Dennis married Geraldine Rader in 1932, at age 23 at marriage place, West Virginia. 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. [66], On March 1, Rader's bail was set at US$10million, and a public defender was appointed to represent him. He was raised in Wichita. They then began DNA testing hundreds of men in an effort to find the serial killer. He wanted the opportunity to tell his story his own way. Rader initially worked as an assembler for the Coleman Company, an outdoor supply company. was born on 9 March, 1945 in Pittsburg, Kansas, USA, is an Actor. The police corresponded with the BTK Killer (Rader) in an effort to gain his confidence. Police found metadata embedded in a deleted Microsoft Word document that was, unbeknownst to Rader, on the disk. Dennis Lynn Rader is an American serial killer known as BTK, the BTK Strangler or the BTK Killer. Currently, he is serving ten consecutive life sentences at El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas. They obtained a warrant to test the DNA of a Pap smear Rader's daughter had taken at the Kansas State University medical clinic while she was a student there. Rader stated in his police interview that "there are a lot of lucky people", meaning that he had thought about and developed various levels of murder plans for other victims. In November 1974, Dennis Rader found a job with ADT Security, a company specializing in the installation of alarm systems. 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 "BTK killer" for "bind, torture, kill" with 10 murders and brazen correspondence with authorities between 1974 and 1991. Geni requires JavaScript! In December 2004, Wichita police received another package from the BTK killer. According to Rader's record in the Kansas Department of Corrections database, he had a Class Two disciplinary report concerning "mail" on April 10, 2006. Powered by. He then worked for a few months before entering the Kansas Wesleyan College in 1965. 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. Its not only a very evil heinous act but it is driven by someone who is exposed to horrific abuse, so something is hidden here. In October 1974, Rader started sending a series of chilling letters to the police, outlining the gruesome details of the murders he had committed and claimed to be the BTK aka Bind, Torture, Kill murderer. [82], Interview with Misty King; A&E Documentary SpecialThe BTK Killer Speaks, A&E Documentary Special The BTK Killer Speaks, obsessivecompulsive personality disorders, List of serial killers in the United States, List of serial killers by number of victims, "The BTK Killer Brutally Murdered 10 People. 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. Rader's killing spree began in January 1974, when he targeted the Otero family, who had been living in Wichita for less than six months. Despite his cat-and-mouse game with authorities, Rader was able to keep the lid on his secret, murderous life. It was later retrieved from the trash after Rader asked what had become of it in a later message. Rader was a census field operations supervisor for the Wichita area in 1989, prior to the 1990 federal census. Rader was raised in Wichita, Kansas. With time he grew bolder and began targeting human beings, killing his first known victimsthe Otero familyin early 1974. Space-X continues to reach for the stars. Copyright FameChain 2023, All rights reserved. Click here to Start FameChaining. He sent letters describing the details of the killings to police and local news outlets during the time period in which the murders took place. 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. 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.. Dennis Rader, aka the BTK Killer, murdered 10 people between 1974 and 1991. . He graduated from Wichita Heights High School in 1963. The police also knew BTK owned a black Jeep Cherokee. The FBI and local jurisdictions at Rader's former duty stations checked into unsolved cases during Rader's time in the service. Over the course of his tenure he received the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon and the National Defense Service Medal. ", "Is The Clovehitch Killer Based On The BTK Murders True Story? Paula Rader said in her divorce petition that her mental and physical condition has been adversely affected by the marriage. By Aly Vander Hayden Snapped Notorious BTK Killer: First Signs 1:25 Crime News Dahmer on Dahmer Bonus: Days Before the Internet 1:36 Crime News After several years without a known crime, Rader killed his neighbor Marine Hedge on April 27, 1985. His chosen victim was a young mother, Vicki Wegerle. 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. Rader also admitted in his interrogation that he was planning to kill again. Dennis Rader was born on month day 1908, at birth place, West Virginia, to Howard Rader and Mary Ella Rader. Her body was found a few days later. [18] Rader married Paula Dietz on May22, 1971; they had two children, Kerri and Brian. Rader wrote, "It's hard to control myself. Retired from his serial-killing days, he was living the life of a normal, respectable member of the society. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. 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. But he blew his own cover through an insatiable desire for attention.. Ottis Toole confessed to killing more than a hundred people with his partner Henry Lee Lucas. He also left packages with clues, including a computer disk that ultimately led authorities to Rader's church. According to Jeff, he told the Lawrence World-Journal that he nor his family saw any signs of Rader being a murderer. Surveillance tape of the parking lot from that date revealed a distant figure driving a black Jeep Cherokee leaving the box in the pickup. Massachusetts psychologist Robert Mendoza, who had been hired by Rader's court-appointed public defenders to conduct the psychological evaluation earlier in the case to determine if an insanity-based defense might be viable, conducted an interview after Rader pled guilty on June 27. He was arrested on February 25. These letters subsequently led to his arrest in 2005. Dennis Rader is an American serial killer also known as the BTK "Bind, Torture, Kill" Killer or the BTK Strangler. His gruesome crimes shocked and horrified the community, and his capture in 2005 brought a small measure of closure to the families of his victims. After more than one year, Dennis Rader killed again. Chapter One was titled "A Serial Killer Is Born." [32][33] After his 2005 arrest, Rader confessed to killing the Otero family. [18] On June9, a package was found taped to a stop sign at the corner of First and Kansas roads in Wichita. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/dennis-rader-btk-killer-29880.php. Because Kansas had no death penalty at the time the murders were committed, life imprisonment was the maximum penalty allowed by law.On August 19, Rader was moved from the Sedgwick County Jail to the El Dorado Correctional Facility, a Kansas state prison, to begin serving his consecutive life sentences as Kansas Department of Corrections #0083707 with an earliest possible release date of February 26, 2180. 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Sources give Rader's place of birth as either Columbus, Kansas,[7][8] or Pittsburg, Kansas. The increased police vigilance made Rader a bit wary and he did not kill again for a few years. Kansas reinstated the death penalty in 1994. Convicted of murdering ten victims, he was planning to attack another victim at the time of his arrest. The police answered his question in a newspaper ad posted in The Wichita Eagle, saying it would be safe to use the disk. In March, he strangled Shirley Vian to death and later that year, he murdered Nancy Fox. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, in the United States, He is a citizen of the United States. Rader spent hours waiting in her home but became impatient and left when she did not return home from visiting friends. Dennis Rader is the oldest of four sons, born to Dorothea Mae (ne Cook) and William Elvin Rader. In this position, neighbors recalled him as sometimes overzealous and extremely strict; one neighbor complained that he euthanized her dog for no reason. Rader maintained the image of being a good husband and father, and his family had no inkling about his murderous streak. He is currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. 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. He measured the height of people's lawns and chased stray animals while toting a tranquilizer gun. Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer. Rader was formally charged with the murders on February 28, 2005. He described the murders in detail and made no apologies. There, he photographed her body in various bondage positions. [12][13] Rader acted out sexual fetishes for voyeurism, autoerotic asphyxiation, and cross-dressing; he often spied on female neighbors while dressed in women's clothing, including women's underwear that he had stolen, and masturbated with ropes or other bindings around his arms and neck. He was killed in 1994 by a fellow prison inmate. [44] Altogether, more than 1,300DNA samples were taken and later destroyed by court order. He also made allusions to several other notorious killers, including Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz, also known as the "Son of Sam.". In March2004, The Wichita Eagle received a letter from someone using the name Bill Thomas Killman. Rader was arrested on February 25, 2005, and later charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder. Reportedly an attentive husband, he and his wife had a son in 1975 and a daughter in 1978. On August 12, 2005, Dateline NBC aired Confessions of BTK. 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