All language subtitles for BTK.Chasing.a.Serial.Killer.S01E02.WEBRip.x264-ION10

♪♪

Lamunyon: WE DO HAVE
A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM.

WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO APPARENTLY

HAS THE UNCONTROLLABLE
DESIRE TO KILL.

THERE WASN'T A BOGEYMAN
IN THIS TOWN -- IT WAS BTK.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO IMAGINE
SOMETHING TO BE AFRAID OF.

IT WAS THERE.

AND GOOD EVENING, WE HAVE
EXCLUSIVE DETAILS AND NEW

COMMUNICATION THAT COULD BE
FROM THE SERIAL KILLER, BTK.

IT WAS A DOLL SENT
DEPICTING HER

AND BONDAGE ON HER BODY
WHEN SHE WAS FOUND MURDERED.

HE WAS TAUNTING
EVERY FEMALE OUT THERE.

SCARED US HALF TO DEATH.

Narrator: THE NOTORIOUS
BTK SERIAL KILLER

HELD WICHITA, KANSAS,

ON A RAZOR'S EDGE
FOR 30 YEARS.

Kelly:
PEOPLE WERE TERRIFIED.

LIFE HAD CHANGED FOREVER
FOR THEM.

Narrator: NOW UNVEILED
IS THE MOST IN-DEPTH

AND DISTURBING ACCOUNT OF HIS
REIGN OF TERROR EVER TOLD.

ALL THOSE KIDS,
ALL THESE MURDERS,

EACH ONE WAS
ANOTHER NIGHTMARE.

Narrator:
FEATURING EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS

WITH VICTIMS WHOSE LIVES
HE LEFT FOREVER SCARRED,

INCLUDING THOSE CLOSEST
TO HIM.

Rawson: IF YOU HAD ASKED ME
BEFORE 2005, I WOULD'VE TOLD YOU

MY LIFE WAS PRETTY MUCH
THE AMERICAN DREAM WITH,

LIKE, THESE GREAT PARENTS
AND THIS GREAT HOUSE.

AND THEN I LEARNED EVERY DAY
OF MY LIFE WAS A LIE.

♪♪

♪♪

[ CHEERING AND SHOUTING ]

Kelly: WICHITA WAS THE KIND
OF PLACE WHERE KIDS

RAN AROUND IN THE SUMMER,

CATCHING FIREFLIES
AND RIDING THEIR BIKES.

YEAH, I WAS A GOOD PLACE
TO GROW UP.

WE NEVER LOCKED OUR DOORS.

I WAS RAISED HERE,
MY FAMILY WAS RAISED HERE.

OUTSTANDING PEOPLE,
GREAT ECONOMY.

MANY OF US ARE STILL
RIGHT HERE IN THE REGION.

WICHITA WAS
A MANUFACTURING TOWN.

WE STARTED TO MAKE AIRPLANES --
BACK IN THE SEVENTIES,

I THINK WE HAD CESSNA,
WE HAD BEECH,

WE HAD WHAT WAS THEN LEARJET,

AND ALONG WITH THAT,
THE COLEMAN COMPANY WAS HERE.

Narrator: THE PROSPEROUS MIDWEST
CITY ATTRACTS PEOPLE FROM

ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
AND BEYOND.

THE OTERO FAMILY HAD ONLY
RECENTLY MOVED HERE FROM

PANAMA FOR PATRIARCH
JOSEPH OTERO'S NEW JOB

REPAIRING AIRCRAFT.

WE WERE SEVEN YEARS OF GROWING
UP IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE.

HE FOUND A JOB IN WICHITA.

WE PACKED UP ALL OUR STUFF
IN A SUITCASE

AND LEFT MY GRANDPARENTS'
HOUSE IN PUERTO RICO

AND FLEW TO WICHITA.

I WAS 15 YEARS OLD,
FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS THE OLDEST OF
FIVE CHILDREN.

[ INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO ]

DANNY AND CARMEN WERE
IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL,

AND JOEY AND JOSIE
WERE IN ELEMENTARY,

SO WE GOT UP IN STAGES.

I'D GET READY FOR SCHOOL.

DANNY AND CARMEN,
THEY'D BE UP, AND JOEY

AND JOSIE WOULD WAIT TILL
MAYBE A HALF HOUR.

THREE NIGHTS BEFORE,
I SAW A MOVIE ON TV --

TRUMAN CAPOTE'S
"IN COLD BLOOD."

A FAMILY IN KANSAS
IS KILLED BY

TWO KILLERS
WHO ESCAPED FROM JAIL.

I TOLD MY DAD, I SAID, "DAD,
I SEEN THIS MOVIE.

IT WAS HORRIBLE."
YOU KNOW WHAT MY DAD TOLD ME?

HE SAID, "THANK GOD,
NOTHING LIKE THAT HAS EVER

HAPPENED TO YOU," AND IT
HAPPENED THREE DAYS LATER.

I REMEMBER
WALKING UP TO MY HOUSE,

WENT THROUGH OUR BACKYARD GATE,

AND I SAW MY DOG LUCKY OUTSIDE.

LUCKY WAS NEVER OUTSIDE.

AND I WENT IN THE BACK,
SENSED SOMETHING NOT RIGHT.

MY MOM'S PURSE
WAS ON THE STOVE,

FLIPPED OVER
AND EVERYTHING OUT OF IT.

SO I YELLED OUT,
"IS ANYBODY HOME?"

ONE OF MY SIBLINGS SAID,
"CHARLIE, COME QUICK.

MOM AND DAD ARE PLAYING
A BAD TRICK ON US."

AND I RAN DOWN THE HALL

AND I SAW MY MOTHER
AND MY FATHER.

[ DOOR CREAKING ]

IT JUST FELT LIKE SOMEBODY HAD

RIPPED MY CHEST OPEN AND TORE
MY HEART OUT PHYSICALLY.

MY FATHER'S EYES WERE BULGING.

HE HAD A BELT AROUND HIS NECK,
HE WAS DEAD COLD.

SOON AS I TOUCHED THEM,
I KNEW THEY WERE DEAD.

Lamunyon:
THE PHONE LINE WAS CUT.

THE FATHER AND THE MOTHER WERE
BOTH FOUND IN THE BEDROOM.

THE MOTHER WAS ON THE BED
ON HER BACK.

SHE WAS BOUND.

THE FATHER WAS BOUND,
OBVIOUSLY STRANGLED.

HIS FEET WERE TIED,
AND HIS HANDS WERE TIED

BEHIND HIS BACK.

OTHER POLICE CAME,

AND I KEPT TELLING THEM
I NEED JOEY AND JOSIE.

DON'T LET 'EM COME HOME
TO THIS.

BRING 'EM TO ME.

FINALLY, THEY TOLD ME
JOEY AND JOSIE

WERE IN THE HOUSE WITH
MY FOLKS, AND THEY WERE DEAD.

I HARDLY REMEMBER
A THING AFTER THAT.

TO THIS DAY,
IT BREAKS MY HEART.

Lamunyon: THE LITTLE BOY
WAS IN HIS ROOM.

HE WAS ALSO BOUND WITH
VENETIAN BLIND CORDS

AND PLASTIC OVER HIS FACE
WITH T-SHIRTS OVER HIS FACE.

IT WAS CLEAR FROM IMPRESSIONS
IN THE CARPET THAT THE KILLER

HAD TAKEN A CHAIR AND WATCHED
THIS LITTLE BOY SUFFER AND DIE.

THAT REALLY UPSET
AN AWFUL LOT OF THE COPS.

AND THE LITTLE GIRL,
WHO WAS 11,

SHE WAS ACTUALLY
IN THE BASEMENT

AND HAD BEEN SEMI-HUNG.

SHE HAD A NOOSE AROUND
HER NECK

THAT WAS OVER ONE OF
THE DRAINAGE PIPES.

SHE HADN'T BEEN VIOLATED,

BUT THERE WAS SEMEN THAT WAS
FOUND IN THE BASEMENT.

I REMEMBER ARRIVING
AT THE SCENE,

AND DETECTIVES WHO NORMALLY
WOULD SAY SOMETHING WERE QUIET.

IT WAS SHOCKING,

AND IT WAS TERRIFYING
FOR EVERYBODY.

Narrator: POLICE ARE AT A LOSS
TO EXPLAIN THE BIZARRE

AND BRUTAL MURDERS.

Lamunyon:
ALL OF THE INVESTIGATORS

WENT FOR THE PREMISE IN THAT

THE PERSON
THAT COMMITTED THIS ACT

HAD TO HAVE A GRUDGE TOWARDS
THE OTEROS.

Kelly: THEY WERE THINKING
THIS MUST HAVE BEEN

SOME SORT OF
A FEUD OR VENDETTA.

SOMEBODY HAD TAKEN
NOT JUST GREAT TIME

BUT ALSO HAD APPLIED
GREAT SKILL.

Narrator:
AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE

THE OTERO FAMILY'S HISTORY.

THEY STUDY THE EXPERT KNOTS
THE KILLER TIED, SEARCH FOR

SIMILAR CRIMES
FROM ACROSS WICHITA,

THE STATE,
AND THE ENTIRE NATION.

THEY INVOLVE THE FBI,
BUT THEIR EFFORTS GO NOWHERE,

AND THE CITY IS SHAKEN
TO ITS CORE.

WICHITANS WERE IN SHOCK.

AND AS THE DETAILS
BEGAN TO EMERGE,

IT DID STRIKE FEAR IN
THE HEART OF THE CITY.

IT WAS A VERY DISTURBING TIME.

ORDINARY WICHITANS
WHO HAD NEVER LOCKED

THEIR DOORS BEFORE,

SUDDENLY WERE LOCKING
EVERY DOOR.

THEY WERE CHECKING
THEIR PHONE LINES.

Otero:
WHEN MY FAMILY WAS KILLED,

YOU HAVE A EMPTY FEELING
IN YOUR HEART.

IT'S LIKE THERE'S --
IT'S NOT THERE ANYMORE.

I FEEL THEIR PAIN.

I FEEL THEIR ANGUISH THAT
THEY'RE GOING THROUGH

AS THEY'RE DYING --
TO THIS DAY, I FEEL IT.

IT WAS HEART-WRENCHING,
SOUL-SHATTERING STUFF.

Narrator: THE OTERO KILLINGS
ARE STILL HAUNTING WICHITA

WHEN, ONLY MONTHS LATER,
RESIDENTS ARE ROCKED BY

ANOTHER VICIOUS SLAYING.

Lamunyon: KATHY BRIGHT
WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT.

SHE WAS COMING HOME,
BUT HER BROTHER WAS WITH HER.

Kelly:
SOMEBODY HAD BROKEN IN.

WHEN KATHRYN
AND HER BROTHER ARRIVED,

THEY WERE CONFRONTED
BY A KILLER.

HE TIED THEM BOTH UP
IN SEPARATE ROOMS.

Narrator: KEVIN MANAGES TO BREAK
HIS BONDS AND CONFRONT

THE KILLER, WHO SHOOTS HIM
TWICE IN THE HEAD.

INCREDIBLY, HE IS STILL ABLE
TO ESCAPE AND RUN FOR HELP.

Kelly: THE KILLER REALIZED
HE HAD LOST CONTROL

OF THE SITUATION --
HE PULLED OUT A LONG KNIFE

AND BEGAN STABBING KATHRYN.

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AT THE TIME,
THEY HAD NOT

CONNECTED IT TO
THE OTERO MURDERS,

BECAUSE THE M.O. WAS JUST
NOT SIMILAR AT ALL.

Narrator: GRAVELY WOUNDED,
KEVIN PROVIDES POLICE

WITH A DESCRIPTION OF
THE ATTACKER --

A TALL WHITE MALE.

IT'S NOT MUCH TO GO ON.

Kelly: IT CAME TO THE ATTENTION
OF REPORTERS

THAT THERE WERE
A COUPLE OF BROTHERS

WHO WERE IN JAIL
CLAIMING CREDIT

FOR THE OTERO MURDERS.

MISGUIDED PEOPLE
WILL SEEK ATTENTION,

CONFESSING TO CRIMES
THEY DID NOT COMMIT.

THAT DIDN'T SET WELL WITH
THE REAL KILLER.

HE LIKED THE ATTENTION TO BE
FOCUSED ON HIM AND HIM ALONE,

AND SO HE CONTACTED
THE NEWSPAPER,

CALLED THE WICHITA EAGLE,

AND HE EXPLAINED THAT THERE
WAS A LETTER THAT HAD BEEN

PLACED IN A BOOK AT
THE WICHITA PUBLIC LIBRARY.

THE POLICE FOUND THE CONTENTS
QUITE CHILLING.

Lamunyon: IT SHARED INFORMATION
REGARDING THE CRIME SCENE

THAT ONLY SOMEONE

WHO HAD BEEN IN THERE
WOULD KNOW ABOUT.

"JOSEPHINE, POSITION,
HANGING BY THE NECK

"IN THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE BASEMENT,

"HAND-TIED WITH BIND CORD.

"NOOSE WITH FOUR OR FIVE TURNS.

"YOU PROBABLY
CALL ME PSYCHOTIC.

"WHERE THIS MONSTER
ENTERED MY BRAIN,

"I WILL NEVER KNOW,
BUT IT'S HERE TO STAY.

"HOW DOES ONE CURE HIMSELF?

"IF YOU ASK FOR HELP,

"THAT YOU HAVE KILLED
FOUR PEOPLE,

"THEY WILL LAUGH AND HIT
THE PANIC BUTTON

"AND CALL THE COPS.

"I CAN'T STOP IT,
SO THE MONSTER GOES ON.

"THE MONSTER HURTS ME
AS WELL AS SOCIETY.

"THE PRESSURE IS GREAT,
AND SOMETIMES

"HE RUNS THE GAME
TO HIS LIKING.

"MAYBE YOU CAN STOP HIM.
I CAN'T.

"HE'S ALREADY CHOSEN HIS NEXT
VICTIM OR VICTIMS.

GOOD LUCK HUNTING."

Kelly: HE SAID, "YOU CAN REFER
TO ME BY BIND, TORTURE, KILL,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO."

LATER SHORTENED TO BTK.

Lamunyon: WE REALIZED RIGHT AWAY
THAT MAYBE WE DO HAVE SOMEONE

IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UH,
IS A SERIAL KILLER.

MY WHOLE THOUGHT PROCESS
WAS OKAY,

LET'S COMMUNICATE BACK TO HIM.

KEEP IN MIND,
HE'S LOOKING FOR RECOGNITION.

SO WHAT WE DID THEN
IS ATTEMPT MORE

THAN ONCE TO COMMUNICATE WITH
HIM THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER.

FAR AS I KNOW,
HE NEVER CALLED ME.

AT THAT POINT,
YOU'RE THINKING TO YOURSELF,

WE NEED TO FIND THIS PERSON

OR WE WILL,
IN ALL PROBABILITY,

HAVE ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.

Narrator: BUT TO THE SURPRISE
OF AUTHORITIES,

BTK GOES DARK
FOR THE REST OF 1974

THROUGH ALL OF 1975 AND '76.

Lamunyon: AND YOU'RE THINKING,
WHERE IS HE?

WHERE DID HE GO?
IS HE DEAD?

IS HE IN PRISON?

IS HE OUT KILLING
SOMEWHERE ELSE?

BECAUSE WE'RE BEING TOLD,
IF THIS IS TRULY A SERIAL

KILLER, HE'S GOING TO KILL
AGAIN OR HE STILL IS KILLING.

SOMEONE THAT'S A PSYCHOPATH,
THEY WANNA BLEND IN.

THEY DON'T WANT TO SHOW YOU
WHO THEY REALLY ARE.

SO THEY'RE GONNA PUT LAYER ON
LAYER ON LAYER SO THAT YOU JUST

THINK HE'S YOUR BROTHER,

YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOUR SON,
YOUR HUSBAND,

YOUR FATHER.

MY BROTHER WAS BORN
IN 1975.

MY MOM REMEMBERS TELLING
MY DAD, YOU KNOW,

I'M WORRIED ABOUT BEING ALONE,
BECAUSE BTK'S MURDERING

THESE WOMEN,
AND MY DAD TOLD HER,

"IT'S OKAY, DON'T WORRY,
YOU'RE SAFE."

AND NONE OF THIS
WAS TRUE AT ALL.

Narrator: WITH BTK OUT OF
THE NEWS FOR OVER TWO YEARS,

WICHITA BELIEVES
IT'S SAFE AGAIN.

BUT ON MARCH 17, 1977,
THAT ILLUSION IS

VIOLENTLY SHATTERED.

[ KNOCKING NOISES ]

Narrator: THE TRAUMATIZED CHILD
ATTEMPTS TO DESCRIBE

HIS MOTHER'S ATTACKER
TO POLICE,

BUT LIKE KEVIN BRIGHT
BEFORE HIM, HE'S TOO VAGUE

TO BE HELPFUL.

Peters: HOW DO YOU EVER
RECOVER FROM THAT?

HOW DOES A FIVE-YEAR-OLD
EVER RECOVER FROM THAT?

THIS WAS A GUY
WHO NEVER HAD A CHANCE

TO GROW UP AND HAVE A LIFE,

BECAUSE HE PEEKED THROUGH
THE DOOR THAT DAY

AND SAW HIS MOTHER
BEING STRANGLED.

Hatteberg:
WE KNEW THAT WE HAD SOMEONE IN

THE COMMUNITY
WHO WAS REALLY A MONSTER.

NOT A PERSON, NOT A HUMAN,
BUT A MONSTER

TO LET THAT HAPPEN.

Narrator: THOUGH THERE ARE
SOME SMALL DIFFERENCES

IN THE KILLER'S M.O.,

POLICE STRONGLY SUSPECT
THIS IS THE WORK

OF THE SAME MAN
WHO MURDERED THE OTEROS.

Kelly: BUT THEY WERE AFRAID
OF CAUSING A PANIC.

THEY DIDN'T WANT
TO LET PEOPLE KNOW

THAT THOSE CASES WERE CONNECTED
UNTIL THEY WERE

ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN
THAT THEY WERE.

Lamunyon: WE WANTED TO MAKE
SURE, NUMBER ONE, THAT WE WERE,

IN FACT, DEALING WITH
THE BTK STRANGLER,

WHICH WE WERE
PRETTY SURE WE WERE.

BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN,
WE WANTED TO

FOLLOW UP WITH THE IDEA
THAT WE WOULD COMMUNICATE

THROUGH THE NEWSPAPER,
THROUGH ONE OF THE LOCAL

TV STATIONS AND GET HIM
TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.

Narrator: INVESTIGATORS KEEP
A LID ON THE STORY,

BUT NINE MONTHS LATER,
THAT EFFORT BECOMES MUCH

MORE DIFFICULT
WHEN THE KILLER HIMSELF CALLS

POLICE TO REPORT
HIS LATEST VICTIM.

WELL, NANCY FOX WAS
A SINGLE FEMALE, LIVED ALONE.

Kelly: WHEN THE POLICE
ARRIVED ON THE SCENE,

THEY WERE DISTURBED
BY WHAT THEY FOUND.

Foulston: SHE HAD BEEN FOUND
IN HER BED, STRANGLED TO DEATH.

THERE WAS CLOTHING
THAT WAS TAKEN,

AND SHE HAD ALSO HAD HER FEET
TIED UP AND HER HANDS

TIED UP, AS WELL.

Kelly: THE KILLER PUTS
HANDCUFFS ON HER,

AND INSTEAD OF USING A ROPE
AS HE DID IN

THE FIRST TWO MURDERS,

HE THREADS A BELT
AROUND HER NECK

AND STRANGLES HER
WITH THE BELT.

THE KILLER EJACULATES ONTO HER
NIGHTGOWN AND TOSSES IT ASIDE,

LEAVES IT AT THE SCENE.

Lamunyon:
THERE WAS NO QUESTION.

IT WAS OBVIOUSLY CLEAR
THAT THIS WAS BTK.

Man: VIEWERS ARE ASKED TO CALL
THE MAJOR CASE SQUAD

A 268-4156 IF THEY THOUGHT
THEY COULD IDENTIFY THIS VOICE.

Voice of BTK:
YES, YOU WILL FIND A HOMICIDE

AT 843 SOUTH PERSHING STREET,
NANCY FOX.

Narrator: VOICE EXPERTS STUDY
THE RECORDED CALL,

ESPECIALLY
THE STRANGE PRONUNCIATION

OF THE WORD HOMICIDE.

Voice of BTK: ...FIND A HOMICIDE
[ "HOME-ICIDE" ]

Narrator:
BUT NOTHING COMES OF IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO TIE
THESE VICTIMS TOGETHER,

AND THERE WAS NO WAY
TO TIE THEM TOGETHER.

Man: MOST OF THE CALLS
WERE RECEIVED

LAST EVENING AFTER
THE FIRST BROADCAST.

SO FAR, NO SOLID LEADS
HAVE DEVELOPED.

Lamunyon: WE FLEW OUR OFFICERS
TO THE FBI HEADQUARTERS.

WE HAD SPECIALISTS
COME IN HERE.

WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO?

Narrator: NINE WEEKS LATER,
A LETTER SENT TO KAKE-TV

IN WICHITA MAKES KEEPING
THE FULL HORROR OF BTK

FROM THE PUBLIC IMPOSSIBLE.

Hatteberg: "HOW MANY
DO I HAVE TO KILL BEFORE I GET

"A NAME IN THE PAPER
OR SOME NATIONAL ATTENTION?

"DO THE COPS THINK THAT ALL
THOSE DEATHS ARE NOT RELATED?

"JOSEPHINE, WHEN I HUNG HER,
TURNED ME ON,

"HER PLEADING FOR MERCY.

"THEN THE ROPE TOOK HOLD.

"SHE, HELPLESS,
STARING AT ME WITH WIDE,

"TERROR-FILLED EYES,
THE ROPE GETTING TIGHTER

AND TIGHTER."

AND THEN ABOUT
SHIRLEY VIAN'S KIDS,

HE SAID, "I WAS GOING
TO TAKE THE BOYS

"AND PUT PLASTIC BAGS OVER
THEIR HEADS LIKE I DID JOSEPH

"AND SHIRLEY
AND THEN HANG THE GIRL.

GOD, OH, GOD, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
SEXUAL RELIEF THAT WOULD BE."

"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THESE
THINGS, BECAUSE YOU'RE

NOT UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF FACTOR X."

WHETHER IT WAS A SEXUAL URGE,
A VOICE IN HIS HEAD,

WHAT -- A DEMON --
FOR HIM, IT MEANT

THAT THAT'S WHY
HE DID THE KILLINGS.

Lamunyon: HE OBVIOUSLY HAD READ
BOOKS OR MATERIALS

ON OTHER SERIAL KILLERS,

AND HE WANTED
SOME KIND OF IDENTITY.

HE WANTED TO LET US KNOW
HE BELONGED WITH THESE

OTHER, QUOTE,
HALL OF FAMERS, UNQUOTE,

FROM THE SERIAL MURDER,
UH, GALLERY.

BTK ALSO WANTED
TO NAME HIMSELF,

AND IN THAT LETTER SAID,
"HOW DO YOU WANT TO NAME ME?"

AND HE GAVE SEVERAL
SUGGESTIONS IN THERE.

BTK WAS PUBLICITY-MINDED.

Narrator:
THE COMMUNICATION ALSO INCLUDES

A DISTURBING POEM FOR NANCY FOX,

ALONG WITH A GRAPHIC DRAWING
OF HER BOUND ON HER BED.

Foulston: IT WAS LIKE HE SAT
THERE AND SKETCHED HER

WHILE SHE DIED --
IT WAS HORRIBLE.

Kelly: AT THE END OF
THE NANCY FOX LETTER, HE SAID,

"SEVEN DOWN
AND MANY MORE TO GO."

Narrator: DAYS LATER,
THE WICHITA EAGLE RECEIVES

A POEM THE KILLER WROTE
ABOUT SHIRLEY VIAN.

ITS AUTHOR CLEARLY REVELS
IN DEPRAVITY.

Hatteberg:
"SHIRLEY LOCKS, SHIRLEY LOCKS

"WILT THOUGH BE MINE?

"THOU SHALT NOT SCREAM
NOR YET FEEL THE LINE,

"BUT LAY ON CUSHION AND THINK
OF ME IN DEATH

"AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE.

BTK."

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
CLEAR ABOUT THE BTK LETTERS

WAS EITHER SOMEONE WAS
A TERRIBLE TYPIST

OR A TERRIBLE SPELLER.

IT SEEMED ALMOST LIKE IT MIGHT
BE SOMEONE WRITING WHERE

ENGLISH WAS NOT
THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE

OR SOMEONE WHO WAS
TRYING TO HIDE THE FACT THAT

THEY WERE A NATIVE SPEAKER.

EVERYTHING IS A CLUE,
BUT SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT

TO TELL WHAT THAT CLUE
IS LEADING TOWARDS.

Narrator: CHIEF LAMUNYON
REALIZES HE HAS NO CHOICE

BUT TO INFORM WICHITANS OF
THE GRAVE THREAT IN THEIR MIDST.

WE NEEDED TO STEP FORWARD
AND GIVE HIM WHAT HE WANTED,

WITH THE IDEA
OF DETERRING HIM

FROM KILLING AGAIN.

WITH US RIGHT NOW IS CHIEF
OF POLICE RICHARD LAMUNYON.

WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL
WHO APPARENTLY

HAS THE UNCONTROLLABLE
DESIRE TO KILL AT TIMES.

WE WERE NOT ONLY
COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITIZENS

OF THE CITY OF WICHITA,

BUT WE WERE COMMUNICATING
WITH HIM,

LETTING HIM KNOW HEY,
WE HEAR YOU,

YOU'RE GETTING YOUR NOTORIETY.
NOW WORK WITH US.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY
NO QUESTION THAT THE ONLY PERSON

WHO WOULD HAVE
THE TYPE OF INFORMATION

THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE LETTER

WOULD HAVE TO BE
THE KILLER HIMSELF.

AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT

THE PUBLIC EVER KNEW ANYTHING
ABOUT BTK.

IT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THE PUBLIC KNEW

WE HAD A SERIAL KILLER.

PEOPLE WERE TERRIFIED.

THEY KNEW THAT LIFE HAD
CHANGED FOREVER FOR THEM.

Narrator:
YET IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS

THAT FOLLOW LAMUNYON'S
TELEVISED BOMBSHELL,

BTK AGAIN GOES SILENT,
AND THE CASE GOES COLD.

WE COULDN'T FIND ANY CONNECTION
WITH ANY OTHER CASE.

WE SENT DETECTIVES

LITERALLY ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY.

YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER SENDING
SOME TO NEW ORLEANS.

I REMEMBER SENDING SOME
TO WASHINGTON.

I REMEMBER SENDING THEM
TO, YOU KNOW,

4 OR 5 DIFFERENT PLACES
WHERE WE THOUGHT THERE WAS

A SIMILAR CASE INVOLVED,

AND IT TURNED OUT
THEY WEREN'T.

WE WERE BEING TOLD THAT A SERIAL
KILLER WILL KILL WITHIN

A CERTAIN CATEGORY OF PEOPLE,

WHETHER BE YOUNG BOYS,
NURSES, PROSTITUTES.

IN OUR CASE,
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT.

THE VICTIMS WERE
LITERALLY RANDOM.

EXPERTS IN THE FIELD SAID,

"WELL, SERIAL KILLERS
ARE LONERS."

I WAS CONVINCED THAT
THAT'S NOT TRUE.

THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS A MEMBER
OF THIS COMMUNITY,

AND THAT THE REASON
WE COULDN'T FIND HIM

WAS BECAUSE HE'S ONE OF US.

I WAS BORN IN JUNE OF 1978
IN WICHITA, KANSAS.

WE WERE ABOUT AS TRADITIONAL,
LIKE, COOKIE CUTTER FAMILY

AS YOU CAN GET.

I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT MY DAD
HAD SECRETS, BECAUSE HE'S

PRETTY MUCH LIKE THE MOST
TRANSPARENT, ORDINARY, NORMAL,

BORING PERSON
YOU WOULD EVER KNOW.

AND IT'S JUST THE MOST
AWKWARD, SURREAL, AWFUL THING

TO FIND OUT THAT HE'S
A SEXUAL SADISTIC PSYCHOPATH.

BTK HAS KILLED
SEVEN PEOPLE, CHIEF.

WHAT KIND OF LEADS
DO YOU HAVE?

VERY HONESTLY, WE HAVE
NO SOLID LEADS AT ALL.

WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
THAT WILL POINT US

TO ANY ONE
PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL.

IN 1978, AFTER THE EXPOSURE BY
THE POLICE CHIEF ON TELEVISION

TO THE COMMUNITY
THAT WE HAD A SERIAL KILLER,

BTK WENT QUIET FOR A WHILE.

BUT WHY HE GOES QUIET
DURING THESE TIMES,

THAT'S ONLY KNOWN
TO BTK.

Narrator: THEN, ON APRIL 28,
1979, A SENIOR NAMED

ANNA WILLIAMS NARROWLY AVOIDS
BECOMING THE KILLER'S

EIGHTH VICTIM.

SHE COMES HOME LATE ONE NIGHT,

REALIZES SOMEONE
HAS BROKEN INTO HER HOUSE

AND TAKEN A FEW THINGS.

HER UNDERWEAR DRAWER
HAS BEEN RIFLED THROUGH.

WEEKS LATER, SHE GETS
A LETTER FROM BTK

THAT'S QUITE CHILLING.

AND IT EXPLAINS

THAT HE WAITED FOR HER,

AND HE'S UNHAPPY
THAT SHE DID NOT APPEAR.

Lamunyon:
IT ALSO CAME WITH A SKETCH

DEPICTING WHAT HE WAS
GOING TO DO TO HER.

BTK ALSO SENT A LETTER TO
KAKE -- AGAIN,

HE WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW

THAT I'M BACK, AND I'M READY
TO KILL AGAIN.

ANOTHER WAVE OF PANIC
ROLLS ACROSS THE CITY.

Narrator: AFTER THIS INCIDENT,
THE MAN

TERRORIZING WICHITA GOES
COMPLETELY SILENT.

FIVE TENSE YEARS GO BY.

Man: SINCE 1974, POLICE HAVE
SPENT THOUSANDS

OF MAN HOURS ON THE CASE.

TO MANY COPS,
THE HUNT FOR BTK HAS

BECOME MORE THAN JUST
A POLICE INVESTIGATION.

Narrator: IN 1984,
CHIEF LAMUNYON ASSEMBLES

A TASK FORCE OF BOTH VETERAN

AND ROOKIE INVESTIGATORS WITH
THE SOLE PURPOSE OF WORKING

THE BTK CASE.

LOCAL MEDIA DUBS THEM
THE GHOSTBUSTERS.

I THINK WE'LL SOLVE THE CRIME.

THE QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL
WE SOLVE THE CRIME?

AND THE NEWS MEDIA DUBBED IT
"GHOSTBUSTERS," BECAUSE,

IN THEIR OPINION, WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A REAL LIVE GHOST,

A MONSTER,

AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S PREYING ON
CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

OF COURSE, KEEP IN MIND
YOU'RE NOT DEALING

WITH A, QUOTE, NORMAL CRIMINAL.

YOU'RE DEALING WITH A PERSON
WHO IS PERVERTED,

A PERSON THAT IS SICK,
AND WITH ALL PROBABILITY,

ASSUMING THAT THE PERSON IS
STILL ALIVE,

THAT PERSON IS GONNA KILL AGAIN.

Narrator: DETECTIVES ORGANIZE
YEARS WORTH OF FILES

AND PAINSTAKINGLY TRANSFER
THEM TO COMPUTERS.

THEY DEVELOP NEW PROFILES
AND LISTS OF SUSPECTS.,

THEY TALKED TO
HUNDREDS OF MEN,

RAN DOWN THOUSANDS OF LEADS.

WE HAVE GONE TO PSYCHIATRISTS
AND PSYCHOLOGISTS,

AND WE HAVE GOTTEN
THEORIES FROM THEM

BASED ON WHAT THEY THINK
THIS PERSON

WOULD BE, PROFILES
AND THINGS LIKE THIS.

WE THOUGHT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS
EITHER A POLICE OFFICER

ARE A WANNABE POLICE OFFICER.

WE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS
EITHER A WSU STUDENT

OR HAD BEEN A WICHITA STATE
UNIVERSITY STUDENT.

WE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS
PROBABLY A SEX OFFENDER

OR A POTENTIAL SEX OFFENDER.

WE JUST COULDN'T
CONNECT THE DOTS,

BUT WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD
FEELING THAT

THE WAY TO TREAT
THIS INDIVIDUAL IS TO

PLAY TO HIS EGO,
TO DRAW HIM OUT.

Narrator: LAMUNYON IS GRATEFUL
THAT BTK HASN'T TAKEN

ANY LIVES IN WICHITA SINCE
NANCY FOX IN 1977,

AT LEAST NONE KNOWN TO POLICE.

BUT IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT
STORY UP THE HIGHWAY

IN PARK CITY.

THERE ARE SIX CITIES
THAT LITERALLY ADJOIN

WICHITA -- PARK CITY
IS ONE OF THOSE.

Kelly: IT'S A TOWN THAT PEOPLE
PASS BY ON THE HIGHWAY, FRANKLY,

AND DON'T STOP IN.

Narrator:
FOR YOUNG KERRI RAWSON,

PARK CITY IS
HER HOME AND HEARTH.

Rawson: WE HAD
THREE BEDROOMS.

MINE WAS ACROSS
FROM MY PARENTS.

MY DAD WAS MORE IN CHARGE
OF OUTDOORS,

AND MY MOM WAS MORE
IN CHARGE OF INDOORS.

DAD LIKES TO SIT
A CERTAIN PLACE,

AND HE LIKES HIS THINGS
A CERTAIN WAY.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE IN DAD'S STUFF.

IT'S BETTER IF YOU CAN GET DAD
OUTSIDE AND GARDEN

WITH HIM OR GO ON
A WALK WITH HIM.

AS A KID, YOU LEARN THESE
THINGS ABOUT YOUR FATHER,

AND THEN YOU ALMOST
LEARN HOW TO MANAGE HIM.

AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH
MY PARENTS, ESPECIALLY MY DAD.

WE WENT CAMPING.
WE WENT FISHING.

[ CHURCH BELL TOLLING ]

WE WERE PRETTY MUCH REQUIRED
TO GO TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY.

JUST A NORMAL AMERICAN FAMILY,
YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDWEST.

[ SNIFFLES ]

A LOT OF TIME, I WOULD HAVE
SAID MY DAD WAS MY BEST FRIEND.

♪♪

Narrator:
PARK CITY IS FAR REMOVED FROM

THE HORRORS BTK
INFLICTED ON WICHITA.

BUT ON A CHILLY APRIL NIGHT
IN 1985, A SHOCKING MURDER

LEAVES SOME INVESTIGATORS
WONDERING IF

THE MONSTER HAS
VENTURED FURTHER AFIELD.

MRS. HEDGE WAS OUR NEIGHBOR.

SHE LIVED SEVEN HOUSES
DOWN FROM US.

OCCASIONALLY, MRS. HEDGE
WOULD BE OUT IN THE YARD,

AND I REMEMBER JUST PASSING BY,
WAVING, MY PARENTS SAYING HI.

AND THEN LATER, I KNEW THAT
MRS. HEDGE'S BODY

HAD BEEN FOUND, AND THAT
SHE HAD BEEN STRANGLED.

Woman: THE BODY WAS NUDE AND,
POLICE SAY, BADLY DECOMPOSED.

A PAIR OF KNOTTED PANTYHOSE
WERE FOUND LYING

IN THE DITCH BESIDE IT,

BUT POLICE SAY THAT'S
ABOUT ALL THE EVIDENCE

THEY HAVE TO GO ON.

Lamunyon: WE COULDN'T PROVE IT
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER,

BUT I REMEMBER TWO OF
THE INVESTIGATORS

SPECIFICALLY SAID,
"THIS IS BTK,"

AND A COUPLE OF THE OTHERS
SAID, "I DON'T THINK SO."

Narrator: BACK IN
WICHITA, ONE YEAR LATER,

A 28-YEAR-OLD MOTHER
OF TWO, VICKI WEGERLE,

IS STRANGLED TO DEATH
IN HER HOME WHILE HER TODDLER

PLAYS IN THE NEXT ROOM.

SUSPICION FALLS ON
HER HUSBAND.

HER HUSBAND CAME HOME
FOR LUNCH.

HE FOUND HIS SON IN THE HOUSE
ALONE, AND HE WALKED AROUND

THE HOUSE BRIEFLY, CALLING FOR
HIS WIFE, AND HE ACTUALLY

THOUGHT INITIALLY, MAYBE SHE
HAD MADE A QUICK RUN TO

THE GROCERY STORE -- 30 TO 40
MINUTES AFTER ARRIVING HOME,

WENT IN THE BEDROOM AND FOUND
VICKI LAYING BETWEEN THE BED

AND THE DRESSER,
WHICH WASN'T VISIBLE

FROM THE DOORWAY, WHICH IS WHY
HE DIDN'T SEE HER ORIGINALLY.

♪♪

♪♪

Peters: NATURALLY,
THE POLICE ARE GONNA SUSPECT

HER HUSBAND, BECAUSE THAT'S
ALWAYS THE FIRST SUSPECT,

NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO,

HE HAD BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR

A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
AND HADN'T FOUND HER.

Otis:
BUT THE CASE WAS NEVER SOLVED.

IT NEVER GOT
TO AN ARREST STAGE.

Narrator:
BY THE END OF 1986,

AS FAR AS WICHITA POLICE
ARE AWARE,

BTK HASN'T CLAIMED
ANY VICTIMS IN A DECADE.

TWO YEARS AFTER IT WAS FORMED
TO APPREHEND HIM,

THE GHOSTBUSTERS TASK FORCE
IS DISBANDED.

IT DIDN'T CATCH THE GUY,
BUT IT PUT TOGETHER

A ROCK-SOLID FOUNDATION.

Narrator: IN 1988, CHIEF
LAMUNYON HANGS UP HIS BADGE.

Lamunyon: WHEN I RETIRED,
THE FILES WERE ALL IN ORDER.

IT WAS A COLD CASE,

BUT IT WAS OBVIOUSLY
AN OPEN CASE.

YOU NEVER CLOSE
A CASE LIKE THIS,

BUT WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING
THAT WE COULD PHYSICALLY DO

AT THE TIME.

Narrator: AND YET THE STING
OF NOT HAVING CAPTURED

THE KILLER LINGERS.

Lamunyon: AS A POLICE OFFICER,
YOU GET EVERYTHING

UNDER CONTROL,

AND HERE'S A SITUATION
THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL.

IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING THAT

WE COULDN'T IDENTIFY
THIS INDIVIDUAL.

EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.

Narrator: BY 1991, BTK IS
NOT KNOWN TO HAVE STRUCK

FOR NEARLY 14 YEARS.

Kelly: MEMORIES BEGAN TO FADE --
BIGGER STORIES

BEGAN TO TAKE OVER
NEWS OF THE DAY.

THERE WAS AN ECONOMIC
DOWNTURN IN WICHITA,

AND PEOPLE FOCUSED ON THAT,
A DIFFERENT KIND OF SURVIVAL.

Narrator: THEN, ONCE AGAIN,
ANOTHER HORRENDOUS CRIME

IN PARK CITY LEAVES SOME
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT

BELIEVING THE KILLER COULD
STILL BE ON THE HUNT.

Kelly: DOLORES DAVIS LIVED
ALONE, WITH A CAT OR TWO.

AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF HER CASE WHERE PUZZLING.

SOMEONE HAD
THROWN A CINDER BLOCK THROUGH

A PATIO DOOR.

Davis: MY SISTER CALLED
AND SAID THAT

MOTHER WAS MISSING,
SO IMMEDIATELY I'M GOING,

HOW DID YOU -- WHO TOLD YOU,
AND HOW DID YOU FIND THIS OUT?

Narrator: THE SCENE IS
DISCOVERED BY DAVIS'S BOYFRIEND.

BESIDES THE CINDER BLOCK
AND THE SMASHED GLASS,

HE SEES HER SHOES PILED UP AND
SHEETS MISSING FROM THE BED.

THE SEARCH FOR DOLORES DAVIS
DRAGS ON FOR DAYS.

SON, JEFFREY, FLIES IN
FROM HIS HOME IN ORLANDO

JUST IN TIME FOR
THE WORST NEWS POSSIBLE.

Otis: DOLORES'S BODY
WAS FOUND UNDER

A BRIDGE IN RURAL
SEDGWICK COUNTY.

SHE WAS TIED UP
AT THE WAIST.

SHE HAD BEGUN
TO DECOMPOSE.

Davis:
THERE WAS THE PANTYHOSE

AS THE LIGATURE,

AND THERE WAS MULTIPLE
LIGATURES THAT TELLS YOU THAT

THE KILLER IS HAVING FUN

MAKING SURE THAT SHE IS ALMOST
DEAD AND THEN REVIVED.

Otis: THERE WAS
A PORCELAIN MASK LAYING IN

THE DIRT NOT TOO FAR
FROM HER BODY.

THESE WERE CASES THAT WERE
WORKED BY THE PARK CITY

POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND THE SEDGWICK COUNTY

SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THEY COULD CONFIRM
THAT SHE HAD

BEEN MOVED IN HER OWN CAR,

BUT OTHER THAN THAT,
THE POLICE

REALLY WEREN'T
WORKING WITH MUCH.

IT WAS COVERED
BY THE LOCAL MEDIA,

BUT JUST AS ONE MORE
UNSOLVED MURDER.

Narrator: MONTHS LATER,
JEFFREY RECEIVES A BIZARRE,

ANONYMOUS LETTER FROM SOMEONE
WHO CLAIMS THE MAN WHO MURDERED

HIS MOTHER LIKELY ALSO KILLED
VICKI WEGERLE,

BECAUSE HE SUFFERS
FROM A SEXUAL ADDICTION.

SO, OF COURSE I WENT TO
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE,

AND I SAY, "HEY, LOOK AT THIS,
WHAT IS THIS?"

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF
TOOK THE POSITION.

"WELL, THIS IS
A HIGH-PROFILE CASE.

"THERE'S A LOT OF
NUTS OUT THERE

FOLLOWING THIS, IT REALLY
DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING,"

AND I KINDA SAID, "WELL, OKAY,
I SUPPOSE IT DOESN'T."

Narrator: JEFFREY WRITES A BOOK
ABOUT HIS STRUGGLES

WITH HIS FAITH IN THE WAKE
OF HIS MOTHER'S SLAYING.

UPON ITS PUBLICATION IN 1996,

HE RECEIVES A SECOND STRANGE

LETTER BY THE SAME ANONYMOUS
WRITER FROM FIVE YEARS BEFORE.

Davis: "DEAR MR. DAVIS,
FIRST OF ALL,

"THANKS SO MUCH
FOR WRITING YOUR BOOK.

"I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU
EXPRESSED MANY OF THE SAME

"EMOTIONS THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED
WHEN CONFRONTED

"WITH EVIL AND VIOLENCE.

"PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE
THAT THE SAME MAN DID

"KILL MARINE HEDGE,
VICKI WEGERLE, AND YOUR MOTHER.

"I'M SURE YOUR MOTHER
WAS TERRIFIED.

"MY HEART POUNDED DURING
THE PART WHERE YOU WENT BACK ON

"THE ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR
MOTHER'S DEATH TO SIT

"AND WAIT FOR THE KILLER.

"IT'S TOO BAD THAT 'UNSOLVED
MYSTERIES' DIDN'T ACCEPT

"THIS STORY.

"IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
AN INTERESTING ONE

"AND WOULD HAVE
ADAPTED WELL TO THE SCREEN.

"BLESS YOU.

A TAXPAYER,
NORTH SEDGWICK COUNTY."

THERE'S THIS UNDERCURRENT OF
BOASTING, THERE'S THIS...

INFURIATING CONDESCENSION.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST
THIS MUDDLE OF EMOTIONS,

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS
WAS AND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.

I JUST KIND OF FILED THAT
FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

Narrator:
AS THE YEARS ROLL ON,

PEOPLE START TO WONDER WHAT
HAS BECOME OF THE BTK

SERIAL KILLER.

Hatteberg: THERE WAS ONE THEORY
THAT HE WAS INCARCERATED

FOR ANOTHER
CRIME SOMEWHERE ELSE.

ANOTHER THEORY
THAT HE WAS OUT OF

THE COUNTRY, AND THE OTHER
THEORY, THAT HE WAS DEAD.

SOME BELIEVED THAT HE WAS
STILL LIVING RIGHT HERE

AMONGST US.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE
THAT HE WOULD

STILL BE LIVING IN
OUR COMMUNITY.

BOY, WAS I FOOLED.

♪♪

IN ALL, BTK CLAIMED SEVEN
VICTIMS HERE IN WICHITA

BETWEEN 1974 AND 1977.

FOUR MEMBERS OF THE OTERO FAMILY
WERE FOUND BOUND,

GAGGED, AND STRANGLED IN THEIR
HOME JANUARY 15, 1974.

IN APRIL OF THAT SAME YEAR
CAME THE FIFTH VICTIM,

21-YEAR-OLD KATHRYN BRIGHT.

THREE YEARS LATER, 24-YEAR-OLD
SHIRLEY VIAN WAS

FOUND BOUND AND STRANGLED AT
HER HOME ON SOUTH HYDRAULIC,

AND THEN, NINE MONTHS LATER,

25-YEAR-OLD NANCY FOX WAS
FOUND IN HER HOME

ON SOUTH PERSHING.

Narrator: JANUARY 15, 2004,
MARKS THE 30th ANNIVERSARY

OF BTK'S
FIRST MURDERS.

THE MEDIA DO STORIES
ABOUT HIM,

NOTING THAT A SERIAL KILLER
WHOSE LAST KNOWN VICTIM WAS

STRANGLED 27 YEARS AGO CAN'T
EXPECT TO BE REMEMBERED.

A LOCAL CRIMINOLOGIST TALKED TO
THE MEDIA ABOUT THE ANNIVERSARY

OF THE OTERO KILLINGS,

AND HE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT
HOW MANY OF HIS STUDENTS HAVE

NEVER EVEN HEARD OF BTK,
BECAUSE

SO MUCH TIME HAD PASSED.

AND THE GUY MADE THE COMMENT,

YOU KNOW, THAT HE DIDN'T THINK
BTK WOULD RESURFACE.

IN 2004, MOST PEOPLE HAD
NO MEMORY OF THE CASE.

IN 2004,
I WAS LIVING IN

THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF MICHIGAN
WITH MY HUSBAND, DARIAN.

I WAS SUBSTITUTE TEACHING.

I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION
OF THAT ACRONYM,

BTK, OR THAT THERE
WERE UNSOLVED MURDERS.

Man: BTK, BIND,

TORTURE, KILL -- 30 YEARS HAVE
GONE BY SINCE THE OTERO

FAMILY MURDERS.

Narrator:
DESPITE WORDS TO THE CONTRARY,

IT'S APPARENT THAT EVEN POLICE
HAVE LARGELY MOVED ON.

Man: WICHITA LIEUTENANT KENNETH
LANDWEHR SAYS THE BTK KILLINGS

ARE CONSIDERED A COLD CASE,

BUT AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION.

WE STILL GET TIPS, WE PROBABLY
GET ABOUT FIVE OR SIX A YEAR.

WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT IT
FOR, UH, SEE IF THERE'S

ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY
THAT COULD BE USED

TO HELP FIND THE PERPETRATOR.

[ MAN ON TV, DISTANTLY ]
THE BTK KILLINGS

CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE
LIVED IN WICHITA.

Narrator: NO ONE WAS AWARE
THEY WERE DEALING

WITH SOMEONE WHO WON'T BE
SO EASILY DISMISSED.

Kelly: THE KILLER REALIZED
HE WAS BEING FORGOTTEN.

AND HIS EGO TOOK
A HARD HIT.

HE COULD NOT ALLOW HIMSELF
TO BE FORGOTTEN.

HE MAY NOT HAVE KILLED IN
A WHILE, BUT HE DESERVED,

IN HIS OWN MIND, THE NOTORIETY
FOR WHAT HE HAD DONE.

♪♪

SO BTK SENDS A LETTER TO
THE EAGLE TO LET US KNOW

THAT HE WAS STILL THERE, AND HE
WAS STILL VERY MUCH A THREAT.

Narrator: THE SUSPICIOUS LETTER
IS TURNED OVER TO

HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS
KELLY OTIS AND DANA GOUGE.

Otis: IT WAS POLAROID
PHOTOGRAPHS OF VICKI WEGERLE

LAYING ON THE FLOOR
OF HER BEDROOM.

A COPY OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE
WAS ON THE SAME PIECE OF PAPER,

WHICH HAD NEVER BEEN
RECOVERED AFTER HER DEATH.

IN EACH PICTURE,
HER BODY HAD BEEN POSED.

OBVIOUSLY, THE PHOTOS HAD TO
BE TAKEN EITHER

BY HER ATTACKER OR SOMEONE
WITH HER ATTACKER.

Narrator: VICKI WEGERLE

WAS STRANGLED IN 1986, AND NOW,
WHEN DETECTIVES DISCOVER

AN ALARMING SYMBOL
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LETTER,

THEY MIGHT FINALLY
KNOW WHO KILLED HER.

Gouge: THERE WAS
A SIMILAR SYMBOL

ON OTHER WRITINGS
THAT I HAD SEEN BEFORE --

A "B" IN THE FORM OF
BREASTS WITH A "T" AND A "K"

ALL PUT TOGETHER,

AND THAT EMBLEM WASN'T SOMETHING
THAT WAS COMMON KNOWLEDGE.

SO IT SEEMED AS THOUGH
BTK WAS

CLAIMING THAT HE HAD KILLED
VICKI WEGERLE.

Narrator: IF IT'S TRUE,
IT MEANS THE YOUNG MOTHER WAS

THE NOTORIOUS MURDERER'S
EIGHTH VICTIM,

AND IT LIFTS THE BURDEN OF
SUSPICION FROM HER HUSBAND.

AFTER ALMOST TWO DECADES --
THE DETECTIVES RUSH THE LETTER

TO THEIR SUPERVISOR,
LIEUTENANT KEN LANDWEHR.

HE LOOKED AT THE PICTURES OF
VICKI WEGERLE, HE LOOKED AT US

AND SAID,
"GENTLEMEN, GO HOME,

"KISS YOUR FAMILIES, WE'RE GONNA
BE WORKING FOR A LONG,

LONG TIME," AND BOY,
WAS HE RIGHT.