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My Father, the BTK Killer (2025) on Netflix

R20251h 34mCrimeDocumentary

Kerri Rawson grows up with Dennis Rader, a devoted husband and father leading a double life. In 2005, two FBI agents tell her he is the BTK killer.

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Kerri Rawson is the daughter of Dennis Rader. He murdered at least ten people in Kansas between 1974 and 1991, mostly women, in their homes in Wichita and Park City, and the killings began before she was born. She recalls a normal childhood and a close bond with him, along with night terrors, bed-wetting and a fear of home invasion. In 2005, two FBI agents come to her door and tell her that her father is the BTK killer.

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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about My Father, the BTK Killer (2025)

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  • Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer, murdered at least ten people, mainly women, in Wichita and Park City, Kansas, between 1974 and 1991, suffocating or strangling them in their homes. His daughter Kerri Rawson struggled with shame and hatred toward her father after he was exposed and arrested in 2005.

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