At the end of 1970 until 1997‚ Dennis Rader‚ otherwise known as the BTK killer terrorized the Wichita Kansas area. Rader was convicted of killing 10 people over a 27 year period. The Otero family was the first victim of Rader’s reign of terror (Chu‚ Sieger‚ & Thigpen‚ 2005). In 1974‚ Rader strangled Joseph‚ Joseph Jr‚ Josephine‚ and Julie Otero. Left at the crime scene was Semen from the suspect masturbating over the lifeless body of 11 year old Josephine Otero (Chu et al.‚ 2005). At the time‚ DNA
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Biological Criminal Behavior CJA/ 314 Monday 19‚ 2012 Biological Criminal Behavior Biological Criminal Behavior of Dennis Rader‚ known as the "BTK Killer" which stands for "bind‚ torture‚ and kill". Dennis Rader terrorized the Witchita‚ Kansas‚ area from the 1970s to the ’90s. Over time‚ today’s society reflects that genetic and biological factors play an equal role in crimes committed in the criminal justice system ("Bio."‚ 2014). It is believed that an individual’s environment and state of
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Dennis Rader was a Christian man that lived his life as a normal person to everyone’s eyes‚ with a wife and children but on the inside he was a psychotic man. He had 10 known victims in a span of 25 years before the silence was broken and brought to justice. Dennis Radar was the first of four boys born to William and Dorothea Rader. He was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsburg‚ Kansas. As a child‚ Dennis appeared to be a normal and average boy. He was a Boy Scout and participated in church
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BTK KILLER DENNIS RADAR Dennis Radar also known as the BTK Killer was born on March 9‚ 1945 to William Elvin Radar and Dorothea Mae Cook he was the oldest of their four children he was born in Pittsburg Kansas he grew up in Wichita and attended Riverview School and later graduated from Wichita Heights High School‚ according to several reports for him as a child made some confessions that he tortured animals‚ he also had a sexual fetish for women’s underwear he would later start stealing panties
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Story Abstract Dennis Lynn Rader was born to Dorothea Mae and William Elvin Rader on March 9‚ 1945. Otero was found murdered in his home alongside three of his family members. Joseph Otero ’s wife was beaten‚ choked and bound before Rader killed her. Rader ’s next "BTK" victim was a 21-year-old named Kathryn Bright. Similarly to Rader ’s first set of victims‚ she had been bound with a cord‚ somewhat clothed and had been choked and stabbed numerous times. Rader ’s last two victims were
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Rader: ’"I put a bag over his head‚ put a cloth over his head‚ a t-shirt and a bag‚ so he could tear a hole in it. And he subsequently died from that. I then went back and Josephine had woke back up... I took her to the basement and eventually hung her."’ These words were spoken when he was in court. Serial killers are interesting to people because their minds work so differently. Most serial killers like BTK‚ H. H. Holmes‚ and John Wayne Gacy seem like normal people but underneath they are terrors
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The BTK (for bind‚ torture‚ kill) investigation in Wichita‚ Kansas‚ was a serial homicide investigation spanning decades and presenting extraordinary challenges. The investigation began in the mid-1970s‚ spanned 30 years‚ and concluded with the arrest of a 59-year-old compliance officer in a small community adjacent to Wichita. His apprehension came as a result of a creative approach that used local media to maintain contact with the killer and carefully manage the release of information about the
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I put it up there first. I think it was just — Bind‚ Torture‚ Kill. Now I had a label on me. It was like the ’Green River Killer ’ and “Son of Sam” and a whole slew of others stuff”.(Dennis Rader) That was the chilling truth of the disgusting thoughts that ran through the mind of a true serial killer‚ Dennis Rader‚ otherwise known as the BTK Killer. There has always been people missing a few too many brain cells‚ and becoming a parasite to society‚ who feed on the pain and misery of innocent human
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criminal case. You may select your own case‚ or select from one of the following: Jeffery McDonald‚ Andrea Yates‚ Jeffrey Dahmer‚ Ted Bundy‚ Aileen Wournos‚ John Wayne Gacy‚ Philip Markoff (the Craigslist killer)‚ Scott Peterson‚ Anthony Sowell‚ or Dennis Rader (BTK strangler). For this assignment‚ select a well-known criminal case and locate at least three scholarly articles from the Ashford Library that discuss the case or provide support for certain aspects of the case‚ such as a particular psychological
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Imagine you’re a 15 year old boy. You have been out all day‚ with your friends‚ or something that would make a great dinner time story for your family. You then come home to find you mother‚ father tied to chairs‚ and murdered. Afterwards you walk into another room to see your little sister and little brother‚ brutally murdered. Sounds like everyone’s worst nightmare‚ but in this case it is one boys reality. Charlie Otero was in 10th grade when he discovered his family in his own home had been strangled
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