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Over three decades, a seemingly ordinary family man terrorized Wichita, Kansas, as the infamous serial killer BTK—an acronym for "bind, torture, kill." Four award‑winning crime reporters for The Wichita Eagle, working closely with Wichita police lieutenant Ken Landwehr and his BTK Task Force, chronicle the investigation from the detective's perspective, the victims’ families, and the killer’s own brother. Drawing on extensive interviews, original reporter notes, archival news stories, photographs, documents, and material that had been suppressed, the book offers an exhaustive, firsthand account of the hunt for one of America’s most notorious serial murderers.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Roy Wenzl
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