reached our destination, I realized that this was where I wanted to be. When

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