Nancy Fox was 25 and living alone in a duplex at 843 South Pershing Street, Wichita, when she was targeted by Dennis Rader, later identified as BTK. Rader watched her routines, confirmed her name from her mailbox and her job at Helzberg Jewelers, and chose Thursday, December 8, 1977, for the attack. He cut the duplex phone lines, entered through a back window, confronted Fox and bound her after she returned from the bathroom. He strangled her with a belt, then pantyhose, took personal items as trophies, and masturbated at the scene before leaving.

Early the next morning someone calling from a downtown pay phone told police You will find a homicide at 843 South Pershing. Nancy Fox. Officers found her on the bed, bound and posed. Semen from the scene, the recorded call and later taunting communications were retained as evidence. In 2005 Dennis Lynn Rader was arrested, charged with multiple counts including Fox’s murder, pleaded guilty, and received consecutive life sentences.