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Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945), also known as BTK (an abbreviation he gave himself for "bind, torture, kill"), is an American serial killer who murdered at least 10 people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Although he occasionally killed or attempted to kill men and children, Rader typically targeted women.
The earliest known crimes linked to the BTK strangler date to Jan. 15, 1974, when Joseph Otero, 38, his 34-year-old wife, Julie, and their 11- and 9-year-old children were found dead in their home.
The 78-year-old is serving 10 consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to 10 murders committed from the 1970s to the 1990s in Wichita, Kansas.
BTK – self-named for Bind, Torture, Kill – had stopped his spree after seven murders in the 1970s, or so people thought. Dozens of stories had been done in the subsequent 25 years, most of ...
I Survived BTK follows Charlie Otero, who, as a teenager, discovered the bodies of his parents and two younger siblings after returning home from school on January 15, 1974. Thirty years later his family's murderer, the BTK serial killer, was discovered and brought to justice. The movie chronicles Charlie's search for the truth about that day ...
Spree killer who murdered his girlfriend, her twin sister and an elderly couple during an eight-day manhunt. Documents found at his home revealed that the first two killings were premeditated and that he intended to murder more of his girlfriend's relatives. Samuel Little: 2014 4 life sentences without parole United States
Kerri Rawson, daughter of the infamous BTK serial killer, confronted her dad in prison after a newly uncovered journal entry reveals he may have abused her.. Dennis Rader, 78, is serving 10 ...
Parker's elder sister, Shirley Jones, was shot and killed by her husband. Parker wrote the autobiographical poem, Womanslaughter (1978), based on this event. [10] In the poem, [24] Parker notes that Her things were his including her life. The perpetrator was convicted of "womanslaughter", not murder, [10] because Men cannot kill their wives.