Dennis Rader BTK Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Young, Wife, Daughter, Arrest, and Net Worth

Dennis Rader Biography

Dennis Rader (better known as “BTK” or the “BTK Strangler”) is an American Serial Killer who was born and brought up in Pittsburg, Kansas. He gave himself the name “BTK” for “Bind, Torture, Kill”, and he killed ten people in the Wichita, Kansas metro area between 1974 and 1991. After a decade-long hiatus, Rader resumed sending letters in 2004, leading to his 2005 arrest and subsequent guilty plea. He is currently serving ten consecutive life sentences at El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas.

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10 Facts About Dennis Rader

1. Name: Dennis Rader
2. Age: 76 years
3. Birthday: 9th March
4. Height: 5 feet 10 inches
5. Weight: Under review
6. Nationality: American
7. Marital Status:  Divorced
8. Occupation: Serial Killer
9. Famous for: Killing ten people in the Wichita, Kansas
10. Net Worth: $1 million – $5 million dollar

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Dennis Rader Age

Rader is 76 years old as of 2022, he was born on 9 March 1945 in Pittsburg, Kansas, United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on the 9th of March every year and his birth sign is Pisces.

Dennis Rader Height

Dennis stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches (1.80 meters).

Dennis Rader Family, Parents, and Siblings

Rader was born to Dorothea Mae Rader (née Cook) and William Elvin Rader in Pittsburg, Kansas. He spent his childhood with his three sibling brothers named Paul, Bill, and Jeff Rader. Our efforts to find out more about his family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Thus, the occupation of his parents and siblings is still unclear. We will update this section once this information is available.

Denis Rader Childhood

During his childhood life, Dennis appeared to have a normal childhood. He joined the Boy Scouts of America, participated in the church youth group, and maintained a C average throughout his studies. But Rader would later admit that from a very young age, he developed fantasies about the bondage and torture of women. He also involved in killing and hanging small animals as a child, but he kept this life on the dark from anyone who knew him. All of those close to Rader described him as “normal,” “polite,” and “well mannered.”

Denis Rader Wife, Paula Dietz

Rader was married to Paula Dietz from 22 May 1971 to 2005. Citing emotional stress, Paula Rader requested and was granted an emergency divorce from the BTK serial killer Tuesday. She had been married to Dennis Rader for 34 years. Earlier this year, Paula Rader learned with the rest of the world that Dennis Rader, a church leader and compliance supervisor in Park City, had killed 10 people.

Sedgwick County District Judge Eric Yost signed the papers the same day they were filed, waiving the 60-day waiting period required for most divorces. Dennis Rader, who is in the Sedgwick County Jail awaiting his Aug. 17 sentencing hearing, signed papers stating he was not contesting the divorce. Dennis Rader and Paula Dietz were married on May 22, 1971. He was 26. She was 23.

Three years later, on Jan. 15, 1974, Dennis strangled and suffocated Joseph and Julie Otero and two of their five children, Josephine and Joseph II. Driven by a secret sexual fantasy to “bind, torture and kill,” Dennis Rader would kill at least six more times. In his secret life, Dennis Rader craved public attention. As BTK, he wrote taunting letters to police and news media, including The Eagle and Wichita television stations.

In his other life with Paula Rader, he helped raise two children, became a Boy Scout leader and served as president of Christ Lutheran Church. The killing stopped about the time Dennis Rader became compliance officer for Park City, where his duties included checking property complaints and animal control.

The Raders spent most of their married life at 6220 Independence in Park City, which was auctioned for $90,000 about two weeks ago; the closing is still pending. Although the divorce decree grants Paula Rader title to the home, and thus the right to be the sole seller, another court order issued several weeks ago requires that the money from the auction be held until a judge decides whether it should be used to settle lawsuits filed by BTK victims’ families.

The wrongful-death lawsuits seek damages to prevent Rader from selling his story and profiting from his crimes. Wichita lawyer Jim Walker, who is representing Paula Rader, declined comment beyond the public court filings. “My client is a very private person,” Walker said.

Dennis Rader Daughter and Son

Dennis is a proud father of two children a daughter Kerri Rawson and a son Brian Rader. Kerri Rawson was born on 25 February 2005, a few minutes to noon the life  life changed completely. She has spent every day for the past 14 years trying to make peace with the news she heard. The FBI agent (who arrived at her Detroit-area apartment) told her that, her father, had just been arrested for 10 brutal murders. Calling himself BTK — for “bind, torture and kill” the loving, protective father.

With his wife, they have a son “Brian Rader’. She thought she knew had terrified her hometown of (Wichita, Kan., ) between 1974 and 1991. Rawson who is 40 years old as for  2018 has written a book tilted (A Serial Killer’s Daughter) that reports how her horror and anger were tempered by the love she felt for her father.

Rowson tells people that she can do anything that can make her not to be a serial killer’s daughter.” The perfect inhuman of her father’s crimes haven’t made her journey easy. Rader often spent months repeating his victims— most of whom he check slowly after binding their arms and legs with rope. Then hid mementos from his kills beneath the floorboards in the family’s linen closet.

Dennis Rader Net Worth

Dennis’s net worth is publicly not available. His primary source of income is his career. Through his various sources of income, we believe that he has been able to accumulate a good net worth but prefers to keep it private. We will update this section once this information is available.

Dennis Rader Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about him;

Dennis Rader Wiki

• Full Names: Dennis Lynn Rader
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: Serial Killer
• Nationality: American
• Race / Ethnicity: White
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Dennis Rader Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 76 years (2021)
• Zodiac Sign: Pisces
• Date of Birth: 9 March 1945
• Place of Birth: Pittsburg, Kansas, United States of America
• Birthday: 9th March

Dennis Rader Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height / How Tall?: 5 feet 10 inches (1.80 meters)
• Weight: Model
• Eye Color: Dark Brown
• Hair Color: Salt & Pepper
• Shoe Size: Not Available

Dennis Rader Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): William Elvin Rader
• Mother: Dorothea Mae Rader (née Cook) Rader
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status: Divorced
• Wife/Spouse: Was married to Paula Dietz
• Children: Sons (Brian Rader) Daughter(s) (Kerri Rawson)

Dennis Rader Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: $1 million – $5 million
• Salary: Under Review
• Source of Income: Serial Killer

Dennis Rader Golden State

Both suspects lived in unassuming suburbs: DeAngelo was picked up on Tuesday at his single-story home in a quiet neighborhood in Citrus Heights, a suburb of Sacramento. Rader was living with his wife in Park City, a suburb of Wichita.

Both eluded capture for years: Rader committed his last murder in 1991 and wasn’t caught until 2005, 13 years later. The Golden State Killer’s last known murder happened in 1986, and DeAngelo was apprehended in 2018, 32 years later.

The two are roughly the same age and were active during the same time: DeAngelo is 72 years old, and he is suspected of committing 12 murders and at least 50 rapes between 1976 to 1986. Rader is 73 killed his 10 victims between 1974 and 1991.

Both used elaborate knots when subduing their victims: The Golden State Killer also was referred to as the Diamond Knot Killer because of the unusual Chinese knot he used to bind some of his victims. Rader, whose “BTK” moniker referred to the fact that he bound his victims, also used elaborate knots that he taught boys to tie when he was a Boy Scout leader.

DNA helped lead to their capture: During Wednesday’s news conferences, law enforcement officials said that they were able to capture DeAngelo after collecting a discarded item that had his DNA on it.

Wichita police also used DNA to help capture Dennis Rader, getting a court order to obtain Rader’s daughter’s pap smear specimen without her knowledge and matching it to DNA collected at a crime scene. When the DNA matched, police were able to get an arrest warrant and picked Rader up.

Both captures were announced at a theatrical news conference: That Saturday news conference where Rader’s arrest was announced was long, and after the police and city officials gathered at the podium had all finished congratulating each other and finally revealed Rader’s name, 42 minutes had passed. All three national cable networks had already cut away.

The news conference on Wednesday in Sacramento wasn’t quite that long, but District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert gave a more than an 8-minute introduction, naming 11 politicians, attorneys and law enforcement people gathered, before introducing the Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones.

He spoke another two minutes before naming DeAngelo. The conference continued for nearly an hour and included nine speakers.

Dennis Rader Arrest

How police caught the ‘BTK’ Playing to a serial killer’s ego helped crack the case. In the weeks before his arrest, he had asked police whether he could communicate with them through a floppy disk without being traced to a particular computer. Police responded by taking out an ad in the classified section of the local newspaper, as Rader had instructed, saying “Rex, it will be OK” to communicate via floppy disk.

A few weeks later, such a disk from BTK was sent to a local television station. The disk was quickly traced to Rader through a computer at his church. DNA testing soon confirmed that Rader was BTK, a name he took for himself that stands for bind, torture and kill.