DOCSLIB.ORG

The Trail of BTK BTK Left Scores of Crime Scenes, Including Places Where He Killed People and Others Where He Left Messages, Across the Wichita Area

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Trail of BTK BTK Left Scores of Crime Scenes, Including Places Where He Killed People and Others Where He Left Messages, Across the Wichita Area 117th Feb. 1, 1991 Dolores Davis’ body found near 117th North Meridian The trail of BTK BTK left scores of crime scenes, including places where he killed people and others where he left messages, across the Wichita area. MAP KEY 1 BTK crime scenes VALLEY 1 Possible BTK communication* CENTER *Location of communication 7 is not known. 77th Broadway Seneca 8 Jan 19. 1991 135 Dolores Davis disappears from 69th her home at 6226 N. Hillside. Her body is found Feb. 1, 1991, near 117th North and Meridian. April 27, 1985 Marine Hedge disappears from her home at 6254 Independence. KECHI Her body is found May 5, 1985, 6 61st 8 near 53rd North and Webb Road. Hydraulic PARK CITY PARK Independence 53rd 53rd 61st North (Kechi Road) CITY Hillside May 5, 1985 135 Feb. 25, 2005 254 Marine Hedge’s body found. Dennis Rader home, 6220 Hydraulic Independence, searched after Greenwich Rader is arrested in a traffic stop 45th on 61st North (E. Kechi Road). May 3, 1985 Webb Marine 96 Hedge’s 235 purse found. 96 37th 96 BTK messages leading WICHITA 29th to Rader’s arrest Hillside May 2, 1985 1 March 19, 2004 - Wichita Eagle receives BTK letter Marine Hedge’s containing a photocopy of Vicki Wegerle's driver's license 135 car found in and three pictures that apparently were taken by her Brittany Center killer. 235 Sept. 16, 1986 Broadway 21st parking lot. 2 May 2004 - KAKE receives letter containing chapter Vicki Wegerle is Wichita State headings for "BTK Story," plus fake IDs and a word strangled at University puzzle. 2404 W. 13th St. June 2004 - Police receive a letter. KAKE-TV Woodlawn 3 2 June 27, 2005 April 4, 1974 Jan. 15, 1974 4 July 17, 2004 - Package found at Central Library, 7 13th Dennis Rader Kathryn Bright is stabbed 13th 223 S. Main. Wegerle’s car 2 Four members of the West at 3217 E. 13th St. pleads guilty to 10 Otero family are strangled found here counts of first- 5 Oct. 22, 2004 - Package found at Omni Center Zoo Blvd. at 803 N. Edgemoor package dropbox, 250 N. Kansas. degree murder Murdock Killer reports 6 6 Dec. 14, 2004 - Package found in Murdock Park, Fox’s killing from Park 1 near Murdock and I-135. 9 pay phone here. Sedgwick County Court Central Oteros’ car 7 Location and date not verified - The postcard KSAS-TV 3 found here Wichita Police Dept. Omni delivered Jan. 25 appears to indicate a package was 5 sent or left to be found on Jan. 8. Edgemoor Meridian Center Douglas 4 1 Oliver 8 Jan. 25, 2005 - KAKE receives a postcard detailing Wichita Public Library Wichita the location and contents of a Post Toasties cereal box; Kellogg 54 Eagle Hydraulic it is found near 69th North and Seneca. 54 Pinecrest 135 9 Feb. 16, 2005 - Wichita Fox affiliate KSAS receives March 17, 1977 5 a small, reinforced manila envelope containing small Lincoln Dec. 8, 1977 4 Shirley Vian Relford April 28, 1979 items, including a computer disk and jewelry. A card is strangled at 3 Nancy Fox is inside the envelope stated that the communication strangled at BTK burglarizes home Seneca 1311 S. Hydraulic was the 11th from BTK. Harry 843 S. Pershing at 615 S. Pinecrest Mike Sullivan and Paul Soutar/The Wichita Eagle Pershing.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • NECROPHILIC and NECROPHAGIC SERIAL KILLERS Approval Page
    Running head: NECROPHILIC AND NECROPHAGIC SERIAL KILLERS Approval Page: Florida Gulf Coast University Thesis APPROVAL SHEET This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science Christina Molinari Approved: August 2005 Dr. David Thomas Committee Chair / Advisor Dr. Shawn Keller Committee Member The final copy of this thesis has been examined by the signatories, and we find that both the content and the form meet acceptable presentation standards of scholarly work in the above mentioned discipline. NECROPHILIC AND NECROPHAGIC SERIAL KILLERS 1 Necrophilic and Necrophagic Serial Killers: Understanding Their Motivations through Case Study Analysis Christina Molinari Florida Gulf Coast University NECROPHILIC AND NECROPHAGIC SERIAL KILLERS 2 Table of Contents Abstract ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Literature Review............................................................................................................................ 7 Serial Killing ............................................................................................................................... 7 Characteristics of sexual serial killers ..................................................................................... 8 Paraphilia ................................................................................................................................... 12 Cultural and Historical Perspectives
    [Show full text]
  • Winter 2006-2007
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA–LINCOLN COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS ALUMNI MAGAZINE WINTER 2006-2007 Q&A With Steve Pederson Pages 44–51 Photo courtesy Lincoln Journal Star M E D I A Wesley G. Pippert ‘JUST POLITICS’ The nation has been reminded in recent days of the quality of There had been jokes that Ford had played football too long President Gerald R. Ford’s life and the easy, comfortable rela- without a helmet, making light of his presumed lack of wit — tionship he had with members of the press corps. even though he finished in the top third of his class both at In many ways, this relationship was another demonstration Michigan and the Yale law school. So during the speech Ford of Ford’s general friendliness with everyone. And it seems to me tried to put on an old helmet he had worn — but it wouldn’t fit. that it also was the result of his having worked on a frequent, “Heads tend to swell in Washington,” he said, a remark that daily basis with reporters during a quarter of a century in brought down the house. Congress. It was something of a surprise, then, when in 1974 Ford In times past, reporters gathered on the floor of the Senate a vetoed a bill that would have strengthened the 1966 Freedom of few minutes before the start of the session for what was called Information Act. (FOIA gives any citizen the right to gain access “dugout chatter,” a time when the majority leader would answer to government documents, with certain exceptions such as questions.
    [Show full text]
  • Serial Murder and Media Coverage
    University of Central Florida STARS Honors Undergraduate Theses UCF Theses and Dissertations 2020 Serial Murder and Media Coverage Molly Gross University of Central Florida Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the UCF Theses and Dissertations at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Undergraduate Theses by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation Gross, Molly, "Serial Murder and Media Coverage" (2020). Honors Undergraduate Theses. 794. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/794 SERIAL MURDER AND MEDIA COVERAGE by MOLLY GROSS A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Honors in the Major Program in Criminal Justice in the College of Community Innovation and Education and in the Burnett Honors College at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Summer Term, 2020 Thesis Chair: Stephen Holmes ABSTRACT This study sets out to explore the relationship between news media coverage on serial killers and their behavior. As a result of the lack of previous research on this topic, utilizing past research on a few historically well-known serial killers and news media reports about those serial killers, this study attempts to determine if news media has any effect on a serial killer’s behavior prior to apprehension. After a review of the history of serial murder and the past findings about serial murderers, as well as background on the history of the media coverage of crime, this study will look closely at the media coverage and behavior of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer; David Berkowitz, Son of Sam; and John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, the D.C.
    [Show full text]
  • A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Decoding the Language of a Psychopath BY
    A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Decoding the Language of a Psychopath BY KERRI ANDERSON A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology California Baptist University School of Behavioral Sciences 2017 ii SCHOOL OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES The thesis of Kerri Anderson, approved by her Committee, has been accepted and approved by the Faculty of the School of Behavioral Sciences, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology. Thesis Committee: _____________________________ [Name, Title] _____________________________ [Name, Title] _____________________________ [Name, Title] Committee Chairperson [Date] iii DEDICATION It is so common to be traditional and dedicate a work of science to one’s parents, spouses, children, friends, and mentors. As if one felt the need to give back for what has been taken. But a contribution to science, and I have desperately tried here to make a contribution to science, always includes a vast amount of taking from previous researchers, professors, and scholars. Then adding a little bit according to one’s ability and then giving back not to one’s scholars and colleagues but to the whole community and to other people as well, who might find the work interesting and resourceful, and bring it on. It is for those individuals that this work has been written and to them that it is dedicated so, here is my Forensic Psychology Master’s Thesis to whoever finds it interesting and a viable contribution to uncovering the root causes of psychopathy. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would first like to thank my thesis advisor, Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Inside the Mind of BTK the True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer John Douglas and Johnny Dodd
    ffirs.qxp 6/11/07 7:51 PM Page iii Q Inside the Mind of BTK The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer John Douglas and Johnny Dodd John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ffirs.qxp 6/11/07 7:51 PM Page ii ffirs.qxp 6/11/07 7:51 PM Page i Inside the Mind of BTK ffirs.qxp 6/11/07 7:51 PM Page ii ffirs.qxp 6/11/07 7:51 PM Page iii Q Inside the Mind of BTK The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer John Douglas and Johnny Dodd John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ffirs.qxp 6/11/07 7:51 PM Page iv Copyright © 2007 by Mindhunter Investigative Support, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by Jossey-Bass A Wiley Imprint 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 www.josseybass.com Wiley Bicentennial logo: Richard J. Pacifico No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or other- wise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax 978-646-8600, or on the Web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, 201-748-6011, fax 201-748-6008, or online at www.wiley.com/go/permissions.
    [Show full text]
  • You Know Who I Am, Don't You? I'm the One They're Writing About in the Newspapers and on TV
    University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School June 2017 “You Know Who I Am, Don’t You? I’m the One They’re Writing About in the Newspapers and on TV” Casey Killen Crane University of South Florida, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the Mass Communication Commons Scholar Commons Citation Crane, Casey Killen, "“You Know Who I Am, Don’t You? I’m the One They’re Writing About in the Newspapers and on TV”" (2017). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6820 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. “You Know Who I Am, Don’t You? I’m the One They’re Writing About in the Newspapers and on TV” by Casey Killen Crane A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts with a concentration in Mass Communications Zimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communications College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Janelle Applequist, Ph.D. Bernardo Motta, Ph.D. Artemio Ramirez, Jr., Ph.D. Date of Approval: June 15, 2017 Keywords: Serial killer, mass media, representation, uses and gratifications, frame analysis Copyright © 2017, Casey Killen Crane DEDICATION I dedicate this thesis to three very special people in my life, the first of whom is my husband John Crane, who has not only supported me through this arduous process but also helped me to smile and stay motivated along the way.
    [Show full text]
  • B.T.K. Suspect Is Charged with 10 Murder Counts State of Kansas V
    B.T.K. Suspect is Charged with 10 Murder Counts State of Kansas v. Dennis Rader "March 1 - The man the police have accused of being 'B.T.K.' - one of the country's most notorious serial killers - made his first appearance in court today via videoconference from his jail cell and was charged with 10 counts of first degree murder. Looking calm and somber in his orange jumpsuit, Mr. Rader said very little during the hearing, answering "yes, sir" at one point when asked by the judge whether he understood the charges against him for murders that took place between 1974 and 1991. A public defender was appointed to handle his case (NY Times, by Monica Davey & Stephanie Rosenbloom).” HandwritingUniversity's Analyze the writing of suspected killer BTK. View the handwriting sample. Documents filed with the Court http://www.sedgwickcounty.org/da/Dennis_Rader/docs_filed_court.html Criminal Complaint Filed http://btk-profiles.blogspot.com/2005/03/suspect-is-charged.html Dennis L. Rader had his first appearance in court March 1, 2005. He was charged with ten counts of 1st degree premeditated murder. The public defender's office was appointed to represent him. He is being held in the Sedgwick County Adult Detention Facility in lieu of $10,000,000 bail. His preliminary hearing for State of Kansas vs. Dennis L. Rader is now April 19, 2005. Who is Dennis L. Rader? Dennis L. Rader (born March 9, 1945) lives in Park City, a Wichita suburb seven miles north of the city. Rader was born one of four brothers. He grew up in Wichita and graduated from Wichita Heights High School.
    [Show full text]
  • Dennis Rader
    Dennis Rader Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945) is an Amer- terminated Rader’s employment for failure to report to ican serial killer who murdered ten people in Sedgwick work or to call in. He had been arrested for the murders County, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. five days earlier.[13] He is also known as the BTK Killer or the BTK Stran- Rader was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and had gler. “BTK” stands for “Bind, Torture, Kill”, which was been elected president of the church council.[6][14] He was his infamous signature. He sent letters describing the de- also a Cub Scout leader.[6] On July 26, 2005, after Rader’s tails of the killings to police and local news outlets during arrest, Sedgwick County District Judge Eric Yost waived the interval when the murders happened. the 60-day waiting period and granted an immediate di- After a hiatus in the 1990s to the early 2000s, Rader re- vorce for his wife, agreeing that her mental health was sumed sending letters in 2004, leading to his 2005 arrest in danger. Rader did not contest the divorce, and the 34- and subsequent guilty plea. He is currently serving 10 year marriage was ended. Paula Rader said in her divorce petition that her mental and physical condition was ad- consecutive life sentences at El Dorado Correctional Fa- [7][15] cility in Kansas. versely affected by the marriage. 1 Early life and career 2 Crimes Dennis Rader is the oldest of four sons, born to Dorothea 2.1 Victims Mae Rader (née Cook) and William Elvin Rader.[1] Though born in Pittsburg, Kansas, he grew up in Wichita.
    [Show full text]
  • Psychopathy and Gender of Serial Killers: a Comparison Using the PCL-R. Chasity Shalon Norris East Tennessee State University
    East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Electronic Theses and Dissertations Student Works 8-2011 Psychopathy and Gender of Serial Killers: A Comparison Using the PCL-R. Chasity Shalon Norris East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etd Part of the Criminology Commons, and the Gender and Sexuality Commons Recommended Citation Norris, Chasity Shalon, "Psychopathy and Gender of Serial Killers: A Comparison Using the PCL-R." (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1340. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1340 This Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Psychopathy and Gender of Serial Killers: A Comparison Using the PCL-R _____________________ A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology East Tennessee State University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Criminal Justice & Criminology _____________________ by Chasity S. Norris August 2011 _____________________ Dr. Larry Miller, Chair Dr. John Whitehead Dr. Michael Braswell Keywords: Psychopathy, Serial killer, Gender, PCL-R, Murder ABSTRACT Psychopathy and Gender of Serial Killers: A Comparison Using the PCL-R by Chasity S. Norris Psychopathy and serial murder are 2 of society’s most devastating and least understood tribulations. Even less is comprehended with regards to the differences in the way these ills are expressed between the genders.
    [Show full text]
  • True Tales of the Occult, Crime & Conspiracy
    True Tales of the Occult, Crime & Conspiracy Curt Rowlett True Tales of the Occult, Crime & Conspiracy Copyright © 2008 by Curt Rowlett All rights reserved. All materials contained in this book are protected by United States copyright law, HOWEVER, I do give permission for the book to be distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast, so long as you don’t alter the text in any fashion, try to claim the work as your own, or try to sell it to anyone. Cover art Copyright © 2005 by Hannah Humphries. Edited & formatted by Curt Rowlett. Front and back cover layout by Curt Rowlett. July 2020 Revised (and still free) Edition. ISBN: 1-4116-6083-8 Table of Contents Acknowledgments........................................................................i Author’s Introduction...................................................................iii A Few Words Concerning the Endnotes and Sources................ix Part I: Tales of the Occult Chapter 1: Historical American Vampires: In Fiction and Fact....2 Chapter 2: The Strange Case of John Whiteside Parsons........13 Chapter 3: The House of Blood.................................................23 Chapter 4: Phantom Black Dogs...............................................28 Chapter 5: The Tale of the Poe Toaster....................................33 Chapter 6: The Curse of Palmyra Island...................................36 Chapter 7: A Lecture on Lycanthropy........................................47 Chapter 8: Reports from the Labyrinth......................................52 Part II: Crime
    [Show full text]
  • From DNA of Family, a Tool to Make Arrests 4/21/08 9:07 AM
    From DNA of Family, a Tool to Make Arrests 4/21/08 9:07 AM From DNA of Family, a Tool to Make Arrests Privacy Advocates Say the Emerging Practice Turns Relatives Into Genetic Informants By Ellen Nakashima Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, April 21, 2008; A01 He was a church-going father of two, and for more than 30 years Dennis Rader eluded police in the Wichita area, killing 10 people and signing taunting letters with a self- styled monogram: BTK, for Bind Torture Kill. In the end, it was a DNA sample that tied BTK to his crimes. Not his own DNA. But his daughter's. Investigators obtained a court order without the daughter's knowledge for a Pap smear specimen she had given five years earlier at a university medical clinic in Kansas. A DNA profile of the specimen almost perfectly matched the DNA evidence taken from several BTK crime scenes, leading detectives to conclude she was the child of the killer. That allowed police to secure an arrest warrant in February 2005 and end BTK's murderous career. The BTK case was an early use of an emerging tool in law enforcement: analyzing the DNA of a suspect's relatives. In the BTK example, police had a suspect and were looking to tie him to the crime. But now, states are moving to conduct familial searches of criminal databases, looking for close-to-perfect matches with DNA from crime scenes. A partial match with a convicted criminal could implicate a brother or daughter or father of the convict.
    [Show full text]
  • Xgts Ad[X]V ^] AT[XVX^]
    M V H>DABCAD;H)8jhidbYZh^\chZgk^XZhaZindj]VkZ^iVaandjglVnq?PVT" LASER HAIR & SPIDER VEIN REMOVAL Up to 30% Off on Packages All Procedures Performed By a Physician SUMMER SPECIAL ENDS SOON! www.vitasurgical.com 202.452.1332 1116 21st St., NW (21st & L) 703.533.1025 Tyson’s Corner 703.465.0666 Alexandria 301.738.6766 Bethesda 410.730.7226 Columbia/Baltimore : IN;EB<:MBHG H? u PPP'P:LABG@MHGIHLM'<HF(>QIK>LL u CNG> +1% +)). u -- 5A44++ Mn^l]Zr 0<XgTS Ad[X]V^] AT[XVX^] 4%229"!2.%2!0 Lnik^f^<hnkm]kZplZ_bg^ !TEENSHARK BITEVICTIMISRUSHEDTOAHOSPITAL ebg^hgM^g<hffZg]f^gml 5TPaX]5[^aXSP)IZZcV\Zg^h F0B78=6C>=kMa^Lnik^f^<hnkmhgFhg]Zr hZXdcYh]Vg`k^Xi^b^cYVnhq" `Zo^`ho^kgf^gmh__b\bZelZfbq^]f^llZ`^ Z[hnmM^g<hffZg]f^gml]blieZrlhgin[& eb\ikhi^kmr3Rhn\Zginmma^fni%cnlm]hgÍm D]UPXaBWPaT);^aZ"hlVee^c\ [^mhhk^eb`bhnlZ[hnmbm' [^gbhbVnWZhjZY!XdjgihVnhq ! Bgbml_bklmknebg`lhgma^\ank\a&lmZm^blln^ bgZjnZkm^k&\^gmnkr%Z\ehl^er]bob]^]\hnkm lZb]Z/&_hhm`kZgbm^fhgnf^gmmaZmikh\eZbfl 4Pa[hc^AXbT) ÊB:Fma^EHK=mar@h]Ë hnmlb]^ma^M^qZl<Zibmhe L^i]eaVnd[[h blZeehp^]iZkmer[^\Znl^ [VgVlVn!CVih bmlbmlbgZoZlmiZkdmaZm Êln``^lmlebmme^hkghmabg` " Zc_dn[^ghieaVXZq "/2!$%22%54%230//, h_ma^lZ\k^]'Ë <>=BC4A½B<8=3)$ENNIS2ADER WHOCALLEDHIMSELF"4+FORHISPREFERREDMETHOD h"IND 4ORTURE ;nmbgZl^\hg].&- 4=C4AC08=<4=C4=C4AC08=<4=C +ILLvCONFESSEDTO7ICHITA AREAMURDERSATed[bX^])2P[\PRR^d]c[TPeTbaTbXST]cb]d\Qk?PVT# ]^\blbhgFhg]Zr%bmlmkn\d 2EHNQUIST ]hpg_kZf^]\hib^lh_ma^ M^g<hffZg]f^gmlbgmphD^gmn\dr\hnkm& Bf^aSb<P]) ahnl^l%^o^gmahn`abmpZllnkkhng]^][r 678ÉhÈ:b" hma^kghgk^eb`bhnl]h\nf^gml%[^\Znl^h__b&
    [Show full text]