GUYS. ALL RIGHT, JASON, THANKS VERY MUCH. OKLAHOMA INVESTIGATORS IN KANSAS TONIGHT SEARCHING PROPERTY ONCE OWNED BY SERIAL KILLER DENNIS RADER, ALSO KNOWN AS BTK OSAGE COUNTY OFFICIALS TELLING ABC AFFILIATE KAKE THAT THEY RECEIVED A TIP IN THE 1976 DISAPPEARANCE OF CYNTHIA KINNEY, AN OKLAHOMA WOMAN IN A PHONE INTERVIEW, UNDERSHERIFF GARY UPTON SAYS THIS SEARCH ON RADER’S PROPERTY WAS CONNECTED TO THE MISSING PERSON, AS WELL AS SOME MURDER CASES. WE HAVE BEEN DOGGEDLY PURSUING THIS, AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL WE INVESTIGATE ALL THE ALL THE LEADS, SOME OF WHICH ARE VERY INTERESTING. IN OUR TULSA, PARTNER REPORTS THAT THE UNDERSH
Oklahoma officials investigate convicted serial killer's former property in Kansas
On Tuesday, Osage County authorities were on a property that was once owned by Dennis Rader, also known as BTK
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Updated: 6:03 AM CDT Aug 23, 2023
Oklahoma officials were investigating a convicted serial killer's property in Kansas.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.On Tuesday, Osage County authorities were on a property in Park City that was once owned by Dennis Rader, who referred to himself as BTK — for bind, torture, kill. Rader lived in Park City for many years.Rader murdered 10 people between 1974 and 1991, often sending letters to local police and media outlets in Wichita, Kansas, detailing his crimes.Osage County authorities told ABC affiliate KAKE they received a tip about the 1976 disappearance of Cynthia Kinney. KOCO's Tulsa partner reported the sheriff interviewed Rader back in February, searching for new leads. Kinney was last seen on June 23, 1976, in Pawhuska. According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, Kinney was last seen leaving the Osage Laundromat and getting into a 1965 faded beige Plymouth with two women.>> Download the KOCO 5 App"We have pursued this and we will continue to investigate all the leads which are very interesting," said Undersheriff Gary Upton, Osage County.Rader was arrested in February of 2005 and is currently serving a life sentence for 10 murders in the El Dorado Correctional Facility.The home in Park City is no longer there, but the ground was disturbed after investigators left. This is an ongoing investigation.Top HeadlinesFrustrations run high after OKC venue closes despite customers having bookingsScreen time linked with developmental delays in toddlerhood, study findsOklahoma school districts shift gears due to extreme heat
PARK CITY, Kan. — Oklahoma officials were investigating a convicted serial killer's property in Kansas.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
On Tuesday, Osage County authorities were on a property in Park City that was once owned by Dennis Rader, who referred to himself as BTK — for bind, torture, kill. Rader lived in Park City for many years.
Rader murdered 10 people between 1974 and 1991, often sending letters to local police and media outlets in Wichita, Kansas, detailing his crimes.
Osage County authorities told ABC affiliate KAKE they received a tip about the 1976 disappearance of Cynthia Kinney. KOCO's Tulsa partner reported the sheriff interviewed Rader back in February, searching for new leads.
Kinney was last seen on June 23, 1976, in Pawhuska. According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, Kinney was last seen leaving the Osage Laundromat and getting into a 1965 faded beige Plymouth with two women.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
"We have pursued this and we will continue to investigate all the leads which are very interesting," said Undersheriff Gary Upton, Osage County.
Rader was arrested in February of 2005 and is currently serving a life sentence for 10 murders in the El Dorado Correctional Facility.
The home in Park City is no longer there, but the ground was disturbed after investigators left.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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