CHURCHGOING REPUBLICAN PLEADS GUILTY

Dennis Rader, aka the BTK Killer, a churchgoing republican and former scoutmaster who terrorized Wichita, Kansas for over 30 years, pleaded guilty today to 10 strangulation murders.

Saying he was motivated by sexual fantasies, Rader admitted stalking and killing 10 people in the Wichita, Kansas area over a 17-year span that ended in 1991.

Rader, a married father of two, has not been accused of sexually assaulting his victims, but he admitted masturbating over some of them.

Rader is a former city ordinance enforcement officer for suburban Park City who has been described as a family man and Cub Scout leader who was active in the Lutheran Church.

Rader did not apologize during Monday's hearing, though Steve Osburn, one of his defense lawyers, suggested that he may apologize at his sentencing, set for Aug. 17.