Welcome to very scary people. Im donnie wahlberg. The Serial Killer known as btk began terrorizing the city of wichita, kansas, in 1974, stalking and savagely killing his victims in their homes, then Taunting Police and reporters with disturbing letters detailing the carnage. Demented, elusive, btk was actually hiding in plain sight, but his true identity and motive would remain a mystery for decades. It all began on an ordinary day with the otero family. This is part one of btk bind, torture, kill. Rader i came to the back door, cut the phone lines, waited at the back door had reservations about even going or just walking away, but pretty soon, the door opened and i was in. Jordan the otero family was a family of seven, headed by Father Joseph and his wife, julie. They had both been born in puerto rico, but they moved to new york as children and there, they met in high school. Otero my family was your typical military family. My father was an air force sergeant, and my mom was a staya
and changing and morphing over time. singular: this is a change again in his m.o. because he was also selecting an older victim because he was now older, and he wanted to be able to physically control the person. jordan: btk s next murder occurred in 1991, with a 62-year-old victim, dolores davis. rader: i had cased the place before, and i really couldn t figure out how to get in, and she was in the house, so i finally just selected a concrete block and threw it through the plate-glass window. [ glass shattering ] he didn t mess around on this one. he just threw a big block through the window
btk studied a lot about police techniques. he knew that the police, basically, were looking for a common m.o. the btk nomenclature bind, torture, kill. and that s how he wanted to be known. so he then sits down and creates a very elaborate letter that he will then send to kake-tv. the writer, who claimed to be btk, admitted to the murders of the otero family, shirley vian, nancy fox. he admitted to and gave details of all of those homicides. we have an individual who apparently has the uncontrollable desire to kill at times. this individual is responsible for seven murders in our city. nobody knew where, when, why, or who was going to be next.
the police had no real reason to link this to the same person. morton: btk studied a lot about police techniques. he knew that the police, basically, were looking for a common m.o., a method of operation. he would wear disguises, so if witnesses saw him, he would look different. he would speak with an accent if he talked to anybody so there would be misinformation out there because he didn t want to get caught. otis: later in 1974, towards the fall, two brothers and a friend of theirs claimed knowledge of the otero homicides. eagle reporters found out about it and wrote a story about it. otis: and then, one day, a wichita eagle reporter took a phone call at his desk. the caller advised him that there was a letter at the wichita public library and named a library book that the letter would be in, told the reporter, if you go get that letter and read it, i think you ll enjoy it.
and he will wait for her to come home. she didn t come home for quite a while, and when she did, she came in with a man, and the two of them were talking. o connor: they hang around, watch tv. he grows impatient as he sits in a closet or something, waiting for her. eventually, her date will leave. she ll go to bed. and then he comes out, surprises, shocks marine hedge, and kills her. jordan: this one was different, however. after he strangled her, he removed her body and transported it from her home to the basement of the local lutheran church. he poses the body. he photographs it. he s going to save those souvenirs for later. and then he throws her body in a ditch, so much like a piece of trash. so his m.o. is actually shaping