Dennis Rader (BTK)
Dennis
Rader, the BTK killer is the first pen pal letter we will be sending out. Hopefully,
he will write back and agree to be part of the pen pal project. I have given
him the choice to be part of the project or just private pen pals. Included in
this post are two pictures, the letter not in the envelope and the sealed
envelope. Fingers crossed he will respond. We will be writing a new person
every day until the list of names that we have are all sent out!
The man who would end up being one
of the most infamous serial killers the United States would have, Dennis Rader
was born on March 9, 1945, in Pittsburg, Kansas but his parents moved to Wichita,
Kansas where he grew up. Born into a family of four siblings, and being the
eldest son, his childhood was regarded as normal because he hid his abnormalities
such as strangling animals from his family. He went to collage but dropped out
instead joining the Air Force. When he returned from the service, he met and
married his wife, Paula in 1971. It was not until 1974, however, when he
started working for ADT, that he began the killing span that would terrorize Wichita
for the next four decades.
Known as the
BTK killer, (Bind,
Torture, Kill) his motives were purely sexual sadism, and power related in
nature. He is a sexual sadist which is one of the most vicious kinds of killers
and is a malignant narcissist. These types feel no remorse for what they do,
their satisfaction and needs are the only ones that matter. His first kill, January 15, 1974, was a quadruple
homicide. He killed four members of the Otero family. His modus operandi was
specific, he would bind his victims, torture them, rape the women, and then
kill them, hence the BTK name which he chose for himself. Not being happy enough
with his crimes themselves he began sending letters to KAKE, a news channel in
Kansas with taunts and clues. He reported his second killing to the police,
calling 911 and advising them of where the victims would be found.
Mr. Rader was caught in 2004
because of his need for notoriety. He mistakenly believed that law enforcement
must tell the truth. Instead, he was caught because of digital information on
the floppy disk that he sent leading back to his church, where he was a deacon.
By the time he was caught he had 10 murders and no remorse at all. He seemed
very proud of his accomplishments and told the court unashamedly what he did
and how he did it.
Hopefully
we will shed some light on this serial killer through our correspondence with
him. It will be very interesting to see what he writes back!
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