kansas for more than 30 years largely in the 70s and 80s torturing and murdering 10 people including two children he was known for taunting the wichita local media and police with letters and sometimes even phone calls seeking recognition and detailing his horrific crimes the abbreviation btk stands for bind torture kill a moniker rader had given himself years earlier indicating what he had done to his victims 700 what else dennis rader the btk serial killer was hiding from his family part 7 dennis rader kept journals drawings photos and even materials he had c read more raders killing spree began in january 1974 when he targeted four members of the otero family killing joseph and julie otero and two of their five children he killed 21yearold kathryn bright later that year and his next two victims shirley vian and nancy fox in 1977 rawson was born the following year im a crime victim from before i was born rawson told 2020 i was born in 78 my dad murdered a young woman when my mom was three months pregnant with me so that makes me a crime victim because youre living with a criminal kerri rawson is seen here with her father dennis rader in this 2002 family photo kerri rawson in april 1985 rader murdered his eighth victim and neighbor marine hedge who lived just six doors down rader murdered his ninth victim vicki wegerle in september 1986 five years passed and then in january 1991 rader murdered his 10th victim dolores davis more families of btk serial killers victims remember their loved ones my life changed instantly 118 youre btk hear serial killer dennis raders 2005 confession to multiple murders police interrogation video shows the moment detectives hear dennis rade read more rader now 74 pleaded guilty on june 27 2005 to 10 counts of firstdegree murder he is currently serving 10 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole at the el dorado correctional facility in kansas rawsons mother was granted an emergency divorce from rader in july 2005 rawson is emphatic that neither she nor her mother or her brother knew anything about raders killings before his arrest if we had had an inkling that my father had harmed anyone let anyone murdered anyone let alone 10 we wouldve gone screaming out that door to the police station rawson said we were living our normal life we looked like a normal american family because we were a normal family and then everything upended on us rawson said she has been in and out of touch with her father over the years since his 2005 arrest but through letters she said she still has not visited him in prison after the 2020 program aired in february dailymailcom reported that rader had written the website a rambling letter in which he acknowledged her book and the 2020 interview with his daughter i think that will help her heal a deepcut wound and tell others