1. Dennis Rader (BTK Killer)

2. Background Born in Pittsburg, Kansas
Parents are Dorothea and William Rader
Oldest of four sons
Graduated from Wichita State University
Married to Paula Dietz
Had two children
Worked for ADT Security

3. Crimes Crime Date Victim(s) Punishment Murder January 1974
Otero Family
4 Life Sentences
April 1974
Kathryn Bright
Life Sentence
March 1977
Shirley Vian
December 1977
Nancy Fox
April 1985
Marine Hedge
September 1986
Vicki Wegerle
January 1991
Dolores E. Davis

4. Most Recent Crime (1991) Threw a brick through house window
Broke into house
Handcuffed Woman and strangled to death
Took body and placed it underneath a bridge

5. Sentence Sentenced to life in prison without parole
Serving time at El Dorado Correctional Facility

6. Cultural References
Book: Inside the Mind of BTK- The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer

7. Theory
Ritualism sociology theory because Dennis Rader had a normal life and a job that kept him going. He always had the thrill of torturing things in the back of his mind. He always blended into the background in high school. He would hang and kill animals as a kid so he always had a passion for it. That’s why he is Ritualism because that was his ritual. Rader crimes probably came from his childhood with his liking of torturing. Also his father wasn’t really around for his childhood because he was always working.