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The two men struggled again and rader shot him a second time in the head. he tried again to strangle kathy but was unsuccessful so stabbed her multiple times in the chest. meanwhile much to rader's surprise kevin managed to escape. though his head wounds from the gunshots left him unable to clearly describe the killer to police. >> i thought the police were coming at that time. i heard the door open, i thought that's it. and i stepped out there and he -- i could see him running down the street. so i quickly cleaned up everything that i could and left. >> six months later in october 1974 rader ...

Strangle kathy, but was unsuccessful, and so stabbed her multiple times in the chest. meanwhile much to rader's surprise, kevin had somehow managed to escape though his head wounds from the gunshot left him unable to clearly describe the killer to police. >> i thought the police were coming at that time. i heard the door open. i thought, that's it. i stepped out there and i could see him running down the street. so i quickly cleaned up everything that i could and left. >> six months later, in october 1974, rader announced himself to authorities, in the first of many letters he sent to newspape...

I thought that's a possibility. >> rader's plan was to lie in wait and overtake kathy when she came home. but the plan went awry when she unexpectedly showed up with her brother kevin. rader said in court he was able to get brother and sister tied up, but the knots that bound kevin were not holding. >> were you armed with a handgun? >> yes. i had a handgun. i actually had two handguns. well, i started strangling, either the wrap broke or he broke his bonds and broke up and i pulled my gun and shot him, hit him in the head, he fell over. i could see the blood. >> rader said he thought kevin was...

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