The father of two young girls found starving in their home last year has been sentenced in Kansas to more than five years in prison.

Two children were removed from a home where shocked police found 68 pit bull terriers.

Matt Sedensky, El Dorado

The serial killer known as BTK today pleaded guilty to 10 counts of murder, admitting in a chillingly matter-of-fact voice to a series of slayings that terrorised a US city for years.

A manhunt for a Kansas serial killer who for 31 years taunted police with letters about his crimes ended last night when authorities said they finally caught up with the BTK killer and linked him to at least 10 murders.