[rogueleader]

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/8294875.htm

If you want to post that to the front page, please be my guest.

One other thought. He sent the letter with a return address of "Bill Thomas Killman." As there is no such person, and "Killman" is obviously a little too convenient, it appears that the BTK strangler is very clever. BTK is an abbreviation, but for what?

May I suggest that BTK's initials might be B-T-K? How many B.T.K.'s have there been released from prison or mental hospitals lately? There can't be that many even if you look at the whole country.

[VOA]

How many B.T.K.'s have there been released from prison or mental hospitals lately?
There can't be that many even if you look at the whole country.

Additionally, they should look into recent retirees from law enforcement agencies
(or affilitated professions).
John Douglas, the famed FBI profiler, has mentioned that BTK's correspondences
read like incident/crime-scene reports that a police officer would make.

(Not saying BTK is/was a cop...but might be close to the law/legal professions.)

[rond]

BTK is an abbreviation, but for what?

Bind, torture, kill. This freak gave himself the name in his first note to cops. IIRC, it was hidden in a textbook in a library; a newspaper editor caught the squeal and recovered the letter.

As for John Douglas being excited about this case: Wish he would have been as pumped when he dismissed a letter from the Green River Killer as bogus. Turns out Ridgeway wrote it.

[Palladin]

Thanks for the link. The article gives a pretty good profile.

What I want to know is why the Wichita cops have never released his writings to the public? That's how Kascinsky was caught. Someone somewhere would surely recognize the writing style, etc., of BTK if all his known writings were published. Wichita is missing the boat on this.

From article:

He sent messages years ago, complaining that California's "Zodiac Killer" seemed to be getting more publicity than BTK, McKenna said.

In the note he sent the community after the Otero murders, BTK wrote a detailed description of the crime scene, noting that Mr. Otero's wristwatch was missing: "I needed one so I took it," he wrote. "Runs good."

In his Otero note, he tends to be short of sentence, but long-winded. Like people in everyday life who equate braininess with overwriting, he buries his readers in detail. The Otero note goes on and on.

But it also shows a careful observer: minute description beyond the desire or memory of most people. He might even have taken notes over the bodies. He painstakingly describes body positions, items and colors of clothing, types of ropes and gags and cords and hoods employed for each victim.

He made spelling errors, typing mistakes and worded sentences awkwardly , but might be faking those.

"It was almost like English wasn't his first language," said Ken Stephens, a former Eagle reporter who covered BTK for years. "But I suspect nearly every clue he's ever given involves misdirection

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[lmr]

BTK is an abbreviation for "Bind-Torture-Kill", he gave this name to himself in his letters and communiques with Police. as he said "Bind Them, Torture Them, Kill Them"