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One of the most diabolical serial killers in American history was forgotten to the ages. In the 1970s, Dennis Rader, the self-titled BTK (Bind 'em,

Roehrman: so, a little while after the eagle had its story about the 30th anniversary of the otero deaths, a letter came into the newsroom, and the return address was bill thomas killman, the initial as in "btk." inside were three pretty blurry photos of somebody lying on a floor and a driver's license. otis: my partner, dana gouge, and i are sitting in the homicide unit, working on cases. a captain came up to the unit and was holding an envelope in his hand, and he said that a reporter from the eagle newspaper said, "this is a weird letter we got at the paper. it appears to have a photocopy o...

It seemed odd, why he wouldn't communicate. this just shows the pattern of how inconsistent he was. >> with the investigation drawing a blank and no new contact from btk, the fear among the people of wichita begins to subside. >> they knew that btk had never been captured ,and yet i think in the back of their minds, they thought he had died or that he had moved away. >> then 20 years later, an article appears in the wichita eagle commemorating the 30-year anniversary of the otero family murders, and the release of lawyer robert beattie's book, "nightmare in wichita." >> there's a front page st...

Now, all these years later, in addition to the copies of the photos and the driver's license, there was the envelope they came in. >> the return address said bill thomas killman, btk. and that's when we realized it may be the real deal. >> tell me about that moment. >> it was just total disbelief that he was still here. >> he agreed to give the police two days to nail it down, and then broke the story. the ghost was back. police could now say that more than 17 years earlier, vicki wegerle had, indeed, been btk's eighth known victim. >> so by resurfacing in 2004, and sending a letter with a pho...