Has Serial Killer Dennis Rader Struck Again?

Published: Aug. 30, 2023, 6:49 p.m.

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When Dennis Rader, the serial killer dubbed BTK, was arrested in 2005, lots of documentation was found by the Wichita police: documentation in the form of his own writings, journals, and an unpublished book manuscript.

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The manuscript is thought to be a description of the murders BTK viewed as \\u201csuccessful. There were Polaroids of Rader dressed like his victims and in the \\u201cstate\\u201d in which their murders occurs,\\u2026 bound, partially buried, or hanging upside down.\\xa0\\xa0

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The\\xa0 Osage County Sheriff\\u2019s Office investigators have poured over Rader\\u2019s writings looking for links to local unsolved crimes, and the information inside led police to search the property where Rader and his family lived.\\xa0

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During their search of the property, investigators found\\xa0 " trophies" from at least one woman. Investigators also found chains apparently used for bondage, along with C-clips.\\xa0 C-clips can shorten chains or be used to secure a person\\u2019s legs or feet.\\xa0 We know that a pantyhose ligature was found.\\xa0 Other items found have not been described publicly.\\xa0

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