A newly released sick painting by BTK serial killer Dennis Rader shows a series of terrified bound and gagged women — and police think they may have identified at least one of them as the missing woman.
The disturbing images were released as part of a major new effort to examine possible cold cases linked to the sick 78-year-old man who dubbed himself BTK for “binding, torturing, killing.”
Two of the sketches show women – including one in a short red dress or blouse – tied with ropes hanging around their necks.
The third shows a blonde woman staring with obvious fear in her eyes, with her hands and feet tied with ropes and her mouth gagged.
The woman, wearing a green top, is believed to be the same southeast Kansas woman who went missing in 1991, Osage County Sheriff Eddie Virden told CNN.
Another painting by Rader shows a woman bound and gagged in a red top. Osage County Sheriff’s Office
The woman in one of BTK’s paintings is believed to be a woman who disappeared in 1991, a sheriff said. Osage County Sheriff’s Office
While Virden would not reveal additional details about his identity, he told the outlet that his team had a “very, very good tip” on the painting and the potential victim.
“It’s going to be a busy week,” Virden said of the tip stream that “gives more information.”
Rader was sentenced to life in prison in 2005 for a series of 10 brutal murders that terrorized Wichita, Kansas, for more than two decades.
A third painting by Rader shows a woman tied up in a hayloft. Osage County Sheriff’s Office
The newly released painting was among hundreds that were kept secret in the suburban father’s property at the time of his arrest, CNN explained.
The three images were released in hopes someone might recognize the scene, which is thought to be inside a barn or silo, Verdin said.
“We hope that by releasing this, someone may recognize one of these sheds or a unique feature in it, or the distance between the silo and the shed or may have even found items they didn’t know why some could be very important in this case,” said Virden to CNN.
Dennis Rader (center) was arrested in 2005.Getty Images
“Even though the barn is gone. We still want that information.”
In the image of the woman in green, officials believe the black pipe behind her may be an important clue.
“The reason you’re going to have that is if you’re moving livestock through there, that the bars are going to prevent the livestock from hitting maybe the tin or the wood on the outside of the barn so if an animal hits it, you know, they’ll ‘Don’t go and knock the tin or knock on wood from the outside,” Virden told CNN.
“We know from what Dennis said on this exact picture that it was a painting he created of a real barn,” he added.
The woman in red, Verdin continued, appeared to be in a wooden room like a tack or dining room.
“That would be a barn that had wooden slats. You know, maybe a round post, but in that barn area what might have had a wooden floor, you know, and often times in a pinch room inside the barn or in a feed or storage room. They didn’t will leave dirty floors because they don’t have livestock in that area,” explained Virden.
A third drawing, he said, featured a strange angle to the stairs that could help identify its true location.
Rader is serving 10 life sentences for a series of murders in the Wichita area.AP
“The support posts appear to have brackets and then bolts that go through them to hold it all together,” he told CNN.
Law enforcement also recently intercepted some of Rader’s prison communications indicating there may be evidence hidden in the old barn, the sheriff added.
Rader has always been fascinated by barns and their surroundings, his daughter, Kerri Rawson, explained to the outlet.
Rader has denied committing any other murders, officials said.Getty Images
“My father made drafts in our house, he drew up plans for the gardens,” said the author of “A Serial Killer’s Daughter”.
“And my dad always had to be outside and in the air and winter was hard on him. So we had to find things for him to do because when he went inside and he was too confined, he would get angry,” she continued.
“My father really liked barns and silos. Whenever we were driving around camping, fishing, going to college, he would always say ‘This one’ — like he said, ‘I want to retire here.’ And he would tease my mom about it.
“And then after he was arrested, we found out later that he had a big fantasy about that particular location. So now we’re going around trying to find it based on my memory and writing it down because we have to go and see, is anyone missing or buried there.”
Earlier this summer, authorities named Rader a person of interest in the 1976 disappearance of Oklahoma teenager Cynthia Dawn Kinney.
Rader is the “prime suspect” in the disappearance of Cynthia Dawn Kinney.Osage County Sheriff’s Office
Officials believe Rader may have secretly referenced Kinney’s alleged kidnapping in his journal, and are also investigating pantyhose ligatures and other troubling items found in a “hiding hole” at Rader’s former property in Park City, Kansas.
Osage investigators hope state and federal agencies will help process any remaining DNA on the ligatures and other “trophies,” in addition to those found in 2005, CNN said.
“We’re going up against a guy who plays a lot of games,” Rawson told NewsNation of his father’s sly reaction to the renewed investigation.
As of Monday, however, the FBI field office in Kansas City said it was not aware of the bureau assisting in any BTK-related efforts, CNN reported.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation also met with the Osage crew, but did not assist with the search of the property, the outlet added.
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