BTK Killer - Dennis Rader

[strmmrgrrl]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Rader

Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945) is an American serial killer who murdered 10 people in Sedgwick County (in and around Wichita, Kansas), between 1974 and 1991. He was known as the BTK killer (or the BTK strangler), which stands for "bind, torture and kill" and describes his modus operandi. He sent boastful letters describing the details of the killings to police and to local news outlets during the period of time in which the murders took place. After a long hiatus in the 1990s, he resumed sending letters in 2004, leading to his 2005 arrest and subsequent conviction.

The idiot probably would have gotten away with it if not for his ego and subsequent boredom.  No one heard from him for over 10 years and he started sending his letters again (guess no one was paying attention to him anymore).  He was caught within a year.

[sarabei]

This guy creeps me out big time!

[bermstalker]

Evil BTK serial killer who tortured women before murdering them says he is working on book to HELP victim's families
Dennis Rader, 69, is collaborating with professor on study of his mind
He said it is to help raise funds for the families of his 10 murder victims
Earned the name BTK because he bound, tortured and killed them
Rader is serving 10 life sentences for 10 murders between 1974 and 1991
Says in handwritten letter that people need to understand people like him
He will not profit from the project due to settlement he made with families


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The BTK serial killer is helping to write a book about his heinous crimes because he believes people need to know how a criminal mind works.
Dennis Rader, 69, is currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences for 10 murders in Wichita, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991.
He earned the moniker BTK killer as details emerged that he consistently 'bound', 'tortured', then 'killed' his victims - none of which his wife knew about until he was charged.


Now, the father-of-two and former church leader has vowed to claims he plans to help the families monetarily by assisting a University of Pennsylvania professor on a book studying his mind.
In a handwritten open letter from his cell in El Dorado Correctional Facility, Kansas, Rader revealed the news.


'The main reason for the book idea, is to help the VF's (Victims Fund) monetarily wise; something I had hoped for years, to help them and in a way to pay my debt to them,' Rader wrote, according to Kansas News.
'I can never replace their love ones, my deeds too 'dark' to understand, the book or movies, etc. is the only way to help them.
'I mean to burn no bridges and hope some day to open up.
'People like me, need to be under stood, so the criminal professional field, can better under stand, the criminal mind. That would be my way helping debt to society.'
He adds that he cannot say very much because he is barred from making or fueling profits from his crimes, but he knows the book is 'close to a deal'.


Following his arrest, several of the victims' relatives sued Rader, and secured a settlement that agreed he can never profit from his crimes or coverage of them.
The non-fiction book will not be sensationalist, author Katherine Ramsland insists, and Rader will not profit from it.
'I'm trying to make this a serious effort that will have some benefit for people who study this kind of crime,' she said.
That work involved correspondence with Rader, she explained.
His words come after his daughter broke the family's nine-year silence to condemn a film by Stephen King allegedly inspired by Rader's secrets, as his wife never knew about the murders.
Kerri Rawson, has said King is 'exploiting' the people her father killed and her own family with his new film, A Good Marriage.


The movie, which hit theaters on October 3, is about a woman who is unaware her husband is a serial killer.
It is based on a short story the author wrote in 2010, which he then adapted for the screen.
While promoting the film, King has said on programs like The View that he was inspired by the BTK killer when he came up with the idea for the story, about a man whose own family was unaware of the horrible atrocities he had committed.
Rawson, 36, and her family were also unaware her father was a killer.
'He’s exploiting my father’s 10 victims and their families,' Rawson told the The Kansas City Star.
She then said of her father, 'He is not worth all the books and the news stories and all the attention.'
Rader responded in his letter: 'I'm sorry my daughter is upset, I would be too.'
He added that his wife Paula did not know about the crimes, adding: 'The family knew nothing about my ‘Dark Deeds.’ I carried that secret until the day I was arrested.'


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This shows 8 of his victims

[queenaevadamthng]

I dunno, this guy is such a sadist. I think he is going to use this in a way to further stick it to the families of the victims.

[hamdinger125]

I dunno, this guy is such a sadist. I think he is going to use this in a way to further stick it to the families of the victims.

He scares the hell out of me.

And no way is he really worried about helping the families, or paying them back, or helping society in general. He is a sociopath with no empathy who wants more attention. "Study MY brain. Write about ME. People need to know how MY brain works."

If I were a family member, I would not take a penny from this.

[UncomfortablyNumb]

Is it wrong that I kind of want to read it? I'd totally want to read about how his twisted mind works. I'm also gonna watch the movie A Good Marriage too.

Not to say that this guy doesn't scare the hell out of me too, because he does. Anyone that can go about their family life so well, while being a serial killer, that they have no idea...that is downright scary.

[queenaevadamthng]

I think he is going to be extremely detailed about the last moments of his victim's lives. This will be very hurtful to the families knowing how horribly their loved ones suffered. He will be able to get his ya yas all over again from retelling everything.

[hamdinger125]

Is it wrong that I kind of want to read it? I'd totally want to read about how his twisted mind works.

No. Even though I know it's just a bid for attention and he's probably going to lie a lot, I'm curious about it as well.

[UncomfortablyNumb]

I think he is going to be extremely detailed about the last moments of his victim's lives. This will be very hurtful to the families knowing how horribly their loved ones suffered. He will be able to get his ya yas all over again from retelling everything.

I do agree with this. I think a lot of serial killers get their rocks off at retelling the dirty details. It's gross. I just love true crime books.

No. Even though I know it's just a bid for attention and he's probably going to lie a lot, I'm curious about it as well.

You are probably right about that! My curiosity gets the best of me...I will probably end up reading it.

[raisedbywolves]

https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/11/btk-s...ersons-kinney/

The BTK serial killer is back on police radar ...but this time we're told it's to see if he has any connection to the disappearance of an Oklahoma teenager back in 1976.

Rader said the Osage County cops wanted to know if he was involved in the disappearance of 16-year-old Cynthia Dawn Kinney in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on June 23, 1976. Kinney was reportedly last seen leaving Osage Laundromat and getting into a beige 1965 Plymouth Belvedere with two people under suspicious circumstances. No one has been arrested.

My guess is no. He liked the publicity at the end and I think he has copped to all of the ones he did.

[Boston Babe 73]

https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/11/btk-s...ersons-kinney/





My guess is no. He liked the publicity at the end and I think he has copped to all of the ones he did.

Yeah, I agree with this. Unless he forgot about it because there were so many, however that's unlikely because it would have been one of his first kills and they tend to relive those ones for nostalgia reasons. He might take credit just for funsies though so I wouldn't trust him.

[Bewitchingstorm]

Totally agree, RBW and Boston. He is too much of a narcissist and would have divulged if there were other victims.