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BTK Feature Story
- Frequently updated full-length feature story about the brutal Wichita, Kansas serial killer who resurfaced after 25 years. Dennis Rader charged with the murder of 10 victims attributed to BTK. New chapters and news stories added on a daily basis, including new chapters on Rader's recent confessions.
LATEST NEWS:
• Lawsuit Over BTK Video Settled
The state reached a $30,000 settlement in a case against two Massachusetts psychologists hired by the state to interview BTK serial killer Dennis Rader before his sentencing, Attorney General Paul Morrison said Thursday.
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• BTK Appeals Sentences
Admitted BTK killer Dennis Rader has filed a notice appealing the life sentence "and all adverse rulings of the district court"
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• Lawsuits Stalls Sale Of BTK's Home
The sale of the home of BTK serial killer Dennis Rader is stalled until the courts determine whether the money can be seized to pay for his defense or awards in civil cases
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• BTK Psychologists Sued
The Kansas attorney general sued 2 psychologists hired by the state to interview BTK serial killer Dennis Rader, accusing them of profiting from a videotape of a session with him
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• BTK Gets Restrictions
A judge recommended that BTK killer Dennis Rader receive treatment as a sexual offender and also recommended restrictions sought by prosecutors on what Rader can receive or do in prison
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• BTK Lawyer Haunted
Sarah McKinnon spent hours each day with Dennis Rader, wonders how long it will take for life to return to normal -- if it ever does
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• Kin of BTK Victim Wins Judgment
The daughter of one of the 10 victims of BTK serial killer Dennis Rader won a $250,000 default judgment against him Friday in the first of nine lawsuits filed by families
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• Victims' Families Want Profits
A lawyer representing relatives of three of the victims of serial killer Dennis Rader filed court papers Thursday and Friday to try to prevent Rader's relatives from keeping $33,000 in profits on the sale of the family home in Park City
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• BTK 'Target' Now Guards Him
A woman who was once ''stalked'' by BTK is in charge of keeping an eye on him
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• Judge to Hear Request by Killer's Ex-Wife
A week after BTK serial killer Dennis Rader was sentenced to 10 consecutive life terms, his ex-wife is fighting to keep the money she stands to make from selling the couple's former home.
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• BTK's Writings Held By Deputies
The personal writings, sketches and other items of BTK serial killer Dennis Rader will remain with sheriff's deputies until the court decides who should have them, a judge ruled
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• Did BTK Commit More Murders
As Dennis Rader begins serving his sentence, questions remain whether there are other unsolved murders he could have committed to which he never confessed -- perhaps after the death penalty was reinstated in Kansas in 1994
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• Dennis Rader Begins Serving Life Sentences
As he was being driven to prison Friday to begin serving a life sentence, Dennis Rader chatted with officers about the weather _ noting how green the scenery looked
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• BTK Gets 10 Consecutive Life Terms
BTK serial killer Dennis Rader was ordered to serve 10 consecutive life terms Thursday at a hearing that allowed family members to unleash decades of pent-up anger at the man who stabbed and strangled their loved ones while terrorizing the Wichita area starting in the 1970s
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• Tearful relatives call Rader a depraved 'monster' who did indescribable harm
BTK serial killer Dennis Rader is a "monster" who caused indescribable pain to the families of his victims, tearful relatives testified Thursday at his sentencing hearing. Rader himself expressed remorse in a rambling statement.
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• Three-day BTK sentencing to reveal more details
WICHITA, Kan. -- Wichitans know that for 30 years, Dennis L. Rader prowled their streets as the BTK killer, stalking victims he called "projects," hiding in their closets, then binding, torturing and slowly killing them when they arrived home. They know he got his sexual kicks watching people die, including an 11-year-old girl he dangled from a pipe in her basement after murdering her parents and brother.
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• BTK Serial Killer Faces Punishment
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The sentencing of the BTK serial killer this week will allow the families of his victims to confront him in court for the first time. But they also will hear in graphic terms the depravity of the crimes that terrorized this Midwest community for more than three decades.
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• BTK Victims' Kin Plan to Attend Hearing
WICHITA, Kan. -- At least 10 relatives of the victims of BTK serial killer Dennis Rader are expected to come to Wichita for his three-day sentencing hearing, which begins Wednesday.
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• Stations brace for BTK hearings
Television stations this week will carry the sentencing hearing for Dennis Rader, including all but the most graphic details and language.
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• Unmasking horror
Editor's note: The following story includes graphic descriptions of Dennis Rader's BTK killings. Reader discretion is advised.The killer didn't always come out of shadows or act out his depraved sexual fantasies under cover of the night.
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• Officials seething over tape of Rader
As a two-hour special about BTK aired Friday on national television, dozens of Wichita criminal justice officials were questioning the ethics of a psychologist whose interview with the confessed killer turned out to be the basis for the show.
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• DA asks for video of BTK session
Sedgwick County prosecutors went to court Wednesday seeking a copy of a videotaped interview with serial killer Dennis Rader just two days before the tape was scheduled to be aired on national television.
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• BTK's Wife Gets Divorce
A judge waived the 60-day waiting period and granted an immediate divorce to the wife of BTK serial killer Dennis Rader, agreeing her mental health was in danger
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• BTK Home Auctioned
The suburban house where Dennis Rader quietly raised his family while terrorizing Wichita as the BTK serial killer was sold at auction for $90,000, far above its assessed value
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• Investigators Describe BTK
The serial killer who terrorized Wichita for 31 years, naming himself BTK for "bind, torture, kill" and taunting investigators, wasn't done when authorities finally tracked him down, police say
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• BTK Blames 'Demon' for Murders
Confessed BTK serial killer Dennis Rader made his first public apology for the murders that horrified a community for a quarter-century, blaming a "demon" that got inside him at a young age
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• Victim's Kin Files Suit Against BTK
The daughter of a murder victim has sued confessed BTK serial killer Dennis Rader in a move said to be aimed at keeping him from making any money from books, movies or appearances
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• BTK Allowed Media Contact
The so-called BTK serial killer will be allowed to receive letters from the media and talk to a woman who is writing a book about his life's story while in prison, a judge ruled
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• BTK Killer: Portrait of A Psychopath
Jack Levin, Ph.D, knows a lot about psychopaths and serial killers.
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• BTK Pleads Guilty!
Dennis Rader pleaded gutily to 10 counts of first degree murder and described them as projects
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• Victims' Family Reactions
For victims' families and shaken Kansas city, relief and disgust over serial killer's plea
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• BTK Suspect Dennis Rader Pleads Guilty to 10 Counts of Murder
BTK suspect Dennis Rader pleaded guilty Monday to 10 counts of first-degree murder, admitting to a series of slayings that terrorized the city beginning in the 1970s.
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• BTK's Victims
A look at the victims of BTK's killing spree
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• BTK Trial to Begin
A trial was scheduled to begin Monday, June 27th, for the man accused of being the notorious BTK serial killer, blamed for the killings of 10 people, but no one outside the defense has any idea what's going to happen
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• BTK Suspect Working on Autobiography
BTK Suspect Dennis Rader was working on a book about his life until authorities found out and cut off contact between him and a woman who was helping him write it
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• BTK Suspect Complains About Attorneys
Days before his trial is scheduled to begin, the man suspected of being the BTK strangler called a TV station from jail and complained that his lawyers have not been giving him recent court filings
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• BTK Judge Spurns Media Access Attempts
A Kansas judge ruled that the news media are not entitled to see a court document that details what led police to arrest the suspect in the BTK serial killings case.
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• The Prosecutions Case Developing
Clues to the prosecutions case against Dennis Rader emerged in an unscheduled hearing on March 31, 2005. According to a transcript of the hearing, prosecutors were concerned about the chain of custody of items found in a shed owned by Rader
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• BTK Suspect Writes Poems from Prison?
BTK Suspect, Dennis Rader, has apparently written 2 poems bemoaning his situation which have ended up with media outlets
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• No Plea Deal for BTK Killer
Prosecutors vowed there will be no plea bargain in the case against a former church leader and city employee charged with 10 counts of murder in the BTK serial killings
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• Rader Pleads Not Guilty
As expected, Dennis Rader pleaded not guilty in his arraignment Tuesday, May 3, virtually guaranteeing the case will go to trial.
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• BTK Suspect Facing 10 Murder Charges
More than 30 years after the first killings that began a reign of terror in this Midwest city, the man accused of being the BTK strangler is expected to plead his innocence this week
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• Media Files Motion to Unseal BTK Records
Six media organizations filed court papers seeking the release of sealed documents in the BTK serial killings case
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• BTK Suspect Thanks Church
The man accused of the BTK serial killings wrote a "very generic, very laid-back" letter to his former congregation, thanking church members for their support and asking for their prayers
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• BTK Suspect Waives Preliminary Hearing
BTK suspect, Dennis Rader, waived a preliminary hearing, in essence conceding that prosecutors have sufficent evidence to proceed with a full trial
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• Prosecutors to Reveal Evidence in BTK Case
The man accused of terrorizing Wichita for years, the alleged BTK serial killer, has a preliminary trial this week that may provide the public with a fuller glimpse at the state's case against him.
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• BTK Suspect a Difficult Boss
Woman who worked for Dennis Rader for 6 years describes him a rigid person that was hard to get along with.
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• Local Media Cooperated with Police on BTK Investigation
BTK's emergence after more than two decades forced The Wichita Eagle to decide what information to give to police and what to disclose to its readers.
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• BTK Arrest Spurs Forensics Interest
College students all over the country learn from this case, energized by popular TV shows.
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• BTK Suspect Claims Depression
The man accused of being the BTK serial killer has complained about depression and asked about his family, who have not talked to him since he entered prison, his lawyers say.
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