20 years ago (2005): Dennis Rader, BTK serial killer, sentenced to prison

20 years ago on this day, on Thursday, August 18, 2005, BTK serial killer Dennis Rader received 10 consecutive life sentences from Judge Greg Waller in Sedgwick County district court; the legal proceeding took place at the County courthouse in downtown Wichita.

Rader received 10 consecutive life sentences for a series of murders, the maximum sentencing the law would allow.

Rader terrorized the Wichita area for decades, and his revealed identity stunned the community; the seemingly-normal Rader was married with children, a Boy Scout troop leader, and an active church-member. But he harbored an evil side…

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