Oklahoma Authorities Name the BTK Killer as the ‘Prime Suspect’ in at Least 2 Unsolved Cases

Oklahoma Authorities Name the BTK Killer as the ‘Prime Suspect’ in at Least 2 Unsolved Cases
Convicted BTK killer Dennis Rader listens during a court proceeding in El Dorado, Kan., on Oct. 12, 2005. Travis Heying/Pool/The Wichita Eagle via AP
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The BTK serial killer has been named the “prime suspect” in two unsolved killings—one in Oklahoma and another in Missouri—leading authorities to dig this week near his former Kansas property in Park City, authorities announced Wednesday.

Osage County, Oklahoma, Undersheriff Gary Upton told The Associated Press that the investigation into whether Dennis Rader was responsible for additional crimes started with the re-examination last year of the 1976 disappearance of Cynthia Kinney, a 16-year-old cheerleader in Pawhuska. The case, which was investigated on and off over the years, was reopened in December.