Date

Time

Day

Victim

Age

Address

Binding

Phone

Line

Cause

of  Death

Method

of Entry

Semen at

Scene

Trophies

1/15/74

A.M. After 8:00 a.m.

Tuesday

Joseph Otero

Julie Otero

Josephine Otero

Joseph Otero  II

38

34

11

9

803 N. Edgemoore

Venetian blind cord

Cut

Strangled

(Joseph II had bag over head)

UNK

Yes

Joseph’s watch

(Car taken)

4/4/74

P.M.   Prior

to 2:00 p.m.

Thursday

Kathryn Bright

Kevin Bright (SURVIVED)

21

3217 E. 13th

Cord or rope

UNK

Knife Wounds

Broken window on back door

No

UNK

10/74  Letter regarding the Otero murders – “I needed one so I took it.”

TIME LAPSE

3/17/77

A.M. (Around 11:45 a.m.)

Thursday

Shirley Vian

24

1311 S. Hydraulic

Cord or rope

UNK

Strangled

 (Bag over head)

Knocked on front door

Yes

Two money orders

12/8/77

P.M. (after 9:00)

Thursday

Nancy Fox

25

843 S. Pershing

Nylons

Cut

Strangled

Broken back window

Yes

Driver’s license

12/9/77  9-1-1 phone call reporting homicide at 8:20 a.m.

1/31/78  Poem “Shirley Locks – Wilt thou be mine?”  “A poem for Fox is next.”

2/11/78  Letter claims seven homicides – “You guess the motives.” 

2/11/78  Poem  “Oh Death to Nancy”

TIME LAPSE

4/28/79

P.M. Between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Saturday

Unidentified Woman

SURVIVED

63

600 block of South Pinecrest

None

Cut

None

Basement window

No

Clothing, jewelry $35.00

6/15/79  Letter to unidentified woman letting her know he was there

9/16/86

A.M. (Between 9 & 12)

Tuesday

Vickie Wegerle

28

2404 W. 13th

UNK

UNK

Strangled

UNK

UNK

Driver’s license

(Car taken)

12/87  Someone claiming to be BTK sent letter to Mary Fager telling her he was not the killer.

TIME LAPSE

3/17/04 Letter sent claiming responsibility for Vickie Wegerle’s death

5/3/04  Letter sent with Chapter titles and puzzle from Thomas B. Kill (Speculation is that this is not from BTK)