A big shock from the Wheat State last week where police arrested a suspect in the 31 year investigation in BTK ( Bind, Torture, Kill ) case and everything about the guy is wrong. He’s active in the church, a solid employee, a Cub Scout leader and otherwise model citizen. Ten or more murders from a man with these credentials is ponderous.
Ironically, the matter nearly closed last year, chalked as a cold case. But when police and reporters received packages filled with details that only the killer would know, the prosecutors office reopened the investigation.
The reason I mention this at all, is it reinforces my firm belief that every serial killer wants to get caught. They want to stop. Either they brag to friends, write to police or the press, get sloppy or otherwise draw attention to themselves. Doubt my theory? Ask yourself how many serial killers escape arrest indefinitely.
I can think of only one, The Zodiac Killer, who possibly murdered as many as seven people between 1968-1974 before disappearing presumably forever. SFPD closed the Zodiac case in April 2004.
Perhaps even the most despicable of killers have a conscience.
