Between and , Rader terrorised the city of Wichita, Kansas, with 10 murders. Rader began his murderous spree by killing an entire family of four, including two young children. He went on to slay six more women - often years apart - mostly strangling his female victims with ropes, stockings or a belt.
Then suddenly the killing stopped. Rader went quiet for more than a decade. But enslaved to his vanity, he could not stay silent. Around an article was published in a Kansas newspaper suggesting the public had forgotten about the BTK killer. His ego bruised, Rader fell back into his old habits and again began writing and communicating with police and the media. In March , the Wichita Eagle received a mysterious letter with information relating to the unsolved killing of Vicki Wegerle.
Bundled up with the letter was Ms Wegerle's driving license and several photos of her body. Kansas police were alerted. After sending the Wichita Eagle package, Rader continued his cat and mouse game with the media.
Some of Rader's letters contained sketches of crime scenes, mock chapters of a killer's biography, sick montages cut from magazines and bound-up children's play dolls. Rader liked to bind his victims and pose their bodies for trophy photographs. When police raided his house in , they also discovered a disturbing collection of selfies snapped by Rader.
In the photographs, Rader was dressed up in his victim's clothing and had posed himself in various bondage positions. He'd used a tripod and had carefully choreographed the scenes. During his confession , he described each of the murders in detail, but he showed little emotion and no remorse Ultimately, Dennis was sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences for his crimes.
This included a "hard 40," or 40 years without the possibility of parole. It might be awhile before we see this stage of his life in Mindhunter , though, if we ever do — seasons 1 and 2 of the Netflix show are set in the late s and early s, when Dennis played in brief vignettes by actor Sonny Valicenti was in the heart of his killing spree and decades from being caught.
In July , Dennis's wife Paula was granted an " emergency divorce " from him, and since then, his family has remained mostly silent on the subject of BTK and his killings.
This year though, Dennis's daughter, Kerri Rawson , released a book about her life since finding out her father was serial killer. For can't-miss news, expert beauty advice, genius home solutions, delicious recipes, and lots more, sign up for the Good Housekeeping newsletter.
Subscribe Now. Product Reviews. Home Ideas. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. The children eventually escape and provide police with a vague description of the intruder. After binding and strangling year-old Nancy Fox, Rader heads to a pay phone to point police to his handiwork. The Wichita Eagle receives an index card imprinted with a poem that begins with "Shirley Locks, Shirley Locks, wilt thou be mine. Rader lies in wait for Anna Williams, but gives up and leaves when the year-old woman takes too long to return home.
Less than two months later, Williams learns of her brush with death when she receives several of her personal items by mail, along with a poem titled, "Oh, Anna, Why Didn't You Appear. Seeking help from the public, authorities release the recording of BTK's December phone call to report the death of Nancy Fox.
Tips come pouring in from listeners who think they recognize the voice, though no relevant information emerges. The task force—which includes a young officer named Ken Landwehr, who will spearhead later efforts to track down the killer—takes pains to carefully organize and preserve valuable evidence. After an evening of bingo and dinner with her boyfriend, year-old Marine Hedge is taken from her home in the Wichita suburb of Park City, just down the street from Rader's house.
She is found dead by strangulation eight days later, though police fail to connect her murder to BTK at the time. Bill Wegerle returns home for lunch to find his 2-year-old son sitting by himself and his wife, Vicki, dead in their bedroom. In the absence of other credible evidence, the husband becomes the primary suspect in Vicki's death.
BTK throws a cinderblock through a sliding door at the home of retiree Dolores Davis, strangles her to death and leaves her body by a bridge. Seemingly preoccupied by his day-to-day duties as a Park City compliance officer and father of two, Rader ceases killing and BTK drops off the map. Three decades after the killer first killed the Oteros, The Wichita Eagle prints an article recalling the terror BTK wielded in the s and suggesting that he had faded from memory after so many years.
Rader later admits that this article spurs him to revive his deadly alter ego. The Wichita Eagle receives an envelope from a " Bill Thomas Killman " containing a copy of Vicki Wegerle's missing driver's license , photos of her body and BTK's distinctive signature, a chilling message that links her unsolved murder to BTK and declares the Wichita terror to be very much alive.
Art of Life. Business Traveller. Future Summit. Inside the Mideast. Principal Voices. Talk Asia. Carmen Otero Montoya lost four relatives to Rader. She said the killer was "such a coward.
Gallery: Families speak out. Dennis Rader From FindLaw. Yes No or View Results. BTK Serial Killer. Crime, Law and Justice. Manage Alerts What Is This? Home Page. CNN U. Member Center: Sign In Register. Home Page Asia Europe U. BTK sentenced to 10 life terms Victims' families confront confessed serial murderer Editor's Note: The following report includes graphic content that some readers may find disturbing.
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