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Wikipedia: Dennis Rader

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The encyclopedia article on Dennis Rader, the BTK killer, whose 2005 arrest followed the recovery of identifying metadata from a floppy disk he sent to investigators.

Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
General encyclopedia: useful for uncontested factual detail, not a primary or scholarly source.
Citation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Rader
Source Type
Encyclopedia
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Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)

This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Landmark Cases, 12 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
  • Criminologists and Reformers, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Forensic Disciplines and Methods, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.

Well-attested

14

Criminologists and Reformers

Forensic Disciplines and Methods

Landmark Cases

Holds

3

Landmark Cases

Connected

1

Landmark Cases

General References

4

Criminologists and Reformers

Forensic Disciplines and Methods

Landmark Cases

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