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 ...
That second pic doesnt look quite as friendly as the first..Palladin also said that computers were removed from the Park City library which was closed all dat..
Great news. Will be very interesting to see what this animal was up to for the past 20 years -
And how, might I ask, do you know that??
Atypical for serial killers that he would stop for such a long period of time..
There are unsolved murders up until at least 1991 and maybe later that are probably him. One victim lived down the block from him.
Good one.
There are more unsolved cases going up to 1991?
C'mon, now, you know the rule!
Perhaps they should ship him to us barbaric Texans . . . we tend to enjoy taking care of society's waste.
Loved your "Deputy's" badge on your homepage! Can anyone get one of those or do you have to get some kind of . . . uugghhh! . . . "formal education?"
Agree. It will definitely be interesting to find out more - Was he in prison for awhile? - Did he commit other murders? - Etc.
Hopefully this is the guy and they got him - Sounds like he made a big mistake dropping one of those letters off (camera's nailed him - probably the security camera in a store across the street or something like that).
Eschoir.
Yep. At least 2 between 85 and 91. They were never officially announced as BTK murders, but they were both close to this guy.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/unsolved/btk/discovery_2.html?sect=4
This is the description of the first murder..Like you, I can't imagine that he just "got it out of his system." and reformed...
His contact lately might mean he was feeling stressed, feeling the great urge again and wanted to be caught..or he just needed to feel important again..
He likes publicity.
Of course he lied about his personal information in letters he sent. He needs to feel powerful and striking fear in the hearts of citizens and fooling the police helped him feel that way.
Eschoir?
He did mention that he didnt know if the killing would ever 'get out of his system,' maybe he took a 15 year vacation..
ANd maybe his vacation was to other states. Need to cross check his MO for deaths in those areas.
Good news at last.
One thing I'm not looking forward to is when the trials start, many details law enforcement kept secret will now be public knowledge. We're probably going to hear some of the most depraved stuff ever.
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