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BTK killer's daughter calls him 'subhuman'
after final prison confrontation ends relationship

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Posted By: Moritz55, 10/19/2025 8:53:13 PM

Nearly 20 years after Dennis Rader was sent to prison, his daughter Kerri Rawson found the strength to confront him face-to-face. In 2023, the mother of two was enlisted by investigators to determine whether the man who once terrorized Wichita, Kansas, and taunted police during a 17-year murder spree might be linked to other unsolved killings. Facing the father who called himself BTK — short for "bind, torture, kill" — would mark the final break in a relationship already shattered by his crimes. Rawson, 46, who has spoken out about the serial killer over the years, is the subject of a new Netflix documentary, "My Father, the BTK Killer." It explores

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Reply 1 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 10/19/2025 9:19:04 PM (No. 2018983)
I pity BTK's family. It must be horrific to realize that your husband or father is a vicious murderer. It has to be like having the rug pulled out from under you and suddenly, you start questioning everything in your life. You don't easily recover from a shock like that.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: itsonlyme 10/19/2025 9:31:31 PM (No. 2018986)
The rancid puke should have been executed many years ago
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Corndoggies 10/19/2025 9:56:10 PM (No. 2018988)
The only show that could lure me back to Netflix would be Season 3 of Mindhunter. BTK was going to be the focus before it got cancelled.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Catherine 10/19/2025 9:57:53 PM (No. 2018989)
I think something is odd about the daughter and all this publicity. Maybe it's just me. Whatever she had to do to satisfy her about her dad should have stayed private. I don't think family members of those he killed want this brought up again.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Encore 10/20/2025 9:48:17 AM (No. 2019129)
#4, I agree. This seems to be purely for entertainment purposes. This should stay very, very low key. Pretty demonic if she’s simply trying to capitalize on ordeal.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: earlybird 10/20/2025 12:53:09 PM (No. 2019219)
This middle-aged daughter is undoubtedly being paid for this sensationalist film. Her family did not agree with her doing it. I agree with #4.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: danu 10/20/2025 1:35:13 PM (No. 2019224)
we don't have ntflix or the like; nor do we seek out the true crime channels. we do have friends who avidly follow such things. nevertheless, i can understand the need to follow the serial killers with long histories of unbridled streaks of evading capture. many such cases can require co-operation with the families, to bring them to justice. unsolved murder enquiries can be a long large journey on that path to justice. family input is uniquely theirs to give, or not. when they do, the docu story may be kept clear, and factual, or not. same goes with help demanded by law enforcement. it's a hard choice. for these reasons i cannot judge the motivations involved. i'm not in the target audience.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: chumley 10/20/2025 4:26:01 PM (No. 2019271)
I used to think I was raised in a dysfunctional family. All us kids fought a lot, Dad could be severe with the discipline sometimes. I think all us kids really did hate each other. But then I read about families like this, and the local drug families and psychotics. We were Wally and the Beav by comparison. Probably in the normal range.
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