Posted on 02/26/2005 6:55:28 AM PST by gopwinsin04
Police have uncovered new evidence in the decades old BTK Wichita serial killer case and are questioning a person of interest, according to sources close to the investigation.
Authorities scheduled a news conferece for 11AM Eastern Saturday to make an announcement in the case, and relatives of the killers victims would be briefed beforehand.
Some police sources have said that a 59 year old man was arrested Friday and linked to the case by a DNA sample.
Surveillance activites gave police 'their first big piece' of recent evidence, leading authorities to a vehicle and the person of interest.
Investigators also searched a house in the Wichita suburb of Park City Friday, siezing computer equipment.
(Excerpt) Read more at mediainfo.com ...
He wanted to be caught.
Thank God he decided to merely taunt the police
instead of committing more murders.
I never paid attention to this BTK monster before, but have the feeling I'm going to learn more than I want to hear....shudder.
Take care, sw
BTW, thanks for that link.
I learned more and didn't
have to suffer thru the "press conference."
Maybe, but Liddy called him a squealer.
http://www.ksn.com/news/stories/7036051.html
This site has a video interview of Rader
Story
Who is Dennis Rader?
by Jason Kravarik
KSN News
WICHITA, Kansas, Feb 26, 2005 -- So what do we know about suspect Dennis Rader? We have been gathering a mass of information on his background.
Most interesting, we will hear from Dennis Rader himself. He spoke to KSN News on a general news story back in 2001. It was a surprise to us, and with what police have said Saturday, Rader’s life is a surprise to the entire city.
Dennis Rader, the man now thought to be BTK, allegedly fooled police for decades. Now scores of Kansans are learning that he apparently fooled them as well.
"It’s the biggest shock I’d ever had -- the nicest guy in the world. I’d have given him a key to watch my dog if I had to when I was leaving town," said Gary Van Dusen, neighbor.
Rader was a churchgoer at Christ Lutheran Church in north Wichita. He was not just any member of the church, he was president of the Congregation Council.
"It’s consistent with what we had thought all along, that it’s an individual who blends well into the community, was basically invisible to his neighbors and friends and coworkers because he was just an ordinary guy," said Arlyn Smith, former BTK investigator.
Rader was a compliance officer in Park City. Residents knew him as a stickler for detail.
"He’d harass you for your grass being six inches tall, or something like that," said one neighbor.
But Rader also handled animal control. KSN News interviewed him about a story on animal attacks in Park City.
Business reference books dating back to the 1970’s show Dennis Rader as an ADT security technician. That’s key, since police have often thought BTK gained access to homes as a utility employee.
We also know that Radar has a long history with Wichita State University. That matches what police have thought all along about the BTK killer.
An alumni book shows Rader graduated WSU in the late 1970’s. Police linked a BTK letter to a school copy machine and the brother of victim Kathryn Bright reports BTK asked him if he’d seen him around campus.
Last update: Feb 26, 2005, 11:39am
Just from my experience on this end..
Associated Press
A timeline from 1974 to present surrounding the BTK case:
_ Jan. 15, 1974: Joseph Otero, 38, and his wife, Julie, 34, are strangled in their home along with two of their children, Josephine, 11, and Joseph II, 9.
_ April 4, 1974: Kathryn Bright, 21, is stabbed to death in her home. Police later conclude she was a BTK victim.
_ October 1974: The Wichita Eagle-Beacon gets a letter from someone taking responsibility for the Otero family killing. The message included crime scene details.
_ March 17, 1977: Shirley Vian, 24, is found tied up and strangled at her home.
_ Dec. 8, 1977: Nancy Fox, 25, is found tied up and strangled in her home. The killer's voice is captured on tape when he calls a dispatcher to report the crime.
_ Jan. 31, 1978: A poem, referring to the Vian killing, is sent to The Wichita Eagle-Beacon.
_ Feb. 10, 1978: A letter from BTK is sent to KAKE-TV claiming responsibility for the deaths of Vian and Fox, as well as another unnamed victim. Police Chief Richard LaMunyon announces a serial killer is at large and has threatened to strike again.
_ Aug. 15, 1979: Police get more than 100 tips in the first day of radio and TV broadcasts that repeat the voice of the BTK strangler from the 1977 recording.
_ April 28, 1979: BTK waits inside a home, but leaves before the 63-year-old woman who lives there returns. He later sends her a letter letting her know he was there.
_ Mid-1980s: A group known as "The Ghostbusters" takes on the then cold case and during the next three years employs new DNA testing techniques, database searches and psychological profiles.
_ Sept. 16, 1986: Vicki Wegerle, 28, is strangled in her home. The family car is found nearby.
_ March 19, 2004: A letter arrives at The Wichita Eagle containing a photocopy of Wegerle's driver's license and photos of her body. Police link it to BTK.
_ April 2004: Wichita police subpoena information from the Wichita Eagle's BTK Internet discussion board.
_ May 5, 2004: KAKE-TV receives a letter with photocopies of a business identification card of a former Southwestern Bell employee and an ID badge of a former Wichita's public schools employee.
_ June 2004: Wichita police receive a letter describing the 1974 Otero family killings.
_ October 2004: Wichita police obtain a letter dropped in a United Parcel Service Inc. box. The correspondence contained jewelry.
_ Dec. 1, 2004: Wichita police arrested a man on minor charges and test his DNA for a connection to the BTK serial killings. He is later released on bond.
_ December 2004: A package containing the driver's license of Nancy Fox, who was killed in 1977, is found by a Wichita resident in a neighborhood park.
_ Jan. 12, 2005: The man whose DNA was tested in December sues three media organizations, including The Associated Press. The AP is dropped from the defamation lawsuit in early February.
_ Jan. 25, 2005: KAKE-TV receives a postcard that leads police to a suspicious cereal box in a rural area northwest of Wichita, and asks an earlier missing communication. The postcard was from "S Killett" with the address of the Otero family.
_ Feb. 3, 2005: KAKE-TV gets another postcard, this one thanking them for its quick response. Police said they later found the missing communication No. 7.
_ Feb. 16, 2005: A different Wichita TV station, KSAS-TV, receives an apparent BTK message. The manila envelope contained a piece of jewelry and a letter. The letter's return address said "PJ Fox."
_ Feb. 25, 2005: Police and other authorities surround a home in Park City, a Wichita suburb.
_ Feb. 26, 2005: After receiving several more letters, authorities announce the arrest of BTK.
The Mayor hugging Chief Moose, Phill Kline the KS AG who has been there a year making a speech to play for the governorship, I could go on and on
Freepmail on it's way to you OldFriend...
Thanks for the link.
BTW, don't they have to still refer to him as a suspect? The police chief sure didn't with his "BTK is arrested" comment. I realize they have DNA evidence, but I thought they still had to refer to him as a suspect. I must be wrong about that.
UGH, Liddy is a first class ass if that was his opinion.
The rest of the ceremony was way too over the top, almost like a World Series or Super Bowl post game--especially after it took them 31 YEARS to catch the perp!
Police arrested Dennis Rader, a 59-year-old animal control officer, after his daughter, Kerri Rader, alerted authorities two weeks ago of her suspicion that her father was the BTK killer — a self-coined nickname that stands for "Bind, Torture, Kill."
A blood sample from his daughter was used to confirm DNA tests that linked Rader to to eight killings committed between 1974 and 1986, sources told FOX News.
Yeah. I was thinking it was somewhat like an acceptance speech at the Oscars. "I'd like to thank....."
instead of instead of = instead of
Brain hiccup!
Oh really? That's interesting. I heard that they tagged him by linking his computer to a cd-rom delivered to KSAS.
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