kansas. dennis rader was 58, still living in the house on independence street, still a compliance officer for park city, still an active member of the christ lutheran church. he d been married 32 years. his son and daughter were all grown up now. and the other dennis rader? the brutal strangler who had so far gotten away with all those murders all that time and he hadn t been heard from in 25 years? btk was retiring. he was going to go off the face of the earth. or so he says. soon enough, an excuse to grab the limelight would come again. the newspaper ran an article about the mysterious serial killer, known only by the name he d given himself, btk, for bind, torture and kill, and who had committed his first murder 30 years earlier. of course, it was all so long ago. rader found his exploits weren t even front page news anymore. he says it all made him feel a little itchy.
the christ lutheran church. he d been married 32 years. his son and daughter were all grown up now. and the other dennis rader? the brutal strangler who had so far gotten away with all those murders all that time and he hadn t been heard from in 25 years? btk was retiring. he was going to go off the face of the earth. or so he says. soon enough, an excuse to grab the limelight would come again. the wichita eagle ran an article about the mysterious serial killer, known only by the name he d given himself, btk, for bind, torture and kill, and who had committed his first murder 30 years earlier. of course, it was all so long ago. rader found his exploits weren t even front page news anymore. he says it all made him feel a little itchy. that really stirred it. i read that in the paper, and i thought, i always thought you know, i d like to break that back out again, but should i?