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Created Thursday, February 10, 2005 at 605pm.m. Modified. Monday, February 14, 2005 at 247 p.m.

Pages, 1. Paragraphs, 1. Lines, 1. Words, 18. Characters, 68. Title, Christ Lutheran Church. Author, Christ Lutheran Church.

Company, Park City Community Public Library. Last last saved by Dennis. For as long as Dennis Rader could remember, he had what he referred to as a little monster inside his brain.

He said it featured heavily throughout his childhood memories appearing in many frightening forms. Rader visualised the monster in shadows,

wallpapers, rugs, wood grains, clouds, trees and buildings. Seeing it filled him with fear,

but he also experienced another stranger sensation,

a tightness in his crotch.

In Raider's words,

those moments imprinted onto his adulthood

like the programming of a computer chip.

Dennis Raider was born in March, 1945, the first of four boys to high school

sweethearts who married young.

Although his mother was at times distant and neglectful, partly due to untreated

postpartum depression, Rar was surrounded by the love and

support of his extended family, community and friends. His strict but decent father worked hard to

provide the family with a stable home in Wichita while fostering their strong connection

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