1970s killer 'resurfaces'

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From BBC News


A serial killer who terrified a US city in the 1970s appears to have resurfaced and laid claim to an eighth victim. The killer - known as the BTK Strangler for using initials standing for 'bind, torture, kill' - murdered seven people in Wichita, Kansas, from 1974 to 1977.
Last week, the Wichita Eagle newspaper received a letter with photos and copy of a driver's licence of Vicki Wegerle, whose 1986 murder was never solved.

The return address on the letter was to Bill Thomas Killman - initials BTK.

The address underneath appeared to refer to a now-vacant building in Wichita. The letter contained a single sheet of paper with a photocopy of Ms Wegerle's driver's licence and three pictures that were apparently taken of her body. The 28-year-old was strangled at her home, and her relatives said the only thing that went missing was her driver's licence. "The photographs appear to be authentic," said Lieutenant Ken Landwehr, who worked on the BTK case for 20 years. "I'm 100% sure it's BTK". More than two decades ago, the BTK strangler would claim responsibility for the murders in letters - initialled BTK - to the Eagle newspaper and TV station KAKE.

Initials of the name on the return address spell out BTK
He claimed responsibility for the deaths of seven people - six of whom were strangled, and one stabbed to death. Four were members of one family; two children and their parents. When the case went cold, many police officers assumed the killer had either died or been imprisoned, said a Kansas lawyer who wrote a book on the murders. Forensics experts are said to be re-examining evidence from the 1986 crime scene, and police are running any new evidence through fingerprint and DNA databases. Lists of recently-released prison inmates are also going to be checked. "This is going to be homicide's top priority case," said Lt Landwehr.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3575847.stm

Try also: http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/8293113.htm

The cops:
Wichita Police: http://www.wichita.gov/cityoffices/police/

Looks like someone has been feeling very confident for a very long time....

Edit: Does 'Bill' Thomas Killman mean send the bill to T K or is it all one name?

[smartass]

1. I would think that with new DNA tests, the serial killer night

be identified. He was known to whack off at each of his murders so they should have his dna.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. This guy is a real sick puppy... crimelibrary site has a good article

on him:

http://crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/unsolved/btk/index_1.html?sect=4

[Deb]

3. We were living in Wichita at that time

Yesterday's paper sent a chill down our spines. We lived off base, as did most non-commissioned military families, and couldn't afford a security system.

We were instructed to leave the front door open, our shoes/coat on and check the phone line immediately when arriving home. If the phone line was dead we were told to run out of the house. I believe these instructions originated from the Wichita Police Dept.

The PT's on base offered personal safety/defense classes for the wifes. Scary stuff back then. I hope they catch the sick sob.