After searching the former Park City property of serial killer Dennis Rader on Tuesday, sheriff's deputies from Osage County, Oklahoma, say there might be connections to other missing persons cases.
The Osage County Sheriff’s Office says the focus of the search in Park City was closely tied to the 1976 disappearance of Cynthia Kinney of Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Pawhuska is located north-northwest of Tulsa, about 30 miles south of the Kansas/Oklahoma border.
“This ongoing investigation has uncovered potential connections to other missing persons cases and unsolved murders in the Kansas and Missouri areas, which are possibly linked to Dennis Rader,” the sheriff’s office said. “The Osage County Sheriff’s Office has been working alongside the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), sharing crucial information and collaborating on this case.”
Deputies call what was found at Rader’s former residence as “items of interest,” saying those items will undergo a thorough examination to determine any relevance to Kinney’s disappearance.
Osage County authorities said Rader is “a prime suspect in these unsolved cases, including the Cynthia Dawn Kinney case from Pawhuska.”