Journalistic Jargon: Dennis Rader Confesses to Being BTK
The Lutheran Blogosphere’s own reporter writes:
In a dramatic turn of events, the man held in connection with the BTK murders (serial murders that happened over a course of almost three decades by someone who eluded capture for 31 years), confessed to being the notorious killer. BTK, a nickname given by the killer, himself, stands for “bind them, torture them, kill them”.
Dennis L. Rader was expected to change his plea of “not guilty” to “guilty,” partially at the request of his family to make it easy on them. To tell you the truth, though, I don’t know how any of this could be easy for anyone who knows or loves him. He did change his plea, and then he non-chalantly described every aspect of the killings: how he gained entry into the homes, how he went about the killings, step by step, and how he got away with each one. All this, he told without emotion. It was sickening and very, very disturbing. Read on: Journalistic Jargon: Dennis Rader Confesses to Being BTK
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