Due to his preference for binding, torturing, and killing his victims, serial killer Dennis Rader is also known as BTK.
With regard to a cold case involving a missing person in Oklahoma that has at least twice resulted in suspicions being raised about him, Rader has provided an alibi that he claims refutes his involvement.
Serial killer BTK and the number of people he killed
Cheerleader Cynthia ‘Cyndi’ Dawn Kinney, 16, was last seen on June 23, 1976, leaving the Pawhuska laundromat her aunt and uncle ran.
Investigators later learned of unverified sightings in southeast Kansas after she was last apparently seen getting into a beige Plymouth with two people.
Rader had already murdered five people in Wichita by that point, although he denies any involvement in Kinney’s case. Rader will never be released from prison.
Citing the ongoing investigation, authorities have not revealed what prompted them to examine Rader over the unsolved crime.
Rader, who admitted to ten further murders, denied being questioned about a number of things and claimed to have waived his Miranda rights while being questioned by the police.
When discussing the Osage Laundromat at the time of Kinney’s disappearance, Rader brought up a bank that was being built across the street. He was not a part of the project, he added, despite doing nearby, related work in Wichita some two hours away.
Moreover, he claimed that he didn’t begin working in Oklahoma until the 1980s, after which he volunteered for Boy Scout camping excursions and then worked for the Census Bureau.
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He asserted that a ‘devil’ was dwelling inside of him
His daughter, Kerri Rawson, disagrees, saying that Kinney’s disappearance doesn’t fit with her father’s usual methods of home invasions, trophy collection, and stalking.
During a period of 17 years, Rader murdered 10 individuals in Wichita, Kansas, two of whom were children. He was detained in 2005, and he is now in a Kansas jail serving 10 consecutive life terms.
In a 2018 documentary, he asserted that he had a ‘devil’ inside of him who “entered me when I was little” and “essentially dominated me.”
In the interview, Rader—a former church leader who concealed his murders from his wife and two children—also said that he first became aware of his dark side in the eighth grade.
He has previously claimed that his motive for the murder was passion, along with a desire for fame and power.
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