Wichita police have a man in custody that is suspected to be the BTK killer. Yesterday they took Dennis Rader into custody for interrogation and DNA analysis. Today they announced Rader will face charges as being the BTK killer.

WICHITA, Kan. - Police said Saturday they have arrested a man they believe is the notorious BTK serial killer who terrorized Wichita throughout the 1970s and then resurfaced about a year ago after 25 years of silence.

“The bottom line: BTK is arrested,” Wichita Police Chief Norman Williams said at a news conference in Wichita with some of the victims’ family members.

BTK investigator Lt. Ken Landwehr identified the suspect as Dennis Rader, a 59-year-old city worker in nearby Park City, who was arrested Friday at his suburban home.

Rader, an animal control officer, had been a suspect early on in the case, however he was deemed not a suspect at the time. The BTK killer killed on the very street in which Rader lives, though there was no evidence pointing to Rader’s involvment.