The letter, apparently from the killer known as the BTK Strangler, sparked increased demand around Wichita for home security systems.

Word about the letter leaked Wednesday night, and police confirmed Thursday they had linked it to BTK. Police will not say why they are convinced it came from BTK and the Eagle said it agreed not to publish several of the details in the letter that led police to the conclusion.

At the same time, the number of calls to SecureNet Alarm Systems have increased almost ninefold since the new letter surfaced, public relations director Chuck Hadsell said.

(mr ed)
this `bind, torture and kill' thing sounds suspicious for the usual reasons.

the entire article is worth reading

the AP journo helpfully reports at the top of the article that:
"The letter, apparently from the killer known as the BTK Strangler, sparked increased demand around Wichita for home security systems."

and unsuspiciously reports that:
"the number of calls to SecureNet Alarm Systems have increased almost ninefold since the new letter surfaced, public relations director Chuck Hadsell said."

and the next paragraph is effectively an ad:
"Thousands of home security systems were installed in Wichita in the 1970s because of the BTK killings, and some of those customers want to update their systems, Hadsell said. For one thing, today's systems are triggered if phone lines are cut, a trademark of the BTK killings in the '70s."

and i love the fact that a guy who calls himself BTK (`bind, torture and kill') needs his name stretched to 'the BTK Strangler' - this guy is totally multimodal.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3910617,00.html