WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – City officials planned a news conference today to discuss developments in the BTK serial killer investigation while a television station reported that authorities were questioning a “person of interest” in the case.
Meanwhile, investigators searched a house in a Wichita suburb Friday, seizing computer equipment. Police, prosecutors and the FBI all declined to comment about the activity or any possible connection to the BTK case.
Wichita television station KAKE, without citing a source, reported Friday that police were questioning a “person of interest” in the serial killer case. The station is one of several news outlets that has received communications believed to be from the killer.
Wichita Mayor Carlos Mayans announced plans for the news conference but would not elaborate.
The killer known as BTK – which stands for “Bind, Torture, Kill” – has been linked to eight unsolved killings in Wichita from 1974 through 1986. BTK resurfaced last March with letters to Wichita media and police.
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