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William Mortensen (1897- 12 August 1965) In Missa Interfectionis 1928.
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Dennis Rader (1945-?) PART TWO
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By 2004 the BTK investigation was considered to be a cold case. That is, until Rader began communicating with the local media, which led to his arrest in February 2005. In March 2004, The Wichita Eagle received a letter from someone with the return address Bill Thomas Killman. In the letter, the author claimed to have murdered Vicki Wegerle on September 16, 1986 – the letter included photographs of the crime scene & a photocopy of her driver’s licence, which had been missing from the crime scene. Before this point, it had never been definitively determined that Wegerle was killed by BTK. DNA collected from underneath Wegerle’s fingernails gave police new evidence, with which they tested hundreds of local men in an effort to find the killer. Over 1,300 DNA samples were taken & later destroyed by court order. In May 2004, TV station KAKE received a letter with chapter titles for the “BTK Story,” along with fake IDs & a word puzzle. On June 9, 2004, a package was discovered attached to a stop sign on the corner of 1st & Kansas in Wichita, containing graphic descriptions of the Otero murders with a sketch titled “The Sexual Thrill Is My Bill.” The enclosed chapter list closely mimicked a story written in 1999 by Court TV crime writer David Lohr. In July of the same year a package was left in the return slot at the downtown public library which contained more BTK material, including the claim of being responsible for the death of 19-year-old Jake Allen in Argonia, Kansas earlier the same month. The claim was false & the death was later ruled a suicide. Following his capture, Rader admitted that he was planning a new murder & had set a date of October 2004 – he had already begun stalking his intended victim. In October, an envelope was dropped into a UPS box in Wichita containing cards with images of terror and bondage of children pasted onto them, a poem threatening investigator Lt. Ken Landwehr & a false autobiography with details about BTK’s life. The details were later released to the public. In December 2004 Wichita police got another package from the BTK killer, this one found in Murdock Park. It contained the driver’s licence of Nancy Fox, which was noted as being missing from the crime scene, as well as a doll that was bound at the hands & feet with a bag over its head. In January 2005, Rader tried to leave a cereal box in the bed of a truck near a Home Depot store, but the box was thrown out by the truck’s owner. It was later found in the trash after Rader asked what had happened to it in a later missive. CCTV footage of the parking lot from that day showed a figure driving a black Jeep Cherokee leaving the package. In February more postcards were sent to KAKE & another cereal box was left in a remote location. The box contained another tied-up doll, meant to symbolise the murder of 11-year-old Josephine Otero. In letters to law enforcement Rader asked if his writings, if written on a floppy disk, could be traced. Police used a newspaper ad to tell him it would be safe to use the disk – this was a lie. On February 16, 2005, Rader sent a floppy disk to KSAS-TV in Wichita along with a letter, a gold necklace with a large medallion & a photocopy of the cover of a 1989 novel about a serial killer (Rule of Prey by John Sandford). Police investigated the disk & discovered metadata embedded in a deleted Microsoft Word document that was unwittingly left on the floppy disk. This information led to Christ Lutheran Church, last modified by a user named “Dennis.” An internet search showed that a Dennis Rader was president of the church council, and from the Home Depot incident they knew BTK owned a black Jeep Cherokee – when investigators drove past Rader’s home, they noticed the same model car parked outside. Police had strong circumstantial evidence against Rader but needed more in order to arrest him. They got a warrant to get DNA, which they obtained from a pap smear that Rader’s daughter had taken at the Kansas State University medical clinic when she was a student there. The DNA was processed by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at their Topeka lab – it demonstrated a familial match to the DNA of the same taken from underneath Vicki Wegerle’s fingernails. This suggested that the killer was closely related to Rader’s daughter & was the evidence that police needed to make an arrest.
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Dennis Rader teaching Kerri how to fish in 1982.
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The Nancy Fox doll that Dennis Rader sent in his cat-and-mouse communications with the police and media. On December 9, 1977, Nancy Fox was found by police, bound and strangled in her home, after Rader placed an anonymous call to the police, guiding them to the crime scene.
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ORGANIZED VS UNORGANZIED
ORGANIZED SERIAL MURDER
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Characteristics of the individual:
Able to blend in, be normal
Educated/Intelligent
Good hygiene
Cunning and Charming
Manipulative
Articulate
Will spend years creating a fantasy world
A stressful life event will trigger the leap from fantasy to reality
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(well, pre-Florida Bundy)
Characteristics of their crime:
Crimes are well planned
Has a certain ‘type’, victim preference
Stalks out victim/area prior to attack
Will bring the weapon or a ‘kill’ kit
Requires complete control and privacy
Uses restraints on victims
Prefers to woo victims by socializing with them first
Clean murder scene, will remove evidence or murder weapon
Will move body around for sex, dismember or staging
Follows them self and the case in the media
Familiar with police investigation methods
Improves with each murder
They love a good trophy
This type of killer generally leaves three separate crime scenes:
Where the victims is confronted
Where the victim is killed
Where the victim is disposed of
DISORGANIZED SERIAL MURDER
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Characteristics of the individual
Below average intelligence
Socially awkward
Uneducated
Unpredictable
Sexually incompetent
Father’s work unstable
Harsh discipline as child
Anxious mood during crime
Living alone
Lives/works near crime scene
Minimal interest in news media
Poor hygiene
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Characteristics of their crime
Quick & Sudden kills
Messy, chaotic crime scenes
Active at night
May relive the crime with visits/calls to the family.
Minimal conversation
Minimal use of restraints
Body left at place of death
Victims based on opportunity
Use weapons at the scene
Overkill is common
Less likely to take a souvenir, but if they do it’s something weird like a nipple
There is a third, grey area of a ‘mixed’ category and that happens because of individual personality differences or they’re going through a psychological transformation.  Another reason is it’s hard to fit serial killers in a neat little box.
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(Photo: Wichita Police Department/via Murderpedia/Public Domain)
In 2005, Rader placed a cereal box with the words “Bomb” and “BTK” into the bed of a pickup truck at Home Depot. The owner of the truck didn’t give the box much thought when he tossed it into the trash, but BTK was hoping the item would bring panic to the community. In a letter to police, BTK mentioned the cryptic cereal box.
With the tip, authorities eventually found the marked Special K box, which contained vital information about Rader’s victims.
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Dennis Rader aka the Btk killer in the 80s during one of his Motel parties.
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The BTK killer would often take photos of himself dressed up as his victims and bind himself as a way of living out his sexual fantasies.
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Jarkeius Adside was just a year old when he was abducted from his babysitter’s house in Miami, Florida on 18 October 2001.
At the time of his disappearance, Jarkeius was living with his babysitter, Gwendolyn Brown, due to both his parents being incarcerated. When Brown reported Jarkeius missing, she explained that she’d only just realised that he was gone. She told investigators that upon returning home from taking her teenage daughter to the bus stop, her house was ambushed by three unidentified, armed men.
The intruders bound both Brown and her boyfriend, Jeffrey Cochran with duct tape while demanding money. In their reports to police, Brown and Cochran mentioned hearing a gunshot. Police were immediately skeptical of their story, asking why it took them so long to call for help. Brown replied that it had taken them two hours to free themselves from their bonds. They added that they once free, they realised the house had been ransacked, numerous items were missing and that Jarkeius was nowhere to be seen.
In a search of the residence, police found bloodstained sheets and a mattress, which is where they supposed Jarkeius was shot. Investigators aren’t sure why the intruders would kill or seriously harm baby Jarkeius and then take him with them. In addition to the stained bed, Jarkeius’ blood was also found in other areas of the house as well as several grams of cocaine. The cocaine led to both Brown and Cochran being arrested on drug charges.
Jarkeius’ mother has expressed that she believes Brown and Cochran’s story, however she adds that she’s positive that Jarkeius is alive and being raised by someone else.
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À travers la forêt (Jean-Paul Civeyrac, 2005)
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Richard Siken, Self-Portrait Against Red Wallpaper
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The police caught and arrested him. But despite the heinous and violent crimes he was credibly accused of, he was released without bail. He was free for three months AFTER police discovered  that he was abusing 12 underage black girls.
Chrystul Kizer was raped and trafficked by this man for years.
She’s now facing life in prison for defending herself against her attacker.
Free Chrystul Kizer!!!
Pls spread help spread the news!
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Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)
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From Abuse Victim to Killer to Public Defender – Stacey Lannert
When Stacey Lannert was a young girl, she doted on her father, Tom Lannert. She felt like her father “was like superman.” However, when Tom and Stacey’s mother, Tina,  divorced and her mother moved from St. Louis to Guam, Tom’s drinking escalated.
Stacey began to notice her father physically abuse her younger sister, Christy. When Stacey turned eight, Tom turned his attention to her and not only did he begin to physically abuse her, but he began to sexually abuse her as well. He threatened both sisters, and out of fear, they remained quiet although the signs of abuse were evident.
After a decade of abuse, Stacey decided that enough was enough. On 4 July, 1991, 18-year-old Stacey crept downstairs as her inebriated father was passed out on the couch. She raised a rifle and shot him once in the shoulder and then once in the head.
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