1974, Wichita Kansas, four members of the Otero family are found murdered in their home. Father, Joseph Otero, and mother Julie Otero were both found strangled in their bedroom, a bag over the head of Mrs. Otero. 9 year old Joseph Otero Jr. was found strangled on his bedroom floor, a bag also over his head. The worst was saved for 11 year old Josephine. Josephine was found in the family’s basement hung from an overhead pipe. She was bound and partially nude. She had been hung with her feet a fraction of an inch off of the floor. This would have lengthened the amount of time it took for her to die. Seminal fluid found at the area around Josephine’s body suggested the killer masturbated while she was being hung. Police saw Josephine as the primary target and focused on seminal fluid found by her body. If possible, they were interested in determining the blood group. Blood typing suggested the killer was blood type O. Before the use of DNA, the test could only narrow the suspect list so far. In October 1974 three men confessed to the …show more content…
He stated that if police could promise him that it could not be traced, that he would send his future messages that way. Police replied with a newspaper advert, written in code as requested by BTK, giving him the ok to send a floppy drive. Immediately upon arriving, the disc was sent to the forensics team. Computer forensic scientists were able to use metadata embedded in the Microsoft document to identify the software as being registered to Christ Lutheran Church and the document being last saved by user, Dennis. The forensic team then did a search of the Christ Lutheran Church web page. Listed on the homepage was a link for people related to the church, listed as the president of congregation: Dennis Rader. Police drove by the residence of Dennis Rader, sitting in the driveway was a black Jeep