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This episode contains stories involving violence against children.

Listener discretion is advised.

There are over 100,000 cold cases in America.

Only 1% are ever solved.

This is one of those rare stories.

Agents from the KBI, agents from the FBI, and members of the Wichita Police Department arrested Dennis Rader.

On February 26, 2005, the Wichita Police Department holds a news conference.

For the murders of Joseph Otero, Julie Otero.

And tells the world they have caught a serial killer.

The bottom line, BTK is arrested.

This is the investigations division.

Lieutenant Ken Land Weir has hunted BTK for most of his career.

Cold Case Files was granted unique access into the investigation that ended in an interrogation of Dennis Rader.

Why don't you just say?

Yes, you guys go.

Well, let's just say, say we are.

It's very difficult to sit across from someone that you chase this long, that you despise the way I despise.

Dennis Raider.

Let's you say, say, say, where you are?

I'm BTK, basically that is it.

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