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
it wasn t an innocent city anymore. it became a city that was afraid. relph: law enforcement at the time were looking at it as, is this a one-off? what is this? there was just no reason to slaughter this family. otero: from what i understand, the police were wondering if my father s activities overseas had anything to do with their demise and what had happened to him, so there was a lot of questions about overseas contacts. hatteberg: as the days progressed, our police reporters were all over it, trying to get information. i remember the police chief checking on that somehow that this could be related to drugs, but it wasn t. so they abandoned that lead. singular: they put 75 officers on the case. they contacted other police departments. they interrogated 800 people in the first few weeks of it.