Also Known As: Dennis Lynn Rader, BTK Killer, BTK Strangler, Spouse/Ex-: Paula Dietz (m. 1971; div. He then became a dogcatcher and supervisor in the Compliance Department at Park City. He spent hours waiting at her home but became impatient and left when she did not return home from visiting friends. The following year, he killed Vicki Wegerle in her home. Explore how the celebrity world connects. He gained entry into her house posing as a telephone repairman and then strangled her to death. One of the serial killer characters known as ADT Man on the show is based on Rader. One of them also changed her address to avoid him. But for more than 30 years, he also terrorized the area as the BTK killer. Should you have information that conflicts with anything shown please make us aware by email. Prior to this, it had not been definitively established that Wegerle was killed by BTK (Rader). In 1988, after the murders of three members of the Fager family in Wichita, a letter was received from someone claiming to be the BTK killer in which he denied being the perpetrator of this crime. He changed his job in 1972 and joined Coleman Co., a manufacturer of camping supplies. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Death to Nancy," a parody of the lyrics to the American folk song "O Death". Even though all the murders committed by Dennis Rader were equally gruesome, the Otero family murders he committed in 1974 were probably the most shocking. Ramsfield told Rolling Stone that even after six years of conversations with him, I dont think he told me everything, and I dont think he always told me the truth. It contained the driver's license of Nancy Fox, which was noted as stolen from the crime scene, as well as a doll that was symbolically bound at the hands and feet with a plastic bag tied over its head. In 1966, Richard Speck committed one of the most horrifying mass murders in American history when he brutalized and killed eight student nurses living on Chicago's South Side. Dennis Rader. The letter ended up with a local newspaper, and the poorly written note gave authorities some idea of who they were dealing with. Rader was a census field operations supervisor for the Wichita area in 1989, prior to the 1990 federal census. He demanded media attention in this second letter, and it was finally announced that Wichita did indeed have a serial killer at large. He is not considered by police to have committed this crime. Despite his cat-and-mouse game with authorities, Rader was able to keep the lid on his secret, murderous life. In 1979, he sent two identical packages, one to an intended victim who was not at home when he broke into her house and the other to KAKE. At a press conference the next morning, Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams announced, "the bottom line BTK is arrested". These featured another poem, "Oh Anna Why Didn't You Appear", a drawing of what he had intended to do to his victim, as well as some small items he had stolen from Williams's home. Rader is now being held in the EDCF Special Management unit, also known as solitary confinement, for "the inmate's own protection", a designation he most likely will retain for the remainder of his incarceration. Police searched Rader's home and vehicle, collecting evidence, including computer equipment, a pair of black pantyhose retrieved from a shed, and a cylindrical container. He then barricaded the boy and his siblings in a room while he strangled their mother, Shirley Vian, in the other room. [37], Two women Rader stalked in the 1980s and one whom he stalked in the mid-1990s filed restraining orders against him. Rader had previously stored black plastic sheets and other materials at the church in preparation for the murder and then later dumped the body in a remote ditch. Rader, now 73, is currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder in 2005. But he was really thirsty for that kind publicity of sorts., The other factor here, Leary said, is in family situations he was the oldest. Then, Rader initiated a series of 11 communications to the local media. Brian grew up in the United States alongside his sister, Kerri Rawson born in 1978. to which he replied, "Oh, I have my suspicions, why?" Around this time he became obsessed with a Hispanic woman, Julie Otero, and her daughter, Josephine, who lived in a nearby locality. Rader sent local media outlets and authorities several letters filled with items related to his crimes, including pictures, a word puzzle and an outline for the "BTK Story." Dennis Rader is an American serial killer also known as the BTK "Bind, Torture, Kill" Killer or the BTK Strangler. In December 2004, Wichita police received another package from the BTK killer. [47], After his capture, Rader admitted in his interrogation that he had been planning to kill again and he had set a date, October 2004, and was stalking his intended victim. Beginning in 2006, he was allowed access to television and radio, to read magazines, and other privileges for good behavior.[75][76]. Other cold cases in Kansas were reopened to see if Rader's DNA matched crime scenes, but Rader's confession was limited to the 10 known victims, and police and prosecutors do not believe there were any more victims because of the extensive records and memorabilia he kept on each of his victims. Also enclosed were a letter, a photocopy of the cover of a 1989 novel about a serial killer (Rules of Prey), and a gold-colored necklace with a large medallion. 2 Dennis Rader brutally murdered ten people, including two children, over a 17-year stretch In February 2005, more postcards were sent to KAKE, and another cereal box left at a rural location was found to contain another bound doll. Dennis Rader tormented his Kansas community with a string of murders and taunted the police who couldn't solve his crimes. Beginning April 23, 2006, having reached "Incentive Level Two," Rader has been allowed to purchase and watch television, purchase and listen to the radio, receive and read magazines, and have other privileges for good behavior. Police tape hangs across the street in front of Rader's house, 2005. On March 2, 2005, the Park City council terminated Rader's employment for failure to report to work or to call in. While the narrative has been that Rader seemed like a regular kid, the oldest of four brothers raised in a house with stable parents, Leary believes there is more to the story. Brother of Private; Private and Private. Dennis Lynn Rader (BTK, BTK Killer, BTK Strangler, B.T.K.) A blue 1.44-MB Memorex floppy disk was enclosed in the package. [19][29] He was also a Cub Scout leader. After a decade-long hiatus, Rader resumed sending letters in 2004, leading to his 2005 arrest and subsequent guilty plea. He unemotionally described the murders in detail and made no apologies. Dr Ramsland is the leading academic authority on the BTK killings and wrote the 2016 book Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer, drawing on hundreds of . In his new position, Rader was known to be a stickler for the rules. Leary told Heavy in a phone interview that Raders methods of torture and murder are a sign of someone who was regularly exposed to horrific abuse.. We strive for accuracy and fairness. Rader also sent trophies to police in his letters, and others were discovered in his office. [9] He grew up in Wichita. [69][70][71], At Rader's August 18 sentencing, victims' families made statements, after which Rader apologized in a rambling 30-minute monologue that the prosecutor likened to an Academy Awards acceptance speech. [52], Police found metadata embedded in a deleted Microsoft Word document that was, unknown to Rader, still stored on the floppy disk. Her body was found days later on the side of the road. With a stable job and two children to raise, he did not find time to plan out more murders. Space-X continues to reach for the stars. He was also a Cub Scout leader. Photo: Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images. On April 4, 1974, the killer struck again, killing 21-year-old Kathryn Bright by stabbing her multiple times. Reports suggest Prince Charles will live "in a flat above the shop" when he becomes king. There were several communications from BTK from 1974 to 1979. He also liked to hang cats and watch them struggle until they died. On February16, 2005, Rader sent a purple 1.44-Megabyte Memorex floppy disk to Fox affiliate KSAS-TV in Wichita. There, he photographed her body in various bondage positions. But he blew his own cover through an insatiable desire for attention.. 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In his police interview, Rader stated that "there are a lot of lucky people", meaning that he had thought about, and developed various levels of planning, the murdering of other victims. The song "Bind Torture Kill" was released on the 2006 self-titled album by death metal band Suffocation. On July 22, 2005, a controversy erupted on CNN's Nancy Grace show over a poem that Dennis Rader had written that was passed on to someone who then sold it on an auction site that specializes in serial killer memorabilia. Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer. He told the reporter they could not talk to Dorthea, saying, Its too hard on my mother. BTK simply means Blind, Torture, and Kill. Even though he started developing some disturbing habits during his childhood, he managed to keep them hidden from the world. Dennis Rader, known as the BTK killer, was convicted of 10 murders in Wichita and Park City, Kansas in 2005. Who Is Dennis Rader? Rader dropped out of college and joined the U.S. Air Force in the mid-1960s. A poem was enclosed titled "Oh! Serial killer Edmund Kemper murdered six young women in the Santa Cruz, California, area and several members of his family. And so am I. The author of the letter claimed that he had murdered Vicki Wegerle on September 16, 1986, and enclosed photographs of the crime scene and a photocopy of her driver's license, which had been stolen at the time of the crime. It was later retrieved from the trash after Rader asked what had become of it in a later message. Though born in Pittsburg, Kansas, he grew up in Wichita. Dennis Rader, a bespectacled, balding 59-year-old compliance officer at the time of his arrest, would later to confess to killing 10 victims and share the secret, deviant behavior he'd kept. And he felt the first stirrings of arousal over this. "BTK" stands for "Bind, Torture, Kill", which was his infamous signature. He later shared that he got little attention from his parents, as they had to work a lot, and didn't spend much time with their kids, with him in particular, and even having three brothers by his side, he felt very lonely during all childhood and youth. His father is an American serial killer known as BTK or the BTK Strangler while his mother is a former bookkeeper. Currently, he is incarcerated at the El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas. But Ill talk with you for a minute., Jeff said, I dont think my brother is BTK. American serial killer and rapist Ted Bundy was one of the most notorious criminals of the late 20th century, known to have killed at least 20 women in the 1970s. And may God have mercy on his soul.. [73] He was sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences, with a minimum of 175 years. The parents couldve behaved very differently toward him than they did the othersIve seen that in cases and the other kids are spared some of the discipline and harsh behavior apparently sometimes.. He also said he was bored, because his children had grown up and he had more time on his hands. . During the sentencing, victims' families spoke about the effect. Dennis Rader's Early Life. Surveillance tape of the parking lot from that date revealed a distant figure driving a black Jeep Cherokee leaving the box in the pickup. The police answered his question in a newspaper ad posted in The Wichita Eagle, saying it would be safe to use the disk. [15] However, Rader kept his sexual proclivities well-hidden, and he was widely regarded in his community as "normal, polite, and well mannered".[13]. Victims' families made statements, followed by Rader, who apologized for the crimes in a rambling, bizarre 30-minute monologue that District Attorney Nola Foulston likened to an Academy Awards thank you speech. Rader was arrested on February 25, 2005, and later charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder. Serial Killers that Charmed Their Victims. This claim was found to be false and the death had been ruled a suicide. [45], In May 2004, television station KAKE in Wichita received a letter with chapter headings for the "BTK Story", fake IDs, and a word puzzle. [51] When investigators drove by Rader's house, a black Jeep Cherokeethe type of vehicle seen in the Home Depot surveillance footagewas parked outside. [28], Rader was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Wichita and had been elected president of the church council. This was strong circumstantial evidence against Rader, but they needed more direct evidence to detain him. He was raised in Wichita. Inside Dennis Raders Childhood: What Made Him the BTK Killer? Rader, who called himself the BTK Killer because he bound, tortured, and killed his victims, lived a double life, hiding in plain sight with his wife and two. He had left ADT in the late 1980s and started working for the Wichita suburb of Park City as a compliance supervisor in 1991. [40], In 1988, after the murders of three members of the Fager family in Wichita, a letter was received from someone claiming to be the BTK killer, in which the author of the letter denied being the perpetrator of the Fager murders. Then he drove to the church where he took some pictures with the dead body and eventually dumped the body in a road side culvert a few miles away from her house. This includes one person who was saved when Rader called off his planned attack upon his arrival near the target's home due to the presence of construction and road crews nearby. Born In: Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. Brian is the son of Dennis Rader (father) and Paula Dietz (mother). Born in 1945 in Pittsburg, Kansas, Dennis Rader went on to live a double life: Devoted family and company man by day, he also terrorized the Wichita, Kansas, area as the. He was arrested on February 25. [47], In January 2005, Rader attempted to leave a cereal box in the bed of a pickup truck at a Home Depot in Wichita, but the box was discarded by the truck's owner. He is confined to the cell 23 hours a day with the exception of voluntary solo one-hour exercise yard time and access to the shower three times a week. Retired from his serial-killing days, he was living the life of a normal, respectable member of the society. Kansas reinstated the death penalty in 1994. [1], Rader was born on March 9, 1945, to Dorothea Mae Rader (ne Cook) and William Elvin Rader, one of four sons. The victim this time was someone Rader and his wife knew personally: his 53-year-old neighbor Marine Hedge. NBC claimed Rader knew the interview might be on TV, but that was a false statement according to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department. Police began surveillance on Rader. This would be his last killing. Their marriage was blessed with 5 children: Larry, Deanna, Donna, Dale and Scott. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! When a reporter knocked on Dortheas door after Rader was arrested, one of Raders brothers, Jeff answered. With time he grew bolder and began targeting human beings, killing his first known victimsthe Otero familyin early 1974. [34] Rader wrote a letter that had been stashed inside an engineering book in the Wichita Public Library in October1974, which described in detail the killing of the Otero family in January of that year. He conducted an interview after Rader had pleaded guilty on June 27, 2005. The BTK killer is now the subject of an episode in the second series of the Netflix documentary Catching Killers, airing on February 9, 2022. The police department replied that there was no way of knowing on what computer such a disk had been used, which was in fact not true. But do note that it is not possible to be certain of a person's genealogy without a family's cooperation (and/or DNA testing). The police corresponded with the BTK Killer (Rader) in an effort to gain his confidence. Dennis Rader, 60, pleaded. In the early 1990s, he became a dogcatcher and compliance officer in Park City. In December, he strangled Nancy Fox in her home, and then called the police to report the homicide. In January 2005, Rader attempted to leave a cereal box in the bed of a pickup truck at a Home Depot in Wichita, but the box was at first discarded by the owner. Dennis Rader was born on March 9, 1945, in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States. They then began DNA testing hundreds of men in an effort to find the serial killer. It was not proven until 2005 that this letter was in fact written by the genuine BTK killer (Rader), and he is not considered by police to have committed this crime. It is believed that he worked briefly for Cessna, the aircraft manufacturer, in late 1973 or early 1974. In July, a package dropped into the return slot at a public library contained more bizarre material, including the claim that he was responsible for the death of 19-year-old Jake Allen in Argonia, Kansas, earlier that month. This greatly agitated Dennis Rader, and being the narcissist that he was, he started sending a series of letters to the police once again to revive interest in the BTK murders. On March 5, news sources claimed to have verified by multiple sources that Rader had confessed to the 10 murders he was charged with, but no additional ones. writing letters to the media about his crimes. However, that ruling was reversed by the United States Supreme Court on June 26, 2006, in the case of Kansas v. Marsh, and the Kansas death penalty statute was upheld. Dennis grew up with three siblings - Jeff, Paul and Bill. Rader pleaded guilty in 2005 to 10 counts of first-degree murder for claiming the lives of 10 people who he chillingly referred to in court as his "projects" after defense attorneys said the evidence against him was too "solid" to refute, NBC News reported. Rader had attended Wichita State University in the 1970s. His nickname 'BTK' stood for 'Bind, Torture, Kill' - his modus operandi, and left a number of taunting notes for the police and the media, detailing his crimes. He also made allusions to several other notorious killers, including Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz, also known as the "Son of Sam.". Asked about the reported confessions, Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston said, "Your information is patently false", but she refused to say whether Rader had made any confessions or whether investigators were looking into Rader's possible involvement in more unsolved killings. The police answered his question in a newspaper ad posted in the Wichita Eagle saying it would be safe to use the disk. Both parents worked long hours and paid little attention to their children at home; Rader later described feeling ignored by his mother in particular and resenting her for it. [35] In early 1978, he sent another letter to television station KAKE in Wichita, claiming responsibility for the murders of the Oteros, Bright, Vian Relford, and Fox. See FameChain's massive Trump family tree. [75], Rader talked about innocuous topics such as the weather during the 40-minute drive to El Dorado, but began to cry when the victims' families' statements from the court proceedings came on the radio. Kevin later described Rader as "an average-sized guy, bushy mustache, 'psychotic' eyes," according to a TIME magazine article. In March 2004, a series of 11 communications from BTK (Rader) to the local media led directly to his arrest in February 2005. Between 1974 and 1991 Rader murdered 10 people, including four members of the same family. [72] On August 19, he was moved to the El Dorado Correctional Facility. What makes me think so is the frequency of the cruel behavior. His final known victim, Dolores Davis, was taken from her home on January 19, 1991. Ive always loved her. When he first lived out the fantasies he started harboring as a child, to bind, torture and kill people, he was. In May 2004, a word puzzle was received by KAKE. Immediately after, law enforcement officials, including a Wichita Police bomb unit truck, two SWAT trucks, and KBI, FBI, and ATF agents, converged on Rader's residence near the intersection of I-135 and 61st Street North. [14], Years later, during his "cooling off" periods between murders, Rader would take pictures of himself wearing women's clothes and a female mask while bound. He is serving 10 consecutive life sentences at El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas, with an earliest possible release date of February 26, 2180. Rader replied, "Oh, I have suspicions why. He was also a member of Christ Lutheran Church and had been elected president of the church council. According to Leary, there were clues, even if no one had found out about Raders animal cruelty, it still points to someone who is engaging in anti-social behavior. This was the evidence the police needed to make an arrest. NBC claimed Rader knew the interview might be televised, but this was false according to the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office. He later admitted that he was pretending to be his victims as part of a sexual fantasy. The metadata contained "Christ Lutheran Church", and the document was marked as last modified by "Dennis". For over 30 years, serial killer Dennis Rader struck fear in the hearts of citizens of Wichita, KS, by committing 10 horrific murders. [48] In December 2004, Wichita police received another package from the BTK killer. The Eerie Moment From Dennis Rader's Childhood That Predicted His Future As The BTK Killer A "quiet and unassuming" boy, Dennis Rader later fantasized about "trapped and helpless" women. On July 12, 1957 Gloria was united in marriage with Dennis Arnold Rader at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Frazee, Minnesota. [43] Before this, it had not been definitively established that Wegerle was killed by BTK. [18] Rader married Paula Dietz on May22, 1971; they had two children, Kerri and Brian. Because he committed his crimes before the state's 1994 reinstatement of the death penalty, Rader was sent to El Dorado Correctional Facility to serve his 10 life sentences. Semen found on Josephine Otero or near the bodies of his victims Josephine Otero, Shirley Vian, and Nancy Fox was critical evidence linking Rader to the crimes, and DNA obtained from fingernail scrapings of Vicki Wegerle's left hand matched Rader's DNA, eliminating any doubt that he was her murderer. On May 10, 2007, Mendoza settled the case for US$30,000 with no admission of wrongdoing. On February 25, 2005, Rader was detained near his home in Park City and accused of the BTK killings. (Photo Credit: Larry W. Smith / Getty Images) Police in Wichita, Park City, and several surrounding cities looked into unsolved cases before, during, and after 1974 and 1991 in cooperation with the state police and the FBI. Similarly, she is a Christian with the solar sign of Virgo. But I did have a little a little bit of a grudge against Momma.. It was not proven until 2005 that this letter was, in fact, written by Rader. Dennis Rader, in full Dennis Lynn Rader, byname BTK or BTK Killer, (born March 9, 1945, Pittsburg, Kansas, U.S.), American serial killer who murdered 10 people over a span of three decades before his arrest and confession in 2005. ", The Raven that Refused to Sing Concert Review, B.T.K. A poem in one of the killer's letters was similar to a folk song taught by a professor on that campus in that time period, though Rader himself dismissed any connection. Known as a shy and studious boy, he had a darker side to his persona even as a teenagerhe used to kill dogs and cats in secret. It was exciting to him to see a woman helpless, and it was the beginning of his ideas about women that what he wanted from them was to keep them trapped and helpless and looking to him in terror. 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