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  After leaving the US Marine Corps in 1948, William and his wife Dorothea Rader birthed the first of what would total 4 boys. March 9 th , 1945, Dennis Rader made his way into the world in a quiet little part of Kansas. The house at 4815 N. Seneca in Wichita, Kansas would remain known as “The Rader Home” from 1948 until 2005. Growing up he showed signs of being a polite young man who was very quiet and to himself for the most part. Dennis Rader was also widely known in high school for his lack of hobbies and interests.   1963 marked beginning of Rader’s life, post-adolescence. He completed a few of semesters at Kansas Wesleyan College located in Salina, Kansas, 92 miles from his home. 3 years after graduation, Dennis signed himself up for the US Air Force and was shipped off to San Antonio, Texas where he completed basic training at a facility named “Lackland Air Force Base”. Rader received the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, and the Natio...

I have read many books, many different authors have touched my soul with the words they use so intricately and delicate. Most times, I use books to escape the reality I’m in, just get soaked up into someone else’s imagination. Not Michelle McNamara’s. I read I’ll Be Gone in the Dark knowing without a doubt it would rock my world, it did not disappoint. However, the more I read, the more I saw and heard how just intertwined Michelle had made this case into her life, the more I realized that certain people had a way to intrigue you, even if the topic is more than sinister. Part two of ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ ends with one simple sentence: “(Editor’s note: Michelle McNamara died on April 21 st , 2016 ).” The book then continues using bits and pieces torn out of her handbooks. To replicate her style of writing especially being that close to an investigation was impossible, she was able to write the first-person narrative so many people crave. As a woman who has tried her hand in true ...