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The Children’s Parents were Murderers.
The 1970s BTK Murders
Kerri Rawson wants to discuss a problem with Stephen King. In September 2014, King stated that he had written a novella that was later adapted into a movie. The story was inspired by her father, Dennis Rader, also known as BTK, and his family. According to Rawson, King was “taking advantage of the ten victims of my father and their families.” He will make my father think too highly of himself, and he doesn’t need that.
BTK is an acronym for “bind, torture, and kill,” which is the strategy that Rader used to murder his victims for 31 years beginning in 1974. In 2005, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison ten times.
Rawson recalls the day when Marine Hedge, one of her father’s victims, was killed and how her father responded to the situation. She knows he was not home the night Hedge went missing: “It was stormy, and I didn’t want to sleep alone. I knew he was gone because my mom let me sleep in her bed.
After discovering who her father was, she had difficulty dealing with her emotions: “I have never disliked him. I love him, after all, yet he injured me deeply. He was my father. As a result, I was agitated and irritated.
Rader was upset that none of his family members came to see him while he was in prison. Rawson said, “You have kept these…