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The BTK Murders
Inside the "Bind Torture Kill" Case That Terrified America's Heartland
by Carlton Smith
ISBN: 0312939051
ISBN-13: 9780312939052
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: St Martins Pr
Published date: 2006
Size: 4 x 6.5 inches
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Pages: 346
Publisher's Notes
A close-up look at the longest serial killing spree in Midwest history describes how Wichita was terrorized from 1974 to 1991 by an unknown assailant who proclaimed himself as "BTK"--"Bind, Torture, and Kill"--a case that was not resolved until 2005, when police arrested Dennis Rader, a family man and church leader, who has been charged with ten murders. Original.
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