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The BTK killer’s need for notoriety led to his capture a decade ago. He’s now a ‘prime suspect’ in at least two other murders

Authorities in Oklahoma dug up ‘trophies’ from BTK killer Dennis Rader’s former home. They believe the discoveries will finally prove the prolific serial killer had even more victims, Bevan Hurley writes

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Authorities investigate whether BTK killer was responsible for other killings in Missouri, Oklahoma

Authorities in Oklahoma and Missouri are investigating whether the BTK serial killer was responsible for other homicides, with their search leading them this week to dig near his former Kansas property

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Kansas authorities find ‘pantyhose ligature’ in new search of BTK killer’s former home

Dennis Rader may have buried ‘trophies’ in his former Park City home, law enforcement believe

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‘Get out of my house!’ Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raid

A video released by the Marion County Record shows Joan Meyer confronting police who raided her home Aug. 11. Meyer died the next day. Her son, the newspaper’s editor, believes the stress of the raid contributed to her death.

Chicago Sun-Times

Video shows Kansas newspaper owner, 98, giving police hell over ‘trespassing’ raid hours before death from stress

‘This was extremely upsetting to Joan and caused her to remain angry and upset throughout the day and night,’ coroner’s report states

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'Get out of my house!' Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raid

Newly released video shows the 98-year-old mother of a Kansas newspaper publisher confronting police officers as they searched her home in a raid that has drawn national scrutiny

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The initial online search spurring a raid on a Kansas paper was legal, a state agency says

A Kansas Department of Revenue spokesperson says the initial online search of a state website that led a central Kansas police chief to raid a local weekly newspaper was legal

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Court documents suggests reason for police raid of Kansas newspaper

The police chief who led the raid of a Kansas newspaper has alleged in previously unreleased court documents that a reporter either impersonated someone else or lied about her intentions when she obtained the driving records of a local business owner

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LOOK: Photos from Cardinals’ 38-10 loss to Chiefs

The Cardinals lost on Saturday 38-10 to the Kansas City Chiefs. Check out some great photos from the game!

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A raid on a Kansas newspaper likely broke the law, experts say. But which one?

Experts say a central Kansas police chief was on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper

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Small Kansas paper raided by police has a history of hard-hitting reporting

The family owned Marion County Record stands out for holding local officials accountable. That role is becoming increasingly rare as local newspapers vanish across the country.

WEKU

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Kansas paper raid shines light on rising anti-media rhetoric in US

Incident charts a disturbing spike in intimidation and violence toward journalists following hateful bombast from politicians

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Judge who signed Kansas newspaper search warrant had 2 DUI arrests, reports say

The Marion County Record now has all of the devices police seized in a raid. Local newspapers report that the judge who signed the search warrant had two drunken driving arrests within a year.

The Guardian - US

Kansas newspaper raided by police to have seized items returned

Police raid on office of Marion County Record drew widespread condemnation by press freedom advocates

The Independent UK

Kansas prosecutor finds ‘insufficient evidence’ for newspaper raid that drew international backlash

The small-town newspaper’s co-owner collapsed and died one day after a widely condemned raid

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Kansas newspaper raided by police strikes back in first print edition since search

Even without the computers, cellphones and other equipment taken in a police raid, the new edition of the Marion County Record made it to newsstands Wednesday after a frenzied scramble by the Kansas weekly newspaper’s small staff

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Chicago Sun-Times

Kansas newspaper raids are a threat to press freedom everywhere

That a judge would sign off on a search warrant allowing the preposterous and possibly illegal raids exemplifies just how quickly the First Amendment rights of journalists can be trampled on.

The Independent UK

Kansas law enforcement investigating police raid at small-town newspaper office

A raid of a small-town paper’s office has sparked widespread criticism from publishers and civil rights groups

Chicago Sun-Times

Kansas police and a small newspaper are at the center of a 1st Amendment fight after a newsroom raid

The newspaper’s publisher, Eric Meyer, says the paper’s aggressive coverage of local police and politics was the impetus for the raid.

WEKU

Kansas newspaper says it investigated local police chief prior to newsroom raid

The Marion County Record had been looking into allegations of misconduct against the local police chief just months ago, according to the paper's publisher, raising concerns about their motives.

The Independent UK

Why is a police raid on a newspaper in Kansas so unusual?

Tensions between public officials and the press are hardly unusual

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EXPLAINER: Why is a police raid on a newspaper in Kansas so unusual?

Tensions between public officials and the press are hardly unusual

The Independent UK

Video captures police raid on Kansas newspaper which took the 98-year-old publisher’s ‘last day of her life’

The co-owner said he plans to file a lawsuit ‘to establish a clear precedent that this sort of behavior cannot be tolerated’

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