Cold Cases in Wichita, Kansas

ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Wichita, Kansas, dated 1974. 0 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Otero Family Murders (1974) and the most recent is BTK Killer Victims (1974).

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Status of the 2 cases
  • Solved or convicted 2 (100%)

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1 Serial Killer Cases1 Multiple Homicides

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Conviction 1974

BTK Killer Victims

Dennis Rader, known as BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill), murdered 10 people in and around Wichita, Kansas between 1974 and 1991. He taunted police and media for decades.

Wichita Serial Killer Victims
Conviction 1974

Otero Family Murders

Joseph and Julie Otero and two of their children, Josephine, 11, and Joseph II, 9, were killed in their Wichita home on January 15, 1974, the first murders by the offender who called himself BTK.

Wichita Multiple Homicide

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