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Dennis
Lynn RADER
A.K.A.: "The BTK killer"
Classification:
Serial killer
Characteristics: Sadist -
Fetishist
Number of victims: 10
Date of murders: 1974 - 1991
Date
of arrest:
February 25,
2005
Date of birth:
March 9,
1945
Victims profile: Joseph
Otero, 38, his wife Julie, 34, and two of their children: Joseph
II, 9, and Josephine, 11 /
Kathryn Bright, 21 / Shirley Vian, 24 / Nancy Fox, 25 / Marine Hedge,
53 / Vicki Wegerle, 28 / Dolores E. Davis, 62
Method of murder: Ligature strangulation - Stabbing
with knife
Location: Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Status: Sentenced to serve 10 consecutive life
sentences
on August 18, 2005.
Rader would be eligible for parole after 175
years of imprisonment
State of Kansas v. Dennis
Rader
August 17-18, 2005
The sentencing hearing for
Dennis Rader was held and resulted in Judge Gregory Waller
imposing ten life sentences to run consecutively. Judge Waller
also imposed the "Hard 40" for the murder of Dolores Davis.
Dennis Rader was transported to the Kansas Dept. of Corrections
where he will be required to serve 175 years before parole
eligibility.
August 11, 2005
A Motion to Compel Discovery
was filed by the State and heard by Judge Richard Ballinger on
August 10, 2005. Judge Ballinger sustained the motion.
June 27, 2005
Dennis Rader entered guilty
pleas to 10 counts of first degree murder today. He waived his
right to a jury deciding the aggravating circumstances for the
Hard 40 sentence. The State rejected his waiver of evidence to
support the aggravating circumstances for the Hard 40 sentence.
Judge Gregory Waller will hear that issue at the beginning of
the sentencing proceeding scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. on
August 17, 2005. Judge Gregory Waller ordered a Pre-sentence
Investigation to be completed and will sentence Dennis Rader for
all of the murder convictions at the sentencing hearing.
May 6, 2005
The defense filed a motion for discovery and
requested a hearing today at 9:30. The defendant waived a full
and fair hearing. The state and the defendant agreed that the
motion for discovery should only be sustained as to discovery
and inspection that is required by Kansas Statute K.S.A. 22-3212
and case law, and that the defendant's motion should be
overruled as to any definitions, discovery and inspection that
go beyond established law.
May 3, 2005
Dennis Rader stood mute at his
arraignment today, Judge Waller entered a not guilty plea on his
behalf and set the jury trial on June 27, 2005. District
Attorney Nola Foulston served the Notice of Intent to Request
Separate Sentencing Proceeding for the "Hard 40" for the murder
of Dolores "Dee" Davis on the defendant and counsel.
April 19, 2005
Dennis L. Rader waived his
right to preliminary hearing in court this morning. Judge Waller
granted his attorney's request that his arraignment be set on
May 3, 2005, at 9:00 a.m.
March 15, 2005
District Attorney
Nola Tedesco Foulston responds to public inquiry today regarding
the status of evidence taken during the investigation of the
homicides of Joseph Otero, Julie Otero, Josephine Otero, Joseph
Otero, Jr., Kathryn Bright, Shirley Vian, Nancy Fox, Marine
Hedge, Vicki Wegerle and Dolores Davis.
March 10, 2005
The preliminary hearing for
State of Kansas vs. Dennis L. Rader has been continued from
March 15, 2005 to April 19, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. at the request of
the defense.
March 1, 2005
Dennis L. Rader had his first
appearance in court today and was charged with ten counts of 1st
degree premeditated murder. The public defender's office was
appointed to represent him. His preliminary hearing is scheduled
for March 15, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. He is being held in the Sedgwick
County Adult Detention Facility in lieu of $10,000,000 bail.
February 28, 2005
The first appearance for
Dennis Rader has been scheduled for Tuesday, March 1st, at 11:00
a.m. All media requests for the hearing must be coordinated
through the Court's Media Coordinator. The charging document
will be available on our website late tomorrow.
The first appearance for
Dennis Rader will be held on Tuesday, March 1st. It is expected
that this will not be at 3:00. The specific time will be
announced.
Dennis L. Rader has been
arrested and is being held on $10,000,000 probable cause bond.
Formal charges are expected this week. Once Mr. Rader has made a
first appearance in this case, the charging document will be
available on this site.
