The Osage County, Oklahoma Sheriff’s Office has released a 1976 entry from BTK serial killer Dennis Rader in which he described being outside Wichita at the time a Pawhuska teenager disappeared.
The journal entry said “The Brunette was the target. I would watch the near by Laundry Mat for possible victim see C-9. Hit PJ-Bad Wash Day. Laundry Mat were a good place to watch victims and dream..”
The Sheriff’s Office said PJ is Rader’s abbreviation for the word “project” and C-9 refers to Chapter 9 in his planned book that would give details on the murders he committed. Rader has referred to victims as “projects” in the past in talking to officials about the BTK murders in the 1970s and 80s.
Osage County officials say Rader is the prime suspect in the disappearance of 16-year-old Cynthia Kenney, who was last seen at the Osage Laundry in Pawhuska in June, 1976. Detectives went to the site in Park City, Kansas where Rader’s home once stood, and they said digging and search items produced several items of interest.
Rader is also under investigation in Missouri for missing persons and unsolved murder cases in that state. Rader’s daughter, Kerri Rawson, said this week that she has been working with Osage County and Missouri law enforcement officials as a volunteer to help with the investigations.
