Dennis Rader

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Strange Puzzle May Link BTK Killer to Missing Teen

Puzzle sent by serial killer to TV station includes Cynthia Kinney's name, sheriff says

(Newser) - Since last year , authorities have been investigating a possible link between the BTK serial killer and Cynthia Kinney, who went missing in Oklahoma in 1976 at age 16. Now they're taking another look at a crossword puzzle sent by the convicted killer, Dennis Rader, to a TV station...

Woman in BTK Killer's Sketches May Have Been IDed

Authorities are poring over hundreds of sketches found in Dennis Rader's belongings

(Newser) - Hundreds of sketches were found among the belongings of the so-called "BTK Killer," Dennis Rader, and the Osage County Sheriff's Office in Oklahoma says authorities may have identified one of the women depicted in a sketch. Rader pleaded guilty to 10 murders that took place in Kansas...

At BTK Killer's Former Home, a Find 'Worthy of Disclosure'

Oklahoma authorities are said to be looking into the 1976 disappearance of Cynthia Kinney

(Newser) - "BTK killer" Dennis Rader has been serving 10 life sentences since 2005, but investigators haven't closed the book on him—and a new search of one of his former properties has returned "something worthy of disclosure," they say. NBC News reports deputies from Osage County, Oklahoma,...

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