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 ...
Shortly after Rader's arrest Friday, authorities seized a computer at the Park City Public Library.
This led me to wonder if he had a gun. I just found this posted this morning at CNN. It's Steve Belford telling how Rader killed his mother, Shirley Vian:
The man then went to a neighbor's house and Relford went home. A few minutes later, there was a knock at the door, and Relford raced his brother to answer it. Relford opened the door.
Once inside, the man "immediately starts pulling blinds, turns off the TV, reaches in his shoulder holster and pulls out a pistol," Relford said. http://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/28/btk.relford/index.html
If you run across any news on a pistol that Relford had, please let me know. If it's a .22, then you can bet the LE are doing ballistic tests as we speak.
The guy probably was a Rep.
It is Kansas, after all. You rarely get elected to city offices if you are a Dem.
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