Control seemed to be his aim..and showing his superiority.
It is no wonder we picture him strangling dogs slowly..He also got to measure his neighbors grass to file complaints..Compliance officer..fitting
I wonder if the family will ever tell about his childhood..
I wonder if his control issues also caused problems with his children as they matured.
His wife probably learned to be submissive.
I imagine that he is talking to police, if he is talking, in order to impress them with his brilliance.
I cannot imagine what his wife must have endured. Judging from what we're learning about him, I think it's safe to say he has the stereotypical "anal personality."
Los Angeles Times
February 27, 2005 SundayFamily Man Arrested in 10 Slayings; Police in Kansas say he is the sadistic BTK serial killer who taunted Wichita for 30 years.
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Although some of his neighbors said he was friendly -- and he was well-respected enough to serve as president of his church council -- others called him mean and arrogant. "He wore a badge and would swagger around the street like he was above the law. I always considered him a bully," said James Reno, 42, who has lived across the street from Rader for more than a decade.
Maricela Cano, 23, who lived around the block from him for more than two years, said: "I can't tell you how many times he made me cry. If he was outside, I would stay indoors and hide." She said Rader constantly harassed her about her dogs, until she and her family moved across town.
On Saturday morning, her 5-year-old son was watching TV coverage of BTK when a picture of Rader flashed on the screen.
"He turned around and said, 'Mommy, look. It's the man who took away our dog,' " Cano said. "It freaked me out."
Rader was so rigid about code enforcement, neighbors said, that he carried around a ruler to measure the height of grass on lawns he thought looked unruly.
Investigators noted that BTK was meticulous: When he broke a window to get into a victim's house, he swept up the glass. In a few of his letters, he made a point of commenting on how tidy -- or dirty -- he found the victims' homes and cars.
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(BTK's habit of collecting souvenirs from his victims led some investigators to suspect he was single because they thought he would be unlikely to keep macabre trophies in a home where a wife or children could stumble across them.)
The flurry of recent communications from BTK captivated armchair detectives who noodled over every aspect of the case in Internet chat rooms. (Police paid close enough attention to the chatter that they subpoenaed information about several frequent contributors.)
"Control seemed to be his aim..and showing his superiority.
I imagine that he is talking to police, if he is talking, in order to impress them with his brilliance."
I'm no profiler, but I have read my share of true crime novels and this stuff fascinates me.
John Wayne Gacy and the Hillside Stranglers also liked to demonstrate their superiority. In both cases, they impersonated police officers. Gacy was a pathological liar who was always bragging about things he did and people he knew.
When Gacy was caught, he demonstrated his "brilliance" by drawing a detailed map of the graveyard under his house and how all the bodies were arranged. He got a charge out of rattling on and on, which proved troublesome later when he tried to plead not guilty.
BTK also seemed to thrive on his authority position. His uniform even has a law enforcement officer look to it.
Hopefully he is spilling the beans to feed his sense of self-importance.