The BTK Killer media hype began in 1974 when the Otero family of four was brutally murdered in their own home on January 15th. This marked the beginning of living in fear and confusion for the next thirty years. Joseph Sr., his wife and two children were all home during the day. Three more children were at school, and one of them would come home to find his family. In the early morning hours, Rader invaded the home and held everyone at gunpoint and ordered everyone into a bedroom to be tied up. He first tried to suffocate the father, Joseph Sr., with a plastic bag, but a hole had unknowingly been torn into it. He then found another bag and tied a curtain cord around him. Joseph Sr.’s wife, Julie, and youngest son, Joseph Jr., were brutally suffocated in the same way.
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Rader took her into the basement and hung her from an overhead pipe, and even admitted to having, and fulfilling, his sexual fantasies about her. His DNA left at the scene was soon matched to later killings. Barely even four months after the Otero Family was targeted, Rader murdered 21-year-old Katherine Bright after breaking into her house and waited for her to come home, but after watching her for so long, he never expected her to come home with her brother. Rader made her brother, Kevin, tie her up first and then Rader tied Kevin up in another room of the house. Katherine and Kevin put up a fight for their lives. Katherine was eventually stabbed multiple times by Rader, and Kevin escaped after somehow surviving being shot in the head twice while running away. Even then, Kevin could possibly be the only person to see Dennis Rader and live even though his description didn’t help in later
Rader took her into the basement and hung her from an overhead pipe, and even admitted to having, and fulfilling, his sexual fantasies about her. His DNA left at the scene was soon matched to later killings. Barely even four months after the Otero Family was targeted, Rader murdered 21-year-old Katherine Bright after breaking into her house and waited for her to come home, but after watching her for so long, he never expected her to come home with her brother. Rader made her brother, Kevin, tie her up first and then Rader tied Kevin up in another room of the house. Katherine and Kevin put up a fight for their lives. Katherine was eventually stabbed multiple times by Rader, and Kevin escaped after somehow surviving being shot in the head twice while running away. Even then, Kevin could possibly be the only person to see Dennis Rader and live even though his description didn’t help in later