Police Destroy 1,326 DNA Samples Taken in BTK Investigation
Police on Tuesday incinerated more than 1,300 DNA samples taken to eliminate possible suspects in the BTK serial killer investigation, inviting the media to watch the event. Dennis Rader, who called himself BTK for his preferred method to "bind, torture and kill" his victims, pleaded guilty last June to killing 10 people from 1974 to 1991. He was sentenced in August to 10 consecutive life prison terms. Most of the 1,326 samples were taken voluntarily, but some were taken under court order. Some possible suspects had worried that the samples could end up in crime databases, despite police assurances that they would not.
Police destroy 1,326 DNA samples taken in BTK investigation, Associated Press, May 31, 2006.
