Park City ? With little fanfare, this Wichita suburb demolished the house once owned by BTK serial killer Dennis Rader early Wednesday, as a police officer stood by to guard against people hoping to take off with pieces of the debris.

Crews began work about 7 a.m. and loaded the home’s remains into four trucks to be hauled away. The city said earlier this year that it planned to destroy the house but did not say beforehand when that would happen.

Park City Mayor Dee Stuart has said she didn’t want the demolition to become a spectacle.

In January, a person tried to sell what were described as pieces of the house on the Internet auction site eBay. The auction was eventually stopped before any bids came in.

Rader and his family lived in the house for 25 years before he pleaded guilty to killing 10 people between 1974 and 1991. Rader called himself BTK for his preferred method of killing, “bind, torture and kill.” He is serving 10 consecutive life terms in prison.

The city paid less than $60,000 for the house earlier this year. It plans to use the land to create a new entryway to Jardine Memorial Park, a small park with trees, swings and a half basketball court.