The "Bind, Torture, Kill" killer has been caught, and the Spork has been following the story and has the scoop before the mainstream media. Apparently the guy, Dennis Rader, was actually posting messages on the Catch BTK forum, and now the FBI has taken the site down. He was also the President of Christ Lutheran Church in Wichita. It looks like he got married in the early 70s, had a couple of kids, killed a bunch of people in the late 70s, and may have stopped killing when his kids got older. He may not have stopped entirely, but he stopped taking public responsibility for the killings at least, until recently when he started taunting the police again. Maybe he got bored when his kids moved out? Apparently Rader didn't realize that police in the 21st century are a bit more sophisticated than the cops from the 70s.
More from Fox News, with a timeline. Also, here's a cache of Kerri Rader's website, the daughter who turned him in.
The BTK Strangler taunted police, wanted to know how many people had to die before he got national attention. Well, Dennis Rader finally has national attention. In the end it was his malignant narcissism which not only motivated his killings (I'm not an inadequate nothing--I'm an omnipotent god deciding life or death!), but ultimately led to his capture, as he dropped clues here and there in what is clearly a psychopath's love of games.
He probably escaped capture for so long because he had studied criminal justice, worked for the town government as a code enforcer, and lived behind an Eichmann image of absolute ordinariness--a Cub Scout and church leader. A false-self mask.
But there was one pattern in his daily behavior that indicated that things were not as they seemed--he was a compulsive bully who so terrified his neighbors that one woman hid inside when he was outside, to the point where she eventually moved across town to get away from him. Whenever one sees the combination of obsession with an image of perfection and control, combined with an abusive sadism, watch out. They may not be a serial killer, but may well be a psychopath. And psychopaths are noted for torturing animals, something a dog-catcher like Rader would be in a position to do every day.
HM: Oh, really going point about his job being perfect for torturing animals!
Thats crazy How could a man get away with some thing like that for over 3 decades and just now is getting caught it sounds like some thing that you would see in the movies on a jason or fredy cruger film not some thing that you would see now adays... glade he has been caught I wonder if people will ever find the texas chansaw massacur dude...
21st police may be more sophisticated now, as you say. But his daughter turned him in.
I think this nutcase is covered by the Patriot Act...right? He's a solider, Evangelical leader and security officer and animal hater. I'm certain he campaigned for Bush.
It has also been revealed that at the time Rader worked for the security company ADT between 1974 and 1989, he "held positions that allowed him access to customers' homes, including a role as an installation manager," the Associated Press reported on February 27th. A majority of the murders attributed to BTK have occurred during the period that Rader was employed by the company. Thus, it is possible that he used his position to seek out potential victims.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/unsolved/btk/19.html?sect=4
goober: "Covered" by the Patriot Act in what way?
It's a shame that it took more deaths and his resumed contact with police that captured him.
However this is the way it goes.
and PS Rose - the "texas chainsaw massacar dude" is not real - its a fictional story.
His daughter did not turn him in - in any case.
It has bee shown that the DNA sample they got from here happened after his arrest - and was used to verify his identity not prove his guilt or innocence.
goober: I'm an atheist and I love animals; I also voted for Bush. I don't get your point??
Michael & Keith: I think you misunderstand. You appear to be under the impression that this person is an intelectual goober, when in fact they are clearly an emotional goober.
Besides, Rader was apparently Lutheran. Lutherans are small-e evangelical, not capital-E Evangelical.
There is no evidence Rader ever posted on a message board let alone on catchbtk (in fact, he claims he did not).
Does anyone know EXACTLY where they caught him? Was it in Wichita or a suburb of Wichita?