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He was genuinely disappointed that the police tricked him. The detective that had been working the case, the one that he asked why they lied to him, said he thought that the police enjoyed playing "the game" too much to do that to him.
The Chief of Police came on TV the next day (after they had questioned him all night long and got a full confession) and said "BTK is arrested." He got a standing ovation from the crowd, but Rader's defense lawyers threw a big fit before the trial because they said he couldn't get a fair trial and wanted the trial moved to another state. But the D.A. wanted this case, she wanted nothing more than to go down as the one who put him away, and she wouldn't allow it. Then he confessed anyway.
That was really disturbing too. It was televised live. The judge asked him if he could prove, without any shadow of doubt, why he felt he was guilty. Then he went into graphic detail of how he "selected" and stalked every victim, how he got in their homes, how he killed all 10 of his victims, what he did afterward, and how he believes that the people he killed will be there when he dies to serve his every need forever, that they belong to him. There was no emotion at all, he was telling it like I would tell someone I went shopping yesterday or had eggs for breakfast.
My SO and I moved a couple of years ago to a suburb out of the city for a quieter place to live and cheaper, better housing. On the edge of town is the state prison, where Rader will rot away and die. His wife divorced him immediately, took what sanity she had left, and moved as far away as she could get. I heard his son tried to kill himself, but nothing after that. Haven't heard anything about his daughter, except that the police acquired a blood sample from her to match it with blood found at the crime scenes.
A local strip club owner bought his house. What she wanted to do with it, we never found out, but she had some kind of business in mind (she also runs the club where most of the women are men. Yes, the one Harrison Ford likes to visit when he's in town that I mentioned before). Then the city somehow nullified the auction and she never actually took possession of it. They've since torn it down and are going to make it a park.
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