The BTK Killer - Dennis Rader

By iamaphoto

  • Birth

    Dennis Rader is born in Pittsburg, Kansas.

  • Otero family is killed

    Joseph and Julie Otero and two of their children, Junior and Josephine are killed in their home. Joseph and Joseph Junior are suffocated, Julie is strangled, and Josephine is hanged.

  • Kathryn Bright is killed

    Kathryn Doreen Bright

  • Shirley Ruth Vian Relford is killed

    Shirley Ruth Vian Relford

  • Nancy Fox is killed

    Nancy Jo Fox

  • Marine Hedge is killed

    Marine Wallace Hedge

  • Vicki Wegerle is killed

    Vicki Lynn Wegerle

  • Dolores Davis is killed

    Dolores Earline Johnson Davis

  • Arrest

    Dennis Rader is arrested while driving near his home.

  • Rader is charged

    Rader is charged with 10 counts of first degree murder.

  • Bail is set

    Rader's bail is set at $10 million, and a public defender is appointed to represent him

  • Not guilty plea

    A not guilty plea is entered on Rader's behalf

  • Trial

    Rader changes his plea to guilty and describes the murders in detail

  • Sentencing

    Rader is sentenced to 10 consecutive life sentences, with a minimum of 175 years.