BTK Locations
The geography of the BTK murders.
This is a list of locations and residential addresses associated with Dennis Rader (BTK).
Rader murdered ten victims in Wichita, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991.
The list includes crime scenes, GPS coordinates, photographs, and detailed background information.
Wichita, Kansas
Vicki Wegerle's house
In September 1986, Rader murdered 28-year-old Vicki Wegerle at this house in the Indian Hills Riverbend neighborhood of Wichita.
Wichita, Kansas
Nancy Fox's house
In December 1977, BTK murdered 25-year-old Nancy Jo Fox at this house on South Pershing Street. The next day, he called 911 from a payphone and anonymously reported the crime.
Wichita, Kansas
Shirley Vian Relford's house
In March 1977, Rader strangled 26-year-old Shirley Vian Relford to death at this house in Linwood.
During the brutal murder, he locked her three children in the bathroom.
Wichita, Kansas
Kathryn Bright's house
In April 1974, the BTK killer murdered 21-year-old college student Kathryn Bright at 3217 East 13th Street North in Fairmount. Despite being shot twice, her younger brother Kevin managed to survive the attack.
Wichita, Kansas
The Otero family home
In January 1974, Rader murdered four members of the Otero family at this house on North Edgemoor Street. This was his first known attack.
Park City, Kansas
Dennis Rader's house
Rader and his family lived in this Park City home from the early 1980s until his arrest in February 2005.
The house was demolished in 2007, and the site is now an empty lot.
Wichita, Kansas
Dolores Davis' house
In January 1991, Rader murdered 62-year-old Dolores Davis at this house in Park City.
Davis was his final victim. Her body was discovered underneath a bridge 13 days later.
Sedgwick, Kansas
The bridge where BTK dumped the body of Dolores Davis
After murdering 62-year-old Dolores Davis, Rader dumped her body underneath the Jester Creek Bridge near Sedgwick. Nearly two weeks later, her remains were discovered by a teenage dog walker.
Wichita, Kansas
The location where Rader called 911
This is the location where Rader anonymously reported the murder of Nancy Fox.
At the time, he felt so "excited" that he was eager for the authorities to discover her body.
Wichita, Kansas
Marine Hedge's house
On April 27, 1985, BTK murdered 53-year-old Marine Wallace Hedge at this house on Independence Street.
At the time, Rader lived a couple of doors away from Hedge. During his confession, he admitted that he deliberately targeted a neighbor just to see if he could get away with it.
Wichita, Kansas
Christ Lutheran Church
At the time of his arrest, Dennis Rader was the president of the Christ Lutheran Church in Wichita.
His fellow churchgoers were shocked and horrified when they learned that the "kind" and "helpful" man they thought they knew was actually one of America's most notorious serial killers.
Wichita, Kansas
The parking lot where BTK left the Otero family car
After murdering four members of the Otero family, BTK took their Vista Cruiser wagon and left it at this parking lot near Oliver and East Central Avenue.
Wichita, Kansas
The Home Depot where he left one of his packages
In January 2005, Rader dropped a cereal box into the back of an employee's pickup truck at this Home Depot store on North Woodlawn Boulevard.
Inside, there was a letter asking the police if he could communicate with them via floppy discs.
Wichita, Kansas
BTK's childhood home
Rader was born on March 9, 1945, to William Elvin and Dorothea Mae Rader. He was the eldest of four sons.
The family lived at 4815 North Seneca Street.
Wichita, Kansas
The location where BTK left a doll with a rope tied around its neck
In January 2005, he left a Post Toasties Corn Flakes cereal box at this location on North Seneca Street.
The box was found propped up against a street sign between 69th Street North and 77th Street North.
Inside, there was a doll representing 11-year-old Josephine Otero, whom he had hanged from a lead pipe in 1974.
Wichita, Kansas
Anna Williams' house
In April 1979, Anna Williams narrowly escaped BTK by arriving home much later than usual.
Roughly six weeks later, he anonymously mailed her a poem titled, "Oh Anna, why didn't you appear." Also attached were items that he had taken from her home.