The daughter of the BTK serial killer has resigned from efforts investigating cold cases.
Kerri Rawson said she’s stepping away from the National Cold Case Task Force. It was created to look into the potential connection between her father, Dennis Rader, and the disappearance of Cynthia Dawn Kinney, an Oklahoma teenager who went missing in Pawhuska in 1976.
On Twitter, Rawson writes, “Dear media, law enforcement, criminal justice partners & the public:
Effective as of 11/3/23 I resigned from the BTK National Task Force. I wish them the best in their endeavors.
I continue to serve as a protected witness as needed with active law enforcement.”
Dear media, law enforcement, criminal justice partners & the public:
Effective as of 11/3/23 I resigned from the BTK National Task Force. I wish them the best in their endeavors.
I continue to serve as a protected witness as needed with active law enforcement. — Kerri Rawson (@KerriRawson) November 16, 2023
The Cold Case Task Force aims to leverage the expertise and resources of law enforcement agencies from Oklahoma, Kansas and various federal entities, the Osage County Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office shares. Those members include, as of Nov. 5, 2023:
- Sheriff Eddie Virden, OCSO
- Undersheriff Gary Upton, OCSO
- James Reed, OCSO
- United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Oklahoma
- Kansas Department of Corrections
- Sheryl “Mac” McCollum, Task Force Coordinator and CSI
- Ann Burgess, Profiling
- Joni Johnston, Forensic Psychologist & PI
- Paul Holes, Cold Case Investigator
- Lisa Ribacoff, Polygraph
- Nancy Grace, Former Prosecutor & Media Personality
- David Mittelman, DNA Analysis
- Kristen Mittelman, Probative Evidence
- Joseph Scott Morgan, Death Investigator
- Alina Burroughs, CSI Crime Scene Confidential
- Mareen O’Connell, Retired FBI
- Joseph Giacalone, NYPD Cold Case
- Peter Hyatt, Statement Analysis
- Kelley Lawson, Forensic Artist
- Trace Sargent, K9
- Ezekiel Avalos, Chautauqua County SO, KS.
- Alice Gooding, Forensic Anthropologist
- Mozelle Martin, Handwriting Expert
- Francey Hakes, Former US Attorney
- Shera LaPoint, Ancestral Expert
- Det Cloyd Steiger, Homicide and Serial Killer Expert
- Commander Irv Brandt, US Marshals Service, Interpol, Fugitive Strike Team
- Susan Constainine, Deception Expert
- Lauren Lee Malloy, Victim Advocate and K9
- Det. Karen Smith, Jacksonville PD Homicide and CSI
Rawson was on the task force, and this past year, she spoke to her dad multiple times in prison to see if he had a connection to Kinney’s disappearance and other cold cases.
Thus far, there have been some site digs, including on the former Rader family home in Park City, Kan. The searches have not led to any charges between Rader and the cold cases, though, Osage County Sheriff Eddie Virden said some items of interest were found at the former Rader home.