The BTK killer’s need for notoriety led to his capture a decade ago. He’s now a ‘prime suspect’ in at least two other murders

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Osage County Sheriff’s Department found several items of interest during a search of Rader’s former home in Park City this week, including “pantyhose ligature” authorities believe were used to strangle one of his victims. “Through the investigation, we developed information of some possible trophies of Dennis Rader’s, and we followed up on those leads and worked with Park City,” Sheriff Eddie Virden told Fox News Digital. “At this stage, Dennis Rader is considered a prime suspect in these unsolved cases, including the Cynthia Dawn Kinney case from Pawhuska.” The site where Dennis Rader’s former property once stood after investigators dug in Park City, Kansas, on 22 August Rader is also suspected of the rape and murder of Shawna Beth Garber, 22, whose body was discovered behind an abandoned farmhouse in McDonald County, Missouri in 1990. Killer’s daughter helps authorities Rader’s daughter Kerri Rawson said in a statement posted to X this week that she began assisting law enforcement with Kinney’s disappearance and several other unsolved murders.