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BTK:

THE KILLER’S

FETISH

Ms. Siddhi Pant

Dennis Rader, under the moniker BTK, illustrating for BIND,

TORTURE, AND KILL, murdered 10 people from 1974 to 1991.

The fancy idea of serial killers as acquired through society was

counteracted when it was found that Dennis had no childhood

trauma. He was a parishioner, the congregational president of his

church, and he also had a full-time job that made him nothing less

than a normal citizen of the society.

Where did it all begin?

The brutal series of events commenced with the killing of the Otero

family where Dennis murdered all 4 members of the family. This

brutal murderer showed no mercy to children and women.

Dennis strangled both Joe and his wife Julie (the Oteros) and then the

9-year-old, Joey. He killed him by putting a plastic bag over his head

and suffocating him. He took Josephine, the 11-year-old girl, to the base-

ment and hung her.

Or in Dennis’ words:

“I put a plastic bag over his head, then ropes and pulled him tight. First

of all, Mr. Otero was strangled; a bag was put over his head and

strangled. And then I thought he was going down. Then I went to stran-

gle the lady, and I thought she was. Then I strangled Josephine, I thought

she was down, and I went to Junior and put the bag on his head.

After that, Mrs. Otero woke up again and you know, she was pretty

upset, what’s going on? So, I went back, and at that moment I

strangled her to a suffocating death.”