Wichita Police Swoop Down
on BTK Killer
The street address from the building
front has been cleverly scribbled out.
After more than three decades, Wichita police
have finally arrested the notorious BTK killer. 59 year old Dennis Rader is
suspected of at least eight, and possibly as many as ten brutal murders in
the area over a period of twelve years. He is also accused of teasing the
Wichita police department relentlessly, and sending hurtful letters to the
Wichita Eagle.
"What is wrong with you coppers?" read one
such note. "Where did you get your training, Sears & Roebuck? It's not like
I'm hiding out in Calcutta or something - this is Wichita. Tell you what.
I'm going to be in McDonalds this Thursday, ordering a Big Mac and fries".
Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams
explained that this was a sly example of Rader's cunning. "The first thing
that you need to understand is that there are nine McDonalds in the Wichita
area, not just one. Furthermore, they sell burgers for most of the day. They
start at 11:00 AM, and go all the way till closing time, which in some cases
isn't until midnight."
 "We
actually did question him at one point in the investigation," said County
District Attorney Nola Foulston. "But we let him go after he convinced us
that he was nothing but a cranky old man. I mean, he wasn't really all that
old, but good lord was he ever cranky."
A break in the case came last March when
Rader sent a new note to the Wichita Eagle, saying the he "was afraid I'm
going to die of old age before they ever find me." Along with the letter he
sent the drivers license of a former victim, a half eaten Hershey bar, and a
photograph of the apartment building where "he might live." In typical
duplicitous fashion, the address of the building had been obscured with a
black marker. |
