BTK Victims
Rader murdered 10 people - including entire families - before dressing up as his victims and then teasing the media and police with titbits of information. Like many kids, Kerri Rawson, now 40, from Michigan, was petrified of the BTK killer and turned to her beloved dad for comfort.
Killer had 'sexual fantasies' while picking victims
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WICHITA, Kansas (CNN) -- Dennis Rader, the BTK serial killer who terrorized the Wichita area from the 1970s to the 1990s, pleaded guilty Monday and described in cool and dispassionate detail how he killed 10 people to satisfy his sexual fantasies.
Rader, 60, entered the plea on what was supposed to be the first day of his jury trial, saying a long and drawn out trial would only result in his guilt at the end.
He listened matter-of-factly as Sedgwick County District Judge Greg Waller read him each charge and asked if understood, even stopping Waller to correct him when the judge misread a date from the charge sheet.
At Waller's direction, Rader went down the list of charges, explaining in a calm, dispassionate voice how he carried out each of the killings.
Rader said he broke into the home of Joseph and Julie Otero and tied them up along with two of their children. He said he told them that he was wanted and just needed a car and some food. He put a pillow under Joseph Otero's head to make him more comfortable.
'I realized that, you know, I was already -- I didn't have a mask on or anything -- they already could I.D. me,' Rader said. 'I made a decision to go ahead and put 'em down, I guess, or strangle them.'
Rader described how he killed each member of the Otero family, but he said they did not die right away.
'I had never strangled anyone before, so I really didn't know how much pressure you had to put on a person or how long it would take,' he said.
'BTK' was the killer's self-named reference to his preference to 'bind, torture and kill' his victims in the string of murders from 1974 to 1991.
Packed hit kit, Polaroid pictures
Rader explained how, in most of his cases, he chose and then stalked several people at a time -- referring to them as 'projects' or 'potential hits.'
'If one didn't work out, I just moved to another one,' Rader said.
Rader told the court he selected his victims as he played out fantasies. Asked what kinds of fantasies he was having, Rader said 'sexual fantasies.'
'If you've read much about serial killers, they go through what they call different phases. In the trolling stage, basically, you're looking for a victim at that time. You can be trolling for months or years, but once you lock in on a certain person, you become a stalker. There might be several of them, but you really hone in on one person. They basically become the .. victim. Or, at least that's what you want it to be,' Rader said.
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He told the judge he had prepared a 'hit kit,' equipment he used in the killings, as well as 'hit clothes' that he wore and later got rid of.
Rader said he chose Shirley Vian, 26, at random and forced his way into her apartment with a .357-caliber Magnum handgun on March 17, 1977. Her children 'got real upset,' so Rader had her lock them in a bathroom before covering her head with a bag and strangling her.
In more than one case, Rader said he took Polaroid photos of his victims. After killing Marine Hedge in April 1985, Rader said, he stripped his victim, tied her up, took her to another location, then took photos depicting 'different forms of bondage' before hiding her body in a ditch.
After hearing descriptions of each of the 10 killings, Waller found Rader guilty of all charges. Rader also waived his right to a jury trial on the sentencing.
Under Kansas law, Rader can be sentenced to life in prison for each charge, but could become eligible for parole.
Consecutive terms to be sought
Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston said she will ask the maximum sentence possible -- for each of those sentences to be served consecutively. 'He should serve 175 years to life,' said Foulston, who said she plans to present evidence on every killing at Rader's sentencing hearing.
The last BTK killing occurred in 1991 after Kansas stiffened its murder statutes, which means Rader could be sentenced to a minimum 40 years in prison without a chance of parole on that count.
Waller set August 17 as the sentencing date.
Rader cannot face the death penalty because Kansas did not reinstate the death penalty until 1994, three years after his last killing.
Rader's attorney, Steve Osburn, said all defenses were considered, including insanity, but after experts were called in it became apparent 'there was no viable insanity defense.'
Osburn said that based on evidence the prosecution had, including a confession and DNA evidence, it was apparent there was 'a very solid case for the state.'
Osburn said the detailed account that Waller asked for and got from Rader for each of the crimes was a complete surprise. He said he hoped that it provided closure to the families of the victims.
Killer a church president
Rader, who had been the president of his Lutheran church council, taunted authorities and the media with letters and packages he sent them over several years, some with before-and-after photos of the victims.
Christ Lutheran Church pastor Michael Clark said Rader, also a former Boy Scout leader, had been involved in church leadership for 30 years and was elected church council president just before his arrest.
Rader was arrested in what authorities said was a routine traffic stop. He worked for the Wichita suburb of Park City as a compliance supervisor in charge of animal control, nuisances, inoperable vehicles and general code compliance.
Authorities initially linked him to eight deaths, but added two more after his arrest.
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GettyIn this handout image provided by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's office, BTK murder suspect Dennis Rader stands for a mug shot released February 27, 2005 in Sedgwick County, Kansas.Tonight, ABC News’ 20/20 will speak with Kerri Rawson, the daughter of BTK serial killer. The 73-year-old murderer is now serving 10 consecutive life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole.Interested in learning more about Dennis Rader, also known as BTK serial killer? He Killed 10 People Between 1974 and 1991. Dennis RaderIn 1974, Rader killed four members of the Otero family, including Joseph and Julie Otero and two of their five children.
He went on to kill 21-year-old Kathryn Bright, Shirley Vian, and Nancy Fox.Rader tells Dateline of happening upon Mrs. Otero, “She came out of the house and took the kids to school, so I followed them to school. I thought, well, that’s a corner house. That’s a possibility. And I was in between work. Idle hands, what is it?”Then, in 1985, Rader murdered his neighbor, Marine Hedge, followed by Vicki Wegerle and Dolores Davis. He was arrested while driving one afternoon in Park City in 2005.That same year, Rader pleaded guilty to all charges.
As part of his plea, he is reported to have given the details of his gruesome crimes. Biography.com writes, “Many observers noted that he described the gruesome events without any sign of remorse or emotion. Because he committed his crimes before the state’s 1994 reinstatement of the death penalty, Rader was sent to El Dorado Correctional Facility to serve his 10 life sentences.”2. He Was Known for Letters He Wrote to Police and NewspapersBTK Confession, full version BTK killer Dennis Rader gave a dramatic, televised confession on June 27, 2005 in which he described killing 10 people. This is the complete, unabridged version. 2014-02-26T10:11:19.000ZIn 2004, years after he committed his murders, Rader began writing letters to the police taking responsibility for one murder that was never tied to him.
Less than one year later, DNA linked him to the murders and he was captured.From 1966 to 1970, prior to his murders, Rader worked in the US Air Force. He moved to Park City upon being discharged, and eventually enrolled in Butler County Community College, where he earned his associate degree in Economics. After that time, Rader enrolled at Wichita State University, where he graduated from in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in administration of justice.Rader was known for letters that he wrote about his crimes. He wrote one, in particular, after killing members of the Otero family, that described in detail the killing of the family members. The letter was found stashed inside an engineering book in the Wichita Public Library in October 1974.Rader’s story is what is said to have inspired Stephen King’s novella, A Good Marriage. One of the characters depicted in the 2017 Netflix drama Mindhunter is also based on Rader.In an interview, Rader was quoted as saying, “I started working out this fantasy in my mind.
And once that potential — that person become a fantasy, I could just loop it over. I could lay in bed at night and think about this person, the events and how it’s gonna happen.
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And it would become a real, almost like a picture show. You know, I wanted to go ahead and produce it and direct it and go through with it.
No matter what the costs were, the consequences. It was gonna happen one way or another. Maybe not that day, but it was gonna happen.”3. His Name Meant ‘Blood, Torture, and Kill’. When I knew my dad is the BTK serial killer: Kerri Rawson said a police composite image she found online, among other evidence, helped her accept that her dad is the BTK killer after his arrest in 2005.Kerri’s story airs tonight on— 20/20 (@ABC2020)Dennis Rader went by “BTK” killer, which stood for blood, torture, and kill.As points out, “He killed mostly women whom he stalked, often waiting for them in their homes. He regularly sent taunting letters to police and media detailing his crimes.”In 2004, the case of the BTK killer was considered a cold case. However, it was his communications with local media that led to his arrest.
The Wichita Eagle received a letter from someone who went by the name of Bill Thomas Killman that claimed he had murdered Vicki Wegerle; this person enclosed crime scene photos. Months later, the outlet released another letter with chapter headings for “BTK Story”, along with a word puzzle. A series of postcards and letters were sent to a variety of locations in subsequent months.In his final letter, Rader asked if his writings, which had been placed on a floppy disk, could be traced. He then sent another floppy disk which had metadata embedded on a word document. This was what eventually led the police to Rader.4. His Daughter Says a Pastor at Her Church Encouraged Her to Write Her Father.
Kerri Rawson speaks in her first TV interview to 20/20's.9PM:— 20/20 (@ABC2020)In tonight’s interview with ABC News’ 20/20, Rawson describes in gripping details what it was like the moment an FBI agent came knocking at her apartment door to tell her that her father had been arrested as BTK. “I was gripping the wall next to my stove, the room was spinning, I was saying, ‘I think I’m going to pass out’ The agent was asking me questions about my dad, about dates and things, and I was trying to almost alibi my father.
I was like, ‘My father is a good guy.' ”Years later, according to ABC News, Rawson says a pastor at her church was the one who urged her to write to her father. In a book she has since written, titled “A Serial Killer’s Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming,” she writes that she exchanged letters with her father in the months leading up to his plea.They reportedly discussed everything from the Bible to how their family was doing. Rader, in return, wrote about what like was life behind bars. One letter from 2005 reads, “You will always be my baby girl I raised right-proud-independent and now is a grown adult with many years of love to give Life before the arrest was a good time and the dark side took me away.”Speaking to 20/20, Rawson says, “I wasn’t corresponding with BTK. I’m never corresponding with BTK I’m talking to my father.
I’m talking to the man that I lived with and loved for 26 years I still love my dad today. I love the man that I knew. I don’t know a psychopath That’s not the man I knew and loved.”5.
He Was Married to His Wife from 1971 to 2005BTK killer responds to daughter’s tell-all book The daughter of a notorious Kansas serial killer is ready to tell the story of how her father’s crimes shocked her family. 2019-01-17T11:41:20.000ZFor over three decades, Rader was married to a woman named Paula Dietz. According to ABC, Paula, who is Rawson’s mother, was granted an emergency divorce in July 2005.Biography.com reports that he was successful in keeping his murderous life quiet. The outlet states that Rader was reportedly an “attentive” husband.Together, Paula and Rader had two children: their son was born in 1975 and Rawson was born in 1978.