Comparing The BTK Killers And Forensic Evidence That Helped Catch Dennis Radar

The BTK killer almost got away with multiple murders. The case went cold after his final confirmed kill in 1991. It was not until 2004 when police started to catch a break in solving the case when he felt a need to communicate with authorities. At this point it was over thirty years since his first murder. In this paper we will go over the case and the forensic evidence that helped catch Dennis Radar, the BTK killer.

Dennis Radar, also known as the BTK killer, is a smart man. He was convicted of ten murders throughout a seventeen year stretch. It took authorities thirty-one years to finally catch Radar. The mistake was made by Radar for communicating with the police and thinking he would not get caught by doing so. Radar asked the authorities if he would get caught if he sent a floppy disk to them and of course they said no

“Forensic analysis is the use of controlled and documented analytical and investigative techniques to identify, collect, examine and preserve digital information.” (Forensic Analysis, 2015) What does this mean exactly? Use of control is not to try and rush and take the chance of arresting the wrong person. You want to make sure you get this right the first time. Documented analytical and investigative techniques were extremely important because this case took thirty-one years to solve.
The investigation was started by one set of investigators and finished by another set. If there documentation was not very precise it would have been very difficult to pick up were the initial investigators left off at. Identify, collect, examine and preserve digital information is crucial. If any part of the original data was change the case could have been thrown out. The smallest of change could cause the defense attorney to state the original data was changed and therefore cannot be used as evidence against their client. Every piece of evidence played a huge role in convicting