# BTK Caught! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020 "2005-02-26T16:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/1 "2005-02-26T16:12:36Z")
[http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/news/local/crime\_courts/10996855.htm](http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/news/local/crime_courts/10996855.htm) News conference to follow. Apparently, DNA evidence is conclusive. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/2 "2005-02-26T16:16:42Z")
[http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/11000748.htm](http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/11000748.htm) More info. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/3 "2005-02-26T16:28:45Z")
Wonderful! ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/4 "2005-02-26T16:29:22Z")
Well if it does turn out to be BTK, and I hope it is, it’s about damn time. I’ve read the accounts of what happened and it’s about damn time. I wonder when they’ll release a name. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/5 "2005-02-26T16:30:10Z")
What does BTK stand for? ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/6 "2005-02-26T16:30:54Z")
:smack: It’s about damn time I preview my posts. > [@Miller](#): > > What does BTK stand for? Bind, torture and kill. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/7 "2005-02-26T16:33:11Z")
That was his preferred method of killing. This guy terrorized Wichita and most of south east Kansas, disappeared for years and then started sending letters to local papers saying he was still out there. Maybe the saying should be “publicity killed the cat”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jester21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@jester21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jester21)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/8 "2005-02-26T16:48:26Z")
Dennis Rader - m/59? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/9 "2005-02-26T16:49:45Z")
Here’s hoping! _crosses fingers_ ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/10 "2005-02-26T16:52:27Z")
> [@FilmGeek](#): > > This guy terrorized Wichita and most of south east Kansas, disappeared for years and then started sending letters to local papers saying he was still out there. But then this is quite a worrying circumstance IMHO. When that letter first came in I thought that it had to be a copycat or some deluded individual with a sick sense of humour. Then of course there was information of the case in the letter not divulged to the public which made me think that rather than being BTK, it was some form of protege. I never believed BTK would return without killing again. The letter always seemed very “attention-whorish”. Because of this I’ve got this feeling that the man arrested may not be the real killer. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2005, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/btk-caught/292020/11 "2005-02-26T17:00:17Z")
I think he wanted them to find him.