...Helena Eliasson LIBRARTS SOC220 Prof. Edith Linn 7 March 2009 The BTK Killer – Dennis Rader Brief Biography Dennis Rader, who was William and Dorothea Rader’s firstborn son, came into this world on March 9, 1945. After his birth in Pittsburg, Kansas, the family moved shortly thereafter to Wichita, Kansas. As a child, Dennis seemed to be a normal kid with no special interests that could be perceived, by his surrounding society and family, as abnormal or perverted. Little they all knew about what was going on in his fantasies and in his privacy. The young boy Rader was an average student at his elementary school and through his school years he stayed mediocre with weak grades. Dennis has been described by people who knew him back then, as a well-mannered lone wolf who wasn’t really interested in staying socially active. In 1966, Dennis joined the U.S air force and served them for four years. He married Paula Dietz in 1971, shortly after his homecoming, and the two of them eventually had two children, Brian and Kerri. Rader earned an associates degree in electronics in 1973 and started his studies at Wichita State University the same year. It was about to take him an additional six years to earn a degree at the university, and all he had to show for it was C minus or D level grades. Dennis Rader lived a pretty normal life, seen from the perspective of an outsider, and after being let go by the air craft manufacturing company he worked for, in 1973, he got a job with...
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...e-crimes, for example child pornography or credit card fraud. (Justice, 2010) The case that I have chosen is Dennis Lynn Rader or better known as the BTK killer. Mr. Radar was arrested on February 25, 2005, after a 31 year investigation that began on January 15, 1974 with his first four victims. Mr. Radar terrorized the Witchita, Kansas, area from the 1970’s to the 90’s he was finally caught and charged with 10 counts of first degree murder and sentenced to 10 consecutive life terms in prison. (Findlaw, 2005) Mr. Radar sent three letters in the 1970’s to the media and the police taking pride in the horrific crimes that he committed. After a 25 year silence during which there were no confirmed communications from Mr. Radar he resurfaced from his silence in March 2004 leaving packages and clues for authorities. One of these clues was a floppy disk which was sent to a local television station. This disk was promptly traced to Rader through a computer at his church. Law enforcement also noticed Mr. Radar white van at drop-off areas in which security cameras filmed. Law enforcement was also able to obtain a DNA sample from Rader's daughter, which helped strengthen their case against him. Finally, bringing the 31 yearlong investigation to a close. (Hansen, 2006) In the BTK case this disk helped law enforcement locate who the BTL killer was, by using a forensic tool called EnCase discovering a deleted file on the drive....
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...Amy Hankins LE300 capstone: serial killers as heroes in popular culture Final Project The Evolution of serial killers and societies fascination A serial killer is someone who is known as a friend, father, co-worker, politician, in fact a serial killer can be anybody. For centuries stories about serial killers have graced the covers of newspapers and magazines. Many famous stories have influenced a lot of films that have been produced and continue to be produced. There is an endless amount of questions as to how serial killers become serial killers, which falls under nature vs. nurture. “The causes of psychopaths remain a mystery. We don’t even have a satisfactory answer to the question of whether psychopath is a product of Mother Nature or a feature of upbringing (Brogaard & Marlow, 2012).” Nevertheless, due to the many serial killers that plague this country, they have come from a very unstable background mostly during the childhood years. Within this essay I would like to discuss not only what has been learned throughout the semester but also bring to light the possible reasons as to why serial killers kill and why society has such an enormous fascination with them. According to the dictionary a serial killers is a person who commits two or more murders at different times. Serial killers are extremely intelligent and some have most likely obtained a degree of some sort. This sort of intelligence is evident in Mr. Brooks, Dexter, silence of the lamb and perfume. All...
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...Dennis Lynn Radar is classified as a serial killer, he committed murders between 1974 to 1991. He was arrested on February 25, 2005 for the murder of 10 people in Sedgwick County, Kansas, located around Wichita area. He seemed like your average person, he was married and the father of two. He lived a normal life. Dennis were the oldest of his four siblings, also college educated. He married his wife Paula in 1971, worked for ADT Security Services. He also served in the U.S. Air Force. When Dennis were a child it was signs that he had a problem because he used to hang stray cats as a child (biography 2015). Dennis committed his first crime on January 15, 1974. Radar killer four members of the Otero family in their home. The victims were Joseph...
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...special alright, but for the worst. John and his wife were talking, when John had to go to the men's room. John was standing over the sink washing his hands. He suspected he was alone, but then out of nowhere someone came up from behind him and wrapped a rope tightly around his neck. He struggled and fought but his attacker was too strong. As John's face turned from pale to purple, he hit the ground. That same night, Karen was in her bedroom. Her long, luscious hair flowed as she walked, over to one of her drawers, searching for her favourite outfit. Not knowing her fate she turned around to meet the edge of large dagger, stabbed twenty four times. Blood everywhere. She yelled for help, but by the time her neighbours came, her killer was gone and she was dead. Now the police...
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...BRAMPTON – Derick Stall, age 34, kills Brad Williams, his employer on 13th Street. It all happen on Monday June 1st, 2015 at 12:27am. Brad was suffocated to death by a matress and then its body was chopped and was put under the floor by Derick. The reason why Derick killed Brad, his employer, was that Derick was bothered by his eye. Derick planed his death 7 nights before, but he didn’t come to kill him because he wasn’t tempted by Brad’s eye. But on the 8th night, Brad woke up by a sound, when Derick saw his eye, he jumped on him and threw him under the matress. During this process, Brad yelled once. The scream was heard by Brad’s neighbour, Wendy. Wendy reported to the cops ‘’ I was woken up by a loud scream. I believe it...
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...Glencore’s bad international practices As the world is enduring a serious financial crisis, big businesses have been challenged as never before. Protesters have been demanding a fairer form of capitalism. People want more socially responsible companies and genuinely popular capitalism. The case discusses one of the world’s most powerful conglomerates in the world which is Glencore. As it was recently introduced in London Stock Exchange, Glencore was questioned about its international practices. It is a commodity giant specialized in raw materials. The multi-billion dollar commodity giant is accused of profiting from child labor in several mining exploitation in the Congo, moreover, claims say that it is paying the associates of paramilitary killers in Colombia. An investigation proves that children as young as ten are working in the Glencore-owned mining concession and some confidential documents show a Glencore subsidiary made payments to the suspected associates of paramilitary in Colombia. In the Congo, while international law prohibits anyone under 18 working in a mine, many of the miners were under the legal age. Although Glencore says it stopped operating in the mine since 2008, because of the collapse in the price of copper, it still owns the concession. Glencore chief executive Ivan Glasenberg said the mine had been taken over by local workers without its permission. He said the child miners were part of a group of freelance miners who "raided our land in 2010… against all...
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...Cristian Uribe The war without end, selfishness, nothing to do against death and the scars of the war in Men without women In this essay I’m talking about the main issues present in the following short stories in Men without women by Ernest Hemingway (1928): In another country (25-29), Hills like white elephants (29-33), The killers (33-40) and Now I lay me (83). In another country is about a wounded American soldier recuperating from an injury by receiving treatments from machines in a hospital in Milan, Italy. Machines. With him there’s an Italian major receiving treatment for a shriveled hand. There is a strong optimism of a physician employing the new machines which is contrasted with the skepticism of Italian major who, disbelieving in the machines, nevertheless comes regularly for therapy to his hand. That daily attendance is interrupted only with the sudden death of the major’s wife. The machines were new, as result, the narrator and the major were trying them. And although they both didn’t trust in the machines they were under their treatment because they really wanted to recover. The major wanted to be his wife and the narrator probably wanted to clean his pride because his wound and medals were “fake”. What I think can be infer from the text is that even if the machines have success healing the soldiers, the war for them won’t end because is not just facing enemy on the front line but also picking up the pieces of their damaged lives and facing the prospect...
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...Eternal Beauty In Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”, the narrator employs an extended metaphor when comparing the addressee to a “summer’s day”. The metaphor is emphasized by the tone shift in line nine, and the comparison is finalized by a couplet that expands on the theme of immortality. The sonnet makes it clear that the individual’s beauty and vigor cannot be compared to commonplace nature and that the individual is something more than human. Sonnet 18 is part of the group of sonnets that is written to address men. In this particular one, Shakespeare compares the man’s beauty to that of nature, particularly a day in the summer. The first quatrain begins the extended metaphor by implying that the man being addressed has all the qualities of a summer’s day. This immediately associates the man with the sun and all of its qualities: he is strong, bright, and full of energy. However, by writing: “Though art more lovely and more temperate,” in line two, Shakespeare illustrates the fact that although the best thing nature has to offer, a summer’s day is far from perfect. The first shift happens in line three; the narrator stops talking about the man and begins pointing out the imperfections of summer. He employs vivid imagery to argue that summer’s beauty is hurt by “rough winds” and its “lease hath all too short a date,” (4). Shakespeare also adds that summer may sometimes be too hot, and other times its “gold complexion [is] dimm’d,” (5). This emphasizes the qualities of the man; he...
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...built up for something bad to happen. A point of view shot is then used as the camera goes around the side of the house. We have not yet seen this person, but we are seeing from their perspective and they are creeping around in the shadows, it creates an anxious feeling and we feel as though we are intruding. The shot then shows two people through the window of the house, and they are unaware that they are being watched. This is used to create suspense. The point of view shot then changes so that we are seeing the shot through the eyes of the killers mask. And because of this, we can’t really see what is happening, which makes the audience nervous and gives an uncanny feeling. Around this time, it is shown that it is the killer who’s mindset the viewer is in, which means that it breaks the typical conventions of Horror. I know this because, it is unusual as the viewer is usually made to relate to the victim, meaning it to be that the killer is just as creepy and scary to them as though it was actually happening. Mainly long shots are used in this opening and...
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...April 29, 2014 approximately around 2:00 a.m. , 911 gets a call from a woman saying she heard loud gun shots coming from her next door neighbors house . Two patrol cars are called onto the scene finding that there was some sort of massacre but the body was not to be found anywhere. They find a broken window where the perpetrator seemed to make his entrance with a AK 47 also leaving casings behind having no remorse and shooting its victim on the spot. No body was found but forensics found fingerprints on the broken window and a huge trace of blood that led to the drive way were it is said the killer drove off with the body. Later on during the day they get a tip saying that they found a abandoned car in flames but nothing was to be found just a identification by the name of Joseph Greene. Detectives search into their data base and find his address and send a warrant to go and arrest him . When questioning him , they find that Joseph Greene also has a twin by the name of Joshua Greene . making this two suspects toward the crime scene . Joseph has not had any sort of communication with Joshua since a week when they got in a argument about Joshuas’ sexual oriention since they have always had dated woman their whole life. Police went out to search for Joshua at his residence where he was not found but what they discover is something gruesome, they found a trail of blood leading from the back yard all the way to his room . Therefore, he had around 5 decapitated heads all victims...
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...Prahalad Jani or Mataji is an Indian sadhu (saint) and is a devotee of deity Amba. He claims to have lived without food and water since 1940, and says that the goddess Amba sustains him. Prahlad Jani, says that he is surviving by chanting mantras and by meditating for goddess Amba. Prahlad Jani has been kept under observations 2 times to know the medical reason behind his claim and also to prove his claim of living without food or water from 1940. He believes that the goddess Amba provides him with a water like sustainable liquid inside his body to keep him alive. Till now 2 observational studies has been made, one in 2003 and another in 2010 to prove his claim or to deny it. Many expert neurologists monitored Jani and they were surprised by the result. The experts confirmed Jani's ability to survive without food or water but the claim was not proven due to many allegations relating to the procedure of tests conducted. Observational Conditions : - Jani was examined daily for checking his vital statistics. - Prahlad Jani was made to stay in a sealed room for 10 days. - He was provided just 100 milliliters of water a day for mouth wash. - The room's toilet was sealed off and Cameras were installed to monitor. - No Food / water (except that 100ml) was provided for 10 days straight. Conclusions drawn from the above Observation : - Some liquid was found in his bladder. - Jani was perfectly healthy after that 10 days of observation. - His weight was reduced slightly...
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...a novel that was published in 2007 and did not become popular till 2008. It was a New York Times Best Seller and sold over 5 million copies in print by 2009. The story starts out with Mack and his 3 out of 5 kids going camping in a state park in Oregon. After a few peaceful days of camping it turns south when Mack’s son tips a canoe leaving Mack no choice but to rush into the water and free him of the canoe. Leaving Missy at the campsite alone, when he returns, he notices that Missy is missing and immediately reports to the cops. After hours and hours of searching they come to find out that Missy has possibly been abducted and murdered by a serial killer named the Little Lady Killer. What leads the cops to their conclusion is there is a small pin that the killer left behind of a ladybug with 5 dots on it. When the Little Lady Killer abducts a victim he leaves a pin behind each time and each time he adds a dot to the back of the ladybug. After searching and searching the police find an abandoned shack in the woods with Missy's bloody dress in it but they still find no body. Not only does Mack’s heart sink but also his life goes into what he calls “the great sadness”. No evidence is found in 4 years but then Mack gets a suspicious letter in the mail from Papa, the name his wife calls God. Mack’s family has a planned vacation to go visit relatives and it finally gives Mack a chance to go visit the shack alone. He begs and begs his friend Willie to let him borrow his jeep,...
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...cage And I've been doing just fine Gotta gotta be down Because I want it all It started out with a kiss How did it end up like this It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss Now I'm falling asleep And she's calling a cab While he's having a smoke And she's taking a drag Now they're going to bed And my stomach is sick And it's all in my head But she's touching his chest Now, he takes off her dress Now, letting me go 'Cause I just can't look its killing me And taking control Jealousy, turning saints into the sea Swimming through sick lullabies Choking on your alibi But it's just the price I pay Destiny is calling me Open up my eager eyes 'Cause I'm Mr Brightside I never I never I never I never Read more: The Killers - Mr. Brightside Lyrics |...
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...Case Study on Mary Client is a middle-aged female, currently unemployed. She states she is a dropout, a divorcee and has no children, (further into her recovery, we find out that she is a mother of a deceased child). Mary is in the hospital as a result of getting into a fight with a local at the bar. Mary has been in the hospital three times in the last year, she appears to be suffering from hallucinations and possible seizures in the hospital. Mary states that she does not have an alcohol problem and that she will not go into a rehabilitation center. Mary presents here today with the following issues: 1. Totally in denial about her alcoholism. 2. Past due on rent, lives in a small one-room apartment with two cats. 3. Begs and steals to get money for her next drink, not really worrying about rent. 4. Eventually she gets kicked out of her apartment and is living on the streets. Mary ends up going into the treatment center mainly because she needs a place to live and to get off the street, she is in denial of her alcoholism, states she has no job no one wants her, she has very low self-esteem. In the first group session, Mary states she could never imagine not taking another drink. Mary seems codependent, flirts with Patrick (who she calls Patty (which is her uncles name)), covers for Paul the motorcycle guy when he’s doing drugs in the room. She starts gambling with Paul in the room that they share at the Rehab center, which is unethical. Eventually...
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