Southwest
Serial killer’s daughter confronts him behind bars over explosive diary entry that suggests she too was victim
NASHVILLE – After Oklahoma cold case investigators helped her uncover an entry in serial killer Dennis Rader’s diary suggesting he abused her when she was too young to remember, she confronted him behind bars.
Kerri Rawson visited her dad, better known as BTK for his self-styled moniker – bind, torture, kill – in a Kansas prison in October. It was the fifth time she’d spoken to him since he pleaded guilty to killing 10 in 2005.
“I sat feet across from you; you crumbled up, rotting away in a wheelchair, me standing tall and brave, and confronted you with the hard bare truth you had kept hidden from me for over four decades,” she revealed on stage at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. “You denied it, gas lit me, emotionally and verbally abused me, asked me what PTSD is; and then when I explained, told me, I had brought this all on myself.”
Rawson, who became a victims advocate in the wake of her father’s murder spree, said her dad grew furious from his wheelchair.
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Kerri Rawson speaks at CrimeCon (Michael Ruiz/Fox News)
Dennis Rader, known as the BTK, sits in County Court in Wichita, Kansas. (Photo by Bo Rader-Pool/Getty Images)
“I thought for a minute I was sixteen again, fleeing your angry fists — I did get up and flee for a bit at the prison,” she said. “But I came back, sat down, and confronted you harder.”
Rawson agreed to voluntarily assist the Osage County, Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office in the decades-old death of Cynthia Dawn Kinney last year. Sheriff Eddie Virden has said he believes Rader may have been responsible.
Investigators asked Rawson to help decipher some hard-to-read passages in his notes, and she came across her own name written in capital letters: “KERRI/BND/GAME 1981.”
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The El Dorado Correctional Facility were Dennis Rader, also known as the BTK killer, is sentenced in El Dorado, KS. (Photo by Larry W. Smith/Getty Images)
“BND” is her father’s shorthand for bondage, she said, a method he deployed on the 10 innocent people he tied up and killed
“My stomach twisted into white hot lightning,” she said. “There it was, after four decades, hard proof that you, my father, had sexually abused me when I was a toddler.”
She said she found more similar notations later.
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The BTS killer, Dennis Rader, being escorted into the El Dorado Correctional Facility in El Dorado, Kansas. (Photo by Larry W. Smith/Getty Images)
After reading them, she said, she believes that her father attacked more than the 10 victims he admitted to killing.
Rader kept notes on all of his victims as well as other people, which he referred to as “projects.” Virden suspects that the project titled “Bad Laundry Day” may be a reference to the Kinney case. The teen was last seen alive at her aunt and uncle’s laundromat.
Rader, in previous letters to Fox News Digital, has denied any involvement in slayings other than the ones he pleaded guilty to. He could not immediately be reached for comment regarding his daughter’s revelations.
He is in poor health, his daughter said, using a wheelchair and recovering from a broken hip and other ailments.
“Soon you will meet your maker,” she said, speaking to her absent father from the stage. “You’re going to have a few things to discuss. You will be gone soon. It is my last request of you, to give up the ghosts, if any remain.”
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Los Angeles, Ca
Man found guilty of sex trafficking victim along L.A.’s Figueroa Corridor
A former Riverside County man was found guilty of sex trafficking a female victim and forcing her to engage in commercial sex acts along L.A.’s notorious Figueroa Corridor.
Elias Abdul Shabazz, 34, formerly of Perris, was found guilty by a jury following a five-day trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Prosecutors said Shabazz had led the victim to believe they were in a romantic relationship before he turned physically and sexually violent. He began demanding that the victim engage in commercial sex acts from May to October of 2021, court documents said.
He carried a handgun with him and, on occasion, was accused of using it to pistol-whip the victim. He also fired the gun at her feet while threatening to kill her, prosecutors said.
At trial, the victim said Shabazz demanded that she meet a daily quota of commercial sex proceeds and that she was terrified of the consequences of not meeting that quota.
She testified that Shabazz compelled her to work in the notorious Figueroa Corridor in South L.A., a dangerous area known for human trafficking and prostitution.
Shabazz had confiscated her identification card, Social Security card and birth certificate. He constantly monitored her cell phone to stop her from communicating with any friends or family.
“He also introduced her to addictive narcotics and controlled every aspect of her life, including when she ate, slept and showered,” prosecutors said.
In May 2025, Shabazz was arrested and has remained in federal custody. His last known address at the time was in Washington, D.C.
On June 26, 2026, Shabazz was found guilty of one count of coercing or enticing interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 6, where he faces 15 years to life in prison.
“Sex trafficking matters rank among the most tragic cases our office prosecutes,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. “This defendant will now face many years in a federal prison cell for his sick, disgusting, and disturbing behavior.”
“Elias Shabazz preyed on a vulnerable victim using physical and sexual violence and cruel psychological coercion to compel commercial sex acts for his own profit,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “There is no place for this type of conduct in civilized society. We deeply respect the victim’s courage to face her trafficker in court. The Criminal Division will continue to bring these cases and try them.”
Anyone with information about human trafficking can report tips to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888
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