Serial killers are one of the most hair-raising and intriguing topics. Dennis Rader is a famous serial killer that was around in the 1970’s. Rader was born February 9, 1945 in Pittsburg, Kansas. Ever since his childhood, he had a few signs of being a killer. Before he was put into prison, he had murdered ten people. Dennis is the son of William and Dorothea Rader, he is the oldest son out of a total of four boys. Rader went to Riverview Elementary School and was a boy scout and was heavily involved in church groups and projects. By his own admission, he says he developed fantasies about bondage, control and torture from an early age, while still in grade school. He admits to having killed cats and dogs by hanging them as a youth. (BTK, n.d.) Rader did an excellent job at keeping that side of him private to the public as well as his family …show more content…
He became a Sergeant and was stationed at Tachikawa Air Base in Japan for a majority of the time that he served. Around this time, he began to have sexual relations with prostitutes that were near the base. He went back home to Wichita, Kansas in 1970 and married Paula Dietz shortly after his return. Dietz and Rader moved to Park City where she was a bookkeeper and he worked in the meat department at a grocery store. In 1972, he worked at a camping supplies company and thirteen months later he began working at a small aircraft manufacture. While he was working, he was also going to Butler County Community College where he acquired an Associate 's degree in Electronics. Soon after, he attended Wichita State University. Rader did not get the best grades, he was a C average to D student and it would take him more than 5 years to get his degree. When the oil embargo crisis hit, he was left unemployed and found himself miserable emotional state. He did not have a lot of jobs to do during the day and that made him ponder about how it would feel to strangle someone to
Dennis Rader was famously known as the BTK killer. He took the lives of ten people in the Wichita, Kansas area between the year of 1974 and 1991. During the murders he often left clues to insult the law enforcement officers. The first murder of Dennis Rader was on the 15th of January 1974whereby he strangled to death four members of the Otero family in their Wichita home. After killing the family he left with a radio and a watch.
Dennis Rader is a horrific serial killer with the nickname of BTK (bind, torture, and kill) he was born in Kanas in 1945. Rader is the oldest of four sons. Rader seemed to live a very normal and bland childhood. Yet he was known to strangle and hang cats. Rader joined the United States Air Force and served through the mid 1960s.
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, born May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US is known to be responsible for the murders of 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991. 12 of these victims were killed in his apartment at 924 N 25th St, Milwaukee. Three other victims were murdered at Dahmer's Grandmother's house at 2357 South 57th Street in West Allis. 14 of Dahmer's victims were from various ethnic backgrounds, and 9 were black. Dahmer was adamant that race had nothing to do with it
There he spent the majority of his time in the field training and was deployed to Panama for Jungle Operations Training. He returned to Fort Ord where training continued, and he spent the duration of his enlistment. After much thought and consideration, he left the Army in winter of 1986 and returned to Littleton. He joined the Littleton Fire Dept. in 1987 and went to the NH Fire Academy to become a full-time firefighter.
Dennis Rader was an active serial killer from the years 1974-1991 no one truly knows why he stopped killing but he did admit that he was intending to kill again. Dennis even had been stalking and had a date set when he was going to kill his victim, he planned for October 2004 until his plans were ruined when he was captured shortly after that. The only reason why they captured Dennis was because he kept in contact with the police more than 14 years after committing his last crime until his arrest on February 25, 2005. According to the editors of biography.com this all started with the talk of his first murder victims began to resurface in 2004, “With many news stories marking the thirtieth anniversary of the Otero murders, the BTK Killer resurfaced in 2004. Rader sent local media outlets and authorities a number of letters.
Richard Remirez was a serial killer. Yes he murdered, raped, and tortured 26 people and was a burglar, but he was sentenced to the death penalty. He killed from June 1984 to August 1985. He killed people ranging from 6 to 83 years of age. He was born on february 29 and died on June 7th 2013.(age 53).
Ben Stinnett Mrs. Neuberger Composition 2 P.1 March 9, 2023 Serial Killer Randy Kraft Word count: 1905 One of many Randy Kraft mug shots. Photograph by San Quentin Prison Introduction Randy Steven Kraft was a serial killer during the seventies and early eighties. Though if a person saw him walking about, they would not think he was a murderer.
As Dennis evolved into the BTK killer, he starts to develop his M.O. and signature attributes during his crimes. Criminal versatility is another trait of psychopathy that’s show a competency with different type of criminal activities (Turvey, 2011). Learning from the Otero murderers, he began carrying his “hit kit” which included a various of restraints, gloves, guns, knives, entry tools, a flashlight, a camera, a mask and a change of clothes. One he picked his target, he would stalk them until he was comfortable enough to execute his plan. In three of BTK’s crimes, he entered through the back door after cutting the phone cord connection located outside the homes.
Jeffrey Dahmer was a notorious serial killer who liked to pick up men in bars telling them he was a photographer and he wanted to take their picture. Once at his place he would offer alcohol and drug them so they could not get away. Dahmer was a sadistic sexual serial killer who liked to have control over his victims even after they were dead. Dahmer who would dismember his victims’ bodies often saving their skulls or other body parts also practiced necrophilia and cannibalism.
He stayed in his hometown and started to attend Whittier College. His grandfather from his mother’s side of the family helped pay for his education. In 1933 Richard became engaged with Ola Florence Welch, the daughter of the Whittier chief police. They later broke up in 1935. In 1934 when Richard graduated from Whittier High School, Richard received a full scholarship to attend Duke University School of Law.
He spent all his time attending school. After many years of attending the private military academy, he had achieved his goal of graduating in America. His next step was college, he chose to attend the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While at Madison, he was studying to earn a masters in agricultural business. During his time at college he worked at the bookstore on campus, this was a simple way for him to earn some money.
Dennis Lynn Radar is an American serial killer who murdered ten people in Sedgwick County, between 1974 and 1991. He is known as the BTK Killer. ” BTK” stand for “Bind, Torture, and Kill which was his infamous signature. Dennis Radar sent letters describing the details of the killings to police and the local news outlets during the time period in which the murders took place. Radar brutally tortured killed four members of the Otero family.
Albert DeSalvo was born on September 3rd, 1931, in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He was born to Frank and Charlotte DeSalvo. His father Frank DeSalvo, was of Italian descent and was a violent alcoholic. Frank was also very abusive towards his wife and children. At a very young age Frank was said to have taught Albert how to shoplift.
Gary Leon Ridgway began killing women in 1982 and was caught in 2001. He was convicted of killing at least 48 women in Washington state. He was born on February 18th 1949, in Salt Lake City Utah. He held a job painting trucks for 30 years. He was married three different times.