Kansas BTK killer Dennis Rader pleads guilty in Wichita
Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, pleads guilty to the 1974 1991 and 2004 crimes in a Wichita court, avoiding the death penalty as the acts predate capital punishment in Kansas. He describes the killings and the victims with clinical detachment, while families of the deceased confront decades of questions.
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Jared Noble
Wichita
BTK
Kansas
Rader
Dennis Rader
Nola Foulston
Wichita Eagle
Park City
Steve Relford
Sedgwick County District Court
Ten victims of BTK killer detailed in radar confession
The article lists ten victims of Dennis Rader, detailing names ages and brutal deaths. It notes Joseph Otero and family members slain in 1974, plus Kathryn Bright, Shirley Vian, Nancy Fox, Marine Hedge, Vicki Wegerle, Dolores Davis, and others tied to Park City cases.
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Dennis Rader
Joseph Otero
Air Force
Julie Otero
Coleman Co
Josephine Otero
Joseph Otero II
Kathryn Bright
Kevin
Bright
Coleman
Shirley Vian
Vian
BTK
Nancy Fox
Fox
Marine Hedge
Park City
Rader
Vicki Wegerle
Dolores Davis
Impasse grows as Kansas lawmakers debate school funding and taxes
Kansas lawmakers remain gridlocked over a court-ordered $143 million school funding increase. Wysong of Mission Hills would raise the sales tax to 5.6 cents and tax personal income, while Gov’t leaders clash on court power. Senators and representatives spar over constitutional amendments and budget cuts, with conservatives pushing limits on court orders and Democrats opposing them.
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Wysong
Mission Hills
Marci Francisco
D-Lawrence
State Supreme Court
House
Doug Mays
Topeka
Mays
Tom Burroughs
Kansas City
Annie Kuether
Senate
Rader case prompts mixed reactions from investigators
Deputy Dist Atty Kevin O'Connor said the confession and court statements did not surprise prosecutors as the BTK case moved toward sentencing. Bob Basow, seeking links to his mother's 1980 attack, and investigators, questioned whether seized items might reveal further BTK victims. Relatives and officials described the pleas as reopening old wounds.
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Bob Bason
CNN
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Kansas University
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Wichita
Basow
Bhase
Becky Basow
Bob Basow
Park City
McKenna
Kathryn Bright
Bason
O’connor
Sedgwick County District Attorney Office
Georgia Cole
O'Connor
Chicago
Jennifer
Hutchinson
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