Decades after the capture of BTK killer Dennis Rader, his case continues to affect family members of his victims and his own family. In his book, the son of Rader’s final victim, Dolores Davis, tells his story of faith following his mother’s death. The memoir by Rader’s daughter, Kerri Rawson, sheds light on her personal journey of healing and the broader themes of trauma, faith, and forgiveness. And Katherine Ramsland, a research scholar who trains detectives and other criminologists, talks about her book, “Confession of a Serial Killer: The Untold Story of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer.”
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No. 1: BTK’s daughter to publish book about family horror
The daughter of the BTK serial killer plans to publish a book next year about the trauma of discovering that her father had killed and terrorized people for 31 years.Kerri Rawson grew up with her brother and her parents, Dennis and Paula Rader, in Park City. | Published February 25, 2017 | Read Full Story by Roy Wenzl