Victims
| # | Name | Sex | Age | Date of Death | Place of Death | Cause of Death | Weapon Used | Date Body Found | Place Body Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Otero | M | 38 | January 15, 1974 | 803 North Edgemoor Street, Wichita | Suffocated | Plastic bags | January 15, 1974 | 803 North Edgemoor Street, Wichita |
| 2 | Julie Otero | F | 34 | January 15, 1974 | 803 North Edgemoor Street, Wichita | Strangled | Rope | January 15, 1974 | 803 North Edgemoor Street, Wichita |
| 3 | Joseph Otero Jr. | M | 9 | January 15, 1974 | 803 North Edgemoor Street, Wichita | Suffocated | A plastic bag | January 15, 1974 | 803 North Edgemoor Street, Wichita |
| 4 | Josephine Otero | F | 11 | January 15, 1974 | 803 North Edgemoor Street, Wichita | Hung from a drainage pipe | Rope | January 15, 1974 | 803 North Edgemoor Street, Wichita |
| 5 | Kathryn Bright | F | 21 | April 4, 1974 | 3217 East 13th Street North, Wichita | Stabbed once in the back and once in the lower abdomen | Knife | April 4, 1974 | 3217 East 13th Street North, Wichita |
| 6 | Shirley Vian | F | 24 | March 17, 1977 | 1311 South Hydraulic Street, Wichita | Strangled | Rope | March 17, 1977 | 1311 South Hydraulic Street, Wichita |
| 7 | Nancy Fox | F | 25 | December 8, 1977 | 843 South Pershing Street, Wichita | Strangled | Belt | December 8, 1977 | 843 South Pershing Street, Wichita |
| 8 | Marine Hedge | F | 53 | April 27, 1985 | 6254 North Independence Street, Park City | Strangled | Rader's hand(s) | May 5, 1985 | East 53rd Street North between North Webb Road and North Greenwich Road, Wichita |
| 9 | Vicki Wegerle | F | 28 | September 16, 1986 | 2404 West 13th Street North, Wichita | Strangled | Nylon stocking | September 16, 1986 | 2404 West 13th Street North, Wichita |
| 10 | Dolores E. Davis | F | 62 | January 19, 1991 | 6226 North Hillside Street, Wichita | Strangled | Pantyhose | February 1, 1991 | West 117th Street North and North Meridian Street, Sedgwick |
All his known crimes occurred in the state of Kansas. He collected items from the scenes of the murders he committed. He also intended to kill others, notably Anna Williams, 63, who in 1979 escaped death by returning home much later than he expected. Rader explained during his confession that he had become obsessed with Williams and was "absolutely livid" when she evaded him. Rader spent hours waiting in her home but became impatient and left when she did not return home from visiting friends.
Rader had stalked two women in the 1980s and one in the mid-1990s. They filed restraining orders against him and one moved away.
Rader also admitted in his interrogation that he was planning to kill again. He had even set a date, October 2004, and was stalking his intended victim.
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