something s wrong. she didn t she didn t die. and i said, no, she s not dead. what was the turning point? i called her apartment. and she didn t answer. detective capps did say it was homicide. i think we we had a strong feeling that possibly there was some type of sexual assault that occurred and that somebody was trying to cover up some evidence. kelly brown of the eagle newspaper had another story to write. this is a community that s not used to a lot of murders. it s not used to violent crimes like this. and it certainly wasn t used to having murder viim be set on fire. ev law enforcement, they thought, what, what do we have on our hands here? on the night of carolyn s murder, there had been a small party in one of the apartments. and now the detective was canvassing the complex. looking for leads. reporter: you re literally dock knocking on doors. yes. in one unit, two men answered.
hardly grieve with police breathing down his neck. reporter: what s it like waking up every morning and knowing that you re under a cloud of suspicion? incredibly depressing. he left college station moved home to be with his family near dallas who spent money to hire a defense attorney. the biggest thing that was going through my mind the whole time was that i didn t do it, they don t know who did it, and the guy who did it is out walking around and likely to prey on more victims. this monster is walking free while they re wasting their time on me. kelly brown of the eagle newspaper was writing front page stories about the unsolved crime in the college town. and it really shook the community because this is an area that isn t used to seeing this type of crime. and kelly was hearing talk that the police had a suspect. but there was no arrest and
rader said in hindsight he thinks that call was dumb. that was kind of a that was kind of an impulsive or really stupid thing to do because i left my voice pattern and my voice on there. and still rader was not done communicating. the following month he sent a poem written with a child s printing set on an index card to the wichita eagle newspaper. the poem patterned after a nursery rhyme referred to shirley vian s murder. several days later he sent another letter. the most disturbing one yet. the one that finally put the killer on the news and put the community in a tailspin. what kind of leads do you have? we have absolutely nothing that will point us to any one particular individual. a killer now in the spotlight he craves. he absolutely terrorized the community. everyone was a suspect. the fear was palpable. when confessions of btk continues. plaque psoriasis.