Dennis Rader, The BTK Killer

Dennis Rader (BTK Killer) was born on March 9th 1945 in Wichita, Kansas. Was the oldest of 4 son’s. Mother was Dorothea Mae Cook and Father was William Elvin Rader. He Was in the Air Force and ended up leaving that and going to college. His Childhood was like a normal kids childhood. As normal as it can get. He went to church every week. He was also in the local boys scouts. He went to school and did pretty good. At a very young age he was interested in binding things and women underwear. He would take the underwear and keep them. He would torture animals to. But nothing major happened in his life to make him like this. It just happened over time. He was in the Air Force for a couple of year and then left. When he got back his fetish got

Went to the Air Force drop out and went to college. He went to Butler County Community College with an associate's degree in Electronics in 1973. He married Paula Dietz in 1971. He has One daughter and one son. He also went to Wichita State University. He was a family man. He hid his fetish from his family. They found out about the about the crime because he would take pictures of the crimes. He was the head man of his local church. He had a computer there and he thought no one else would go on it. But one of the other people needed somthing off of there and saw all the pictures. They were petrified. He was never diagnosed with a mental disorder. He was classified as a serial killer. He was considered crazy for the crimes he did. But his mental state did not have an affect of it. He was just crazy. Timeline: 1.Started Binding animals and stealing women's

He Ligature strangulation or stabbing with a knife. He would bind them together. Then he would stab them or suffocate them. Then after they were dead he would rape them. Take pictures, then leave. He took pictures so he could “Enjoy” them later on.

His psychological state during the crime was normal. He had a normal thought process. He would actually know he what he was doing. He just felt no remorse from it. He would get happy and would love it though. He always wanted more so that why he would take pictures of them .

When Dennis Rader was caught he wasn’t lying about it. He told the police that he did them. He was comprehensive with the police. He went voluntarily and didn’t try to run. He also told them every detail about the cries. Like it was nothing.

He had a very short trial. A day maybe 2. Once they started he pled guilty. So it only took a couple days. So they could figure out his sentences. It was a very fast trial. The verdict was a big one. 10 life sentences with the possibility of 15 years of parole for every year. So there is no way he is going to live prison. He is alive still.

He is 71 years old. He will probably die of old age or “natural” causes. He is not on Death Row. He is there for 10 life sentences one for each victim which are:

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