BTK suspect charged with ten murders

Dennis Rader, the churchgoing family man accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged with ten murders today.

Rader, a cub scout leader from Wichita, made his first court appearance since arrest by video link from his Kansas prison cell.

The BTK killer, whose nickname stands for Bind, Torture, Kill, was suspected of eight deaths beginning in 1974, but at the weekend investigators said they had linked two additional victims to the serial killer.

Rader’s arrest has also prompted other police forces in Kansas to reinvestigate any cold cases that bear similarities to the string of murders.