Marine Hedge's house.

Rader's route.

This aerial image shows the route that Dennis Rader took that night.

At the time, his in-laws lived at 6314 Jacksonville Drive, which was just north of Hedge's house.

Because his in-laws had an open backyard, he was able to walk through their property and enter Jardine Memorial Park.

After entering the park, he climbed over Marine Hedge's fence and cut the phone lines.

During Rader's sentencing, the court heard that the taxi dropped Rader off on Parkview Street, which is on the other side of the park (the street on the right).

At the time of the murder, Marine lived seven doors away from Rader and his family. Their houses were so close that they would sometimes wave at each other while they were doing gardening work.

Her body is discovered.

Hedge's body was discovered on May 5th, 1985, roughly nine days after her murder.

Her car was discovered in the parking lot at the Brittany Center shopping mall on 21st and Woodlawn.

This shopping center was close to the bowling alley where Rader had parked his vehicle in the lead-up to the crime.

Brittany Center.

The police discovered Marine Hedge's vehicle in the southwest corner of the Brittany Center parking lot on May 3rd, 1985. At the time, the 53-year-old was still missing.

After finding the car, investigators quickly realized that they were dealing with a homicide. There was a blanket in the trunk, and mud on the tires suggested that someone had driven it along dirt roads.

Coordinates: 37.720509, -97.261418

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BTK brought Marine Hedge's body to Christ Lutheran Church.

After strangling Marine Hedge to death, BTK put her body into the trunk of her own car and drove to the Christ Lutheran Church at 5356 N. Hillside Street.

Rader had keys to the property because he was a trusted member of the church.

After bringing her down into the basement, he took several photographs of her in various bondage poses.

However, he lost track of time while he was doing this and became somewhat panicked when he realized that the sun was starting to come up. 

At that point, he cleaned up the scene, put her body back into the trunk, and then drove east along East 53rd Street.

Coordinates: 37.780930, -97.297885

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53rd Street.

Rader dumped Marine's body in a drainage ditch on 53rd Street and then covered it with foliage.

This street has undergone a significant number of changes since the murder.

In 1985, it was a narrow dirt road that was lined with trees. A couple of years ago, the city redeveloped the area by removing the trees and widening the road.

During the 1970s and 1980s, this section of 53rd Street picked up a reputation for being a popular "dumping spot" for dead bodies.

Many murderers saw it as an ideal location to dispose of their victims. Although it was quiet and remote, it was also pretty close to Wichita.

Coordinates: 37.781339, -97.222175

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Map.

This map illustrates the distance between each location.

1) Rader parks his car at a bowling alley and asks a taxi to bring him to Park City.

2) He breaks into Marine Hedge's house and strangles her to death.

3) He takes her body to Christ Lutheran Church so that he can take photographs.

4) He disposes of her body in a drainage ditch on 53rd Street.

Finally, he returns to Point 1, where he parks Marine's car and collects his own.

2022.

This image of the house was taken in August of 2022.