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Dennis Rader Killer
 * B**ind **T**orture **K**ill



Background Info :

​Rader, Oldest of 4 sons, Born to William Elvin Rader and Dorothea Mae Cook, Attended Witchita High School. Was accpted into the Zion Lutheran Church. He was a disturbed child, he use to kill animals which was an early warning sign. He attended Kansas University from 1965-1966. Was married to Paula Rader, and had one son and one daughter they were divoriced immediately after his arrest on July, 27th 2005. Rader was also the leader of his church and a cub scout leader.



His Story:

Rader Binded, Tortured and Killed a total of 11 people. A family of 4, Joseph Otero Wife,Julie Otero, Daughter, Josephaine Otero and son Joseph Otero Also.Kathryn Bright, and her brother Kevin whom he shot twice in the head,Shirley Vian, Nancy Fox, Marine Hedge, Vicki Wegerle and Dorlores Davis. He also collected things from the crime sceen such as underwear and id's. He sent letters and packages to the police with different return adresses, the game of not getting caught soon would come to an end after one of the floppy disc's he sends to them has a name Dennis on it. On another note One of the victims, Ana Williams excaped death by returning home a little later then Rader expected, he admits that he got impacient and left her home, Yet the thought of her he became obbsesed with. During his interrogation Rader confessed to kill again if not caught and he even set a date October 2004, He had already been stalking his victim.

The Investigation: Dennis Rader was arrested on Febuary 25th 2005, They caught Rader by Scientific DNA Sampling. The DNA from under one of his victims fingernails closely matched his daughter DNA sample given at the University of Kansas. Also the floppy disc that i stated above was found with the name Dennis on it, they search his name with his daughters last and found him. This is exactly what they needed to make an arrest.

How He Was Caught: 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:  -Google Search-BTK
 * DNA analysis of BTK's semen and material taken from underneath the fingernails of victim Vicki Wegerle match the DNA profile of Dennis Rader.
 * Rader's grammar and writing style matches letters and poems received from BTK, though none of his communications were handwritten, but typed, stenciled, stamped with a stamp set or computer generated.
 * A pay phone that the killer used to report a murder in 1977 was located a few blocks from ADT Security (Rader's workplace at the time).
 * Rader had attended Wichta Sate University in the 1970s. Wichita Police Detective Arlyn G. Smith II and his partner George Scantlin traced BTK's photocopied communications to two photocopy machines, one at Wichita State University and a second copier at the Wichita Public Library. BTK murder victim Kathryn Bright's brother Kevin, who was shot twice by BTK, reported that the killer had asked him if he had seen him at the university. 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.
 * Rader lived on the same street as Marine Hedge, just houses away. The BTK killer's other victims were in and around central Wichita, except for his final victim Dolores (Dee) Davis, who lived a half-mile east of Park City.
 * Two of the victims (Julie Otero and Kathryn Bright) worked at the Colman Company, though not during the same period that Rader worked there. Rader worked at Coleman only a short time and not at the same location as the victims.
 * Rader's 16 plus hour confession, given fully and freely after receiving multipleMiranda Warnings and recorded on over 20 DVDs, in which he alluded to all 10 known murders in remarkable (and grisly) detail
 * 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. Rader also sent trophies to police in his letters, and others were discovered in his office. 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.