Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945), also known as BTK (an abbreviation he gave himself for "bind, torture, kill"), is an American serial killer who murdered at least 10 people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. Although he occasionally killed or attempted to kill men and children, Rader typically targeted women.

2025年1月21日 · Our timeline tracks the details of Rader’s grisly crimes, final capture, and latest public statements from his Kansas prison. A 28-year-old married Air Force veteran, Rader makes the plunge...

2025年1月21日 · Dennis Rader murdered 10 people in Kansas from 1974 to 1991, becoming known as the BTK Killer. Read about his wife, children, victims, and life in prison now.

2023年8月24日 · WHO WAS BTK? BTK first struck in 1974 and stoked fears throughout the 1970s in the Wichita area. The earliest known crimes linked to the BTK strangler date to Jan. 15, 1974, when Joseph Otero, 38, his 34-year-old wife, Julie, and their 11- and 9-year-old children were found dead in their home.

2025年3月5日 · Dennis Rader (born March 9, 1945, Pittsburg, Kansas, U.S.) is an American serial killer who murdered 10 people over a span of three decades before his arrest and confession in 2005. He called himself BTK because he bound, tortured, and killed his victims. Rader was raised in Wichita, Kansas.

Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945) is an American serial killer who murdered 10 people in Sedgwick County (in and around Wichita, Kansas), between 1974 and 1991. He was known as the BTK killer (or the BTK strangler), which stands for "bind, torture and kill" and describes his modus operandi.

2024年7月12日 · Known as the BTK Killer, meaning "bind, torture, kill," Dennis Rader murdered at least 10 people in Wichita and Park City, Kansas between 1974 and 1991. He called himself the BTK killer for his preferred method of murder: "bind," "torture," and ultimately "kill."

2020年2月4日 · Over those 17 years, BTK terrorized the public by sending taunting letters to local media outlets and claiming to be driven by the same dark energy that guided Jack the Ripper, the Son of Sam, and the Hillside Strangler. After 1991, however, BTK went silent, and the case went cold. No fingerprints. No eyewitnesses. No leads.

2019年4月1日 · On Friday, February 25, 2005 suspected BTK Strangler, Dennis Lynn Rader, was arrested in Park City, Kansas and later charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder. The day following his arrest Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams announced in a press conference, "the bottom line is that BTK has been arrested."

2019年1月25日 · Dennis Rader is the “Bind, Torture and Kill” strangler who murdered 10 people. History on BTK serial killer, his crimes, victim biographies.