welcome to very scary people. i m 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
welcome to very scary people. i m donnie wahlberg. after torturing and killing seven people, demented serial killer btk contacted police to boast about his brutal acts. he threatened more victims would follow. his real identity was still a complete mystery. he dared cops to find him. the city of wichita was on edge. wichita police form a secret task force of seasoned detectives to track down btk. they need to capture him before he kills again. here is part two of btk: the taunting. hatteberg: wichita, kansas, was in the middle of america, and nobody locked their doors. it was a great little town to be from. jordan: the morning of january 15, 1974, was just a regular school day in the otero household until the unthinkable happens. an intruder enters their home and commits atrocities against this innocent family. i saw my parent s bodies it just felt like somebody had ripped my chest wide open and pulled my heart out. jordan: and investigators are trying to piece
And that they were deceased. i pretty much went blank after that. it wasn t til very late in the evening that we even found out the children were involved, and that s what changed everything. jordan: this attacker took out the parents and the little brother all by suffocation and strangulation, which is a very slow, hands-on style of killing. it s very personal, and because it s slow, unlike shooting or stabbing, you have the option at any moment of releasing your hands and saving the person s life. the terror on the face becomes enmeshed with sexual arousal, so the process of dying is what turns him on, not a sexual act itself. relph: it was clear that he wanted josephine.
Btk wrote, i find the newspaper not writing about the poem on vian unamusing. there s a psycho running loose, strangling mostly women. there are seven in the ground. who will be next? 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. relph: there was no confusion anymore that all these cases were connected. singular: kake realized they had a big story, but they took it to the police department. hatteberg: chief lamunyon looked at the letter, and he said basically that it was time to release the letter because we now had a serial killer. singular: lamunyon made the decision at that point to go on television and announce that there was a serial killer in wichita by the name of btk.
And he can get the money in the car, he ll leave them alone. relph: the killer bound mr. otero and then neutralized him pretty quickly. singular: he tied up the parents, and then he tied up the kids, and then, when they were all in his control, he started to strangle the father. he strangled the mother. they were both in bedrooms. and then he strangled the boy, and then he took the young girl down into the basement. otero: i walked home by myself that day, and it was a very long, cold, windy walk, as is typical of wichita winters. i went into the back door through the kitchen, and i opened up the door, walked in the house, and i saw my mother s purse. it was thrown over. all the belongings were strewn about, which was totally out of character for my mother,