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Joseph Otero

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Joseph Otero, 38, was the first adult victim of BTK. He and his wife Julie and two of their children were murdered in their Wichita home on January 15, 1974.

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BTK Killer — Dennis Rader

Dennis Lynn Rader, known as the BTK Killer (Bind, Torture, Kill), murdered ten people in the Wichita, Kansas area between 1974 and 1991. Rader taunted police and media with letters for years before a floppy disk he sent to a TV station in 2005 was traced to his church computer, leading to his arrest. He pleaded guilty to all ten murders and was sentenced to ten consecutive life terms.

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