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A Global Casebook of Sexual HomicideCase 09—The Kansas B.T.K. Strangler: The Case of Dennis Lynn Rader (1974–1991; U.S.A.)

A Global Casebook of Sexual Homicide: Case 09—The Kansas B.T.K. Strangler: The Case of Dennis... [Over a 17-year time span, from January 15th, 1974 until January 9th, 1991, a series of heinous murders terrorized the city of Wichita, Kansas. Ten victims, from nine to 62 years old, were strangled to death by a murderer who came to refer to himself as “the BTK Strangler” (BTK stands for “bind them, torture them, kill them”). The investigation went cold for many years and only resurfaced in 2004. Finally, after more than three decades of investigation, the police apprehended a nearly 60-year-old Dennis Lynn Rader on February 25th, 2005, for the murders of 10 people. The subsequent police interrogation revealed Rader’s detailed account of his horrific and meticulous slayings, with strangulation as his commonly used method of killing. On June 27th, 2005, Rader was convicted of 10 murders, and he is currently serving his 10 consecutive life sentences of 175 years in El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas. Rader escaped the Kansas death penalty rule, which was reinstated in 1994, because he committed his last killing in 1991.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Global Casebook of Sexual HomicideCase 09—The Kansas B.T.K. Strangler: The Case of Dennis Lynn Rader (1974–1991; U.S.A.)

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
ISBN
978-981-13-8858-3
Pages
141 –160
DOI
10.1007/978-981-13-8859-0_10
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[Over a 17-year time span, from January 15th, 1974 until January 9th, 1991, a series of heinous murders terrorized the city of Wichita, Kansas. Ten victims, from nine to 62 years old, were strangled to death by a murderer who came to refer to himself as “the BTK Strangler” (BTK stands for “bind them, torture them, kill them”). The investigation went cold for many years and only resurfaced in 2004. Finally, after more than three decades of investigation, the police apprehended a nearly 60-year-old Dennis Lynn Rader on February 25th, 2005, for the murders of 10 people. The subsequent police interrogation revealed Rader’s detailed account of his horrific and meticulous slayings, with strangulation as his commonly used method of killing. On June 27th, 2005, Rader was convicted of 10 murders, and he is currently serving his 10 consecutive life sentences of 175 years in El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas. Rader escaped the Kansas death penalty rule, which was reinstated in 1994, because he committed his last killing in 1991.]

Published: Jun 23, 2019

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