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Rader charged in BTK killings
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BY DAVID TWIDDY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WICHITA — Dennis Rader, the churchgoing family man accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged yesterday with 10 counts of first-degree murder.
Rader made his first court appearance by videoconference from his jail cell. During the brief hearing, Rader stood behind a podium, his hands folded at times, at others he leafed through a copy of the charges against him. He told the judge he was married and was employed with the city of Park City, and said "Thank you, sir" at the end of the hearing.
About a dozen family members of victims were in the courtroom, but they did not speak to reporters. Rader was accompanied by a temporary attorney, and the judge appointed the state's public defender office to represent him.
The BTK killer, whose nickname stands for "Bind, Torture, Kill," was suspected of eight deaths beginning in 1974, but authorities said they had linked two additional victims to the serial killer.
It appears unlikely Rader will face the death penalty. He has yet to be charged with a slaying that occurred after 1994, when Kansas passed its capital punishment law. Additionally, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that law unconstitutional in December.
Authorities have declined to say what led them to the 59-year
However, there were indications a computer disk BTK sent to the television station KSAS provided a key piece of evidence that led police to Rader.
old Rader, a married father of two, scout leader and active member of a Lutheran church.
Scott Robertson, an assignment editor for the station that produces KSAS' news broadcast, told The Associated Press a package the station received Feb. 16 contained the disk as well as jewelry that may have been from one of the victims.
Pastor Michael Clark of Christ Lutheran Church — Rader's church — also said police asked him for a list of people who had access to the church computer. On Friday, he provided 10 or 15 names, including Rader's, he said.
New details of the investigation also emerged from Michigan. The Wichita Eagle and The Daily Oakland Press of Pontiac, Mich., reported yesterday that FBI agents had visited the Farmington, Mich., home of Rader's 26-year-old daughter, Kerri, on Friday to get a DNA sample.
The timing indicated she was not visited until after her father had been arrested that same day in Kansas, the Eagle said, and suggested her DNA helped confirm his identity but was not the original break in the case.
Charles Nebus, police chief in Farmington, said the FBI told him they were conducting an interview Friday in the city in connection with the BTK case.
Holding a copy of the charges, Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulson addresses the media outside the Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita yesterday. Dennis Rader was charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder related with the BTK killings in Wichita.
Charlie Riedel/AP Photo
Smokers
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Most people are willing to comply after a warning, he said.
entrance policy. Building managers can issue complaints about smokers but there is no group or individual monitoring the entrances, and there shouldn't be, Provost David Shulenburger said.
Requests to make a handicap-accessible entrance smoke-free are always considered and changing the smoking policy or moving ashtrays was not the way to solve the problem, Shulenburger said.
"Quite ultimately, this needs to be enforced by social pressure," he said.
One student isn't so sure.
Both Smith and Shulenburger said they thought that most of the smokers near smoke-free entrances were doing so from lack of knowledge rather than apathy.
While helping to compile-the survey, Meagan Whisenhunt, Great Bend senior, stood outside the Kansas Union and marked down the number of smokers within 20 feet of the smoke-free entrance.
Smokers would step outside the 20-foot perimeter once they noticed what she was doing.
The peer health educator isn't surprised by the survey's conclusion. She said she wished she could have done more.
Whisenhunt also doesn't think changing the policy or moving ashtrays will change the situation.
"Most people will do what they want, and I think people just don't care," she said.
Only stricter enforcement will solve the problem, Whisenhunt said.
Others aren't so quick to attack smokers.
Students walking to class have to go within 20 feet just to reach an ashtray, Sandy Duersch, psychology department staff, said.
"There are very, very few who just ignore the signs," she said.
A smoker herself, she said she abided by the rules whenever she saw a sign by a door. She doubts many students smoke by the entrances out of defiance rather than awareness.
A survey for students to voice their opinions on smoking policies on campus and in Lawrence is available through the KYou portal, Smith said.
Students will have until Wednesday, March 9 to complete the survey, she said.
- Edited by Austin Caster
SMOKER-FRIENDLY
The Wellness Resource Center conducted a survey last November using student volunteers.
Building # of smoke-free entrances # of people smoking within 20 feet of smoke-free entrance
Blake 1 2
Dyche 1 0
Fraser 0 n/a
Lippincott 1 0
Malott 2 1
Marvin 2 0
Murphy 3 3
Robinson Center 2 5
Snow 2 1
Strong 3 1
Student Recreation Fitness Center 0 3
McCollum 1 1
Hashinger 0 2
Budig 2 3
Anschutz Library 1 2
Green 1 0
Burge Union 2 1
Wescoe 3 4
Kansas Union 2 4
Watson Library 2 0
Watkins Memorial Health Center 4 0
Summerfield 2 2
Source: Wellness Resource Center survey