'BTK' Murderer Arrested

(Wichita, Kansas) Police announced the arrest of 59-year-old Dennis Rader as the suspected 'BTK' serial killer at his home in Park City, Kansas, a few miles north of Wichita.


Dennis Rader
The photo came via Internet search from an archived web page of the Park City Compliance Department where Dennis Rader is/was the Supervisor. Although responsibilities are defined as handling animal control, housing problems, zoning, general permit enforcement, and a variety of nuisance cases, it seems that Rader is/was primarily the dogcatcher, a job which specifies the killing of unwanted animals.

In another archived web page, Dennis Rader shows up as President of the Christ Lutheran Church in Wichita. Interestingly, both current representations of the Compliance Dept. web page and the Lutheran Church web page are out of commission.

Based upon the skimpy, and unverified, information available, it would seem that there's nothing out of the ordinary about Dennis Rader. Could be that's why it took so long to catch him. In fact, it seems Rader has done some things which might indicate that he wanted to be caught. He appears to want the limelight.