BTK Killer
According to Wichita police, someone they believe to be the BTK Killer, who has terrorized Wichita for the past thirty years, has been caught. The suspect, Dennis Rader, is a government employee. One of the BTK killer's victims lived six doors away from Rader.
Red has a bit of history:
He sent a note to the Witchita Eagle-Beacon, bitching them out for not granting him some cool killer nickname: "How about some name for me, its time: 7 down and many more to go. I like the following. How about you? 'THE B.T.K STRANGLER, 'WICHITA STRANGLER', 'POETIC STRANGLER', 'THE BONDAGE STRANGER' OR 'PSYCHO', 'THE WICHITA HANGMAN', 'THE WICHITA EXECUTIONER,' 'THE GAROTE PHATHOM', 'THE ASPHYXIATER'".
Matt from Overtaken By Events, a Wichita native,
notes::
Having said all that, I just watched my DV recording of the press conference again and am totally sickened by it. This man was on the loose for more than thirty years after his first murder. Thirty years. More than 3/4 of my life. And did they come out and say, "We did everything in our power for thirty years and came up empty. Thank the sweet lord above that his daughter had the courage to turn him in."? Hell no. They spent an hour and 1/2 congratulating each other and patting themselves on the back. I expect that Wichita's workers comp bill is going to skyrocket from all of the dislocated shoulders.
If what the national media is reporting (I obviously can't get local coverage), then that whole press conference was an abomination. Reportedly, the daughter either had suspicions or proof and offered to have her DNA tested against the evidence from some of the early murders. When the similarities showed up, the police were able to start really making some progress. So, while I'm sure the police and other investigative agencies worked very hard for three decades, it would seem that without the intestinal fortitude of a young woman in her early twenties, that national spotlight moment would not have happened quite yet. They should be ashamed for putting forth the impression that it was all about them. Not to mention the short shrift they gave the families of the victims. That young woman should get a medal if the reports are true.
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Posted by Mitch at
February 27, 2005 11:57 AM
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Why is it that you mention he is a government employee, as if that somehow has some bearing on the fact that he is a serial killer. If it's just so people have more background, why not mention that he was a higher church member for the Lutheran church in Wichita?
Posted by: Just Curious at February 27, 2005 02:12 PMBecause Mitch wants to stress that he really believes that there's something about government work that seems to draw that sort of personality.
Posted by: Allison at February 27, 2005 02:21 PMHe was a cub scout leader, too. Maybe there is something about cub scout leaders that draw that sort of personality.
"He lived in this suburb of Wichita, the city he is suspected of terrorizing, with a wife and two children. He led a Cub Scout troop and was active in his Lutheran church. As an ordinance enforcement officer for the local government, he once measured grass in a front yard with a tape measure to see if it was too long, a neighbor said."
http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5263114.html
Posted by: Just Curious at February 27, 2005 02:32 PMActually, many serial killers are drawn to positions of petty authority. It's no surprise that this man was in this kind of position...either the enforcement position or the scout position (they frequently also dig uniforms.)
Of course, it doesn't mean that everybody in these positions is a killer, of course. Just that it's not that big of a shock.
I'd be interested in past examples that would lead to the conclusion that Mitch is determined to paint government employees as demons, though. Surely this single post is not sufficient evidence to lead to such a sweeping and petulant characterization of his intent.
Posted by: Brian Jones at February 27, 2005 06:46 PMBrian said what I, in my Sunday morning fatigue, didn't say adequately.
Government employ doesn't create serial killers, and government employees aren't any more likely to be serial killers than anyone else. But it's interesting, the number of such people who wiggle their way into positions of petty authority over others.
The idea that he was a "compliance officer" - with the power to make homeowners squirm over petty, stupid things - makes sense in that context.
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