Editing Dennis Rader (section)

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{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = DennisRader.jpg
|fullname = Dennis Lynn Rader
|alias = BTK<br>The BTK Strangler<br>The BTK Killer<br>Bill Thomas Killman
|origin = Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
|occupation = ADT Security Services technician (former)<br>Coleman Company assembler (former)
|type of villain = Sadistic Serial Killer
|goals = Get away with his murders. (partially succeeded; arrested 31 years later)
|crimes = [[Serial murder]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Cruelty to animals]]<br>[[Stalking]]<br>Harassment<br>[[Assault]]<br>Breaking and entering<br>[[Domestic abuse]]<br>Canicide<br>[[Theft]]<br>Voyeurism<br>[[Misogyny]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]
|hobby = Torturing and strangling people<br>Sending taunting letters to the authorities|skills = Belt<br>Knife<br>Nylon stocking<br>Plastic bag<br>Rope<br>}}
{{Quote|You have to have the control, which is the bonding. That’s been a big thing with me.  My sexual fantasy...if I’m going to kill a victim or do something to the victim, is having them bound and tied. In my dreams, I had what they called torture chambers. And to relieve your sexual fantasies you have to go to the kill.|Dennis Rader}}

'''Dennis Lynn Rader''' (March 9<sup>th</sup>, 1945) is an American serial killer known for killing 10 people in and near Wichita, Kansas between 1974 and 1991. He was known as the '''BTK Strangler''' (or simply '''BTK'''), which stood for his ''modus operandi'': "Bind, [[Torture]], Kill". He would also send taunting letters to police and newspapers describing the details of his crimes.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/story/excerpts-of-letters-from-btk-killer Excerpts of Letters From BTK Killer], ''Fox News''</ref>

After a decade-long hiatus, Rader resumed sending letters in 2004, leading to his 2005 arrest and subsequent guilty plea.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/news/btk-arrested-20-years-ago-165000733.html BTK arrested 20 years ago today], ''Yahoo News''</ref> He received 10 consecutive life sentences - one for each of his victims - and is currently incarcerated at the El Dorado Correctional Facility in Butler County, Kansas.<ref name = sentencing>[https://www.npr.org/2005/08/18/4806125/btk-killer-sentenced-to-10-life-terms BTK Killer Sentenced to 10 Life Terms], ''NPR''</ref> His last communication with the media was in 2005.