PAWHUSKA, Okla. — An previous phrase search puzzle made by a infamous serial killer identified to carry clues has Osage County investigators questioning if it holds details about what occurred to a teen lacking since 1976.
Cynthia “Cindy” Kinney disappeared from the Osage Laundry laundromat in July, 1976. Final yr, it was revealed Osage County Sheriff Eddie Virden was wanting into the likelihood that the BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) Serial Killer, Dennis Rader, had a hand in her disappearance and attainable homicide.
BTK’s authentic puzzle with new phrase connections probably pointing to what occurred to Cindy Kinney
Virden and the BTK Process Power of volunteer investigators have already uncovered stable proof Rader was working to put in an alarm in a newly constructed financial institution in downtown Pawhuska the summer time Kinney disappeared. The crew has additionally made a number of journeys to Kansas in search of extra clues and attainable ties not simply to Kinney’s case however different chilly unsolved instances.
It was a current tip involving an previous crossword puzzle that now has the eye of investigators.
“There’s each identified sufferer’s title inside that puzzle,” Virden advised FOX23. “There’s extra victims on unsolved instances that we really feel like he could possibly be related to that has their names in there as properly.”
The puzzle is a do-it-yourself phrase search despatched to KAKE-TV in Wichita, Kansas who then turned it over to police who had not but arrested Rader for a number of murders.
Authentic puzzle despatched to KAKE-TV in Wichita earlier than BTK’s arrest
Rader would later confess he was taunting police as a result of his personal tackle and the names of his victims have been proper there in entrance of police for them to decode.
“He revealed to legislation enforcement on the time that he had hid his dwelling tackle as clues and that there have been clues inside this,” Virden mentioned.
A tipster despatched Virden a number of variations of the identical puzzle displaying Cindy Kinney’s title, Pawhuska areas, and rural areas the place a physique may probably be within the puzzle, however they have been solely findable if you happen to resolve the puzzle the best way Rader thinks, not with typical phrase search logic.
“Whenever you have a look at the best way his tackle was in there, it wasn’t straight throughout that linked it,” Virden mentioned. “You needed to make a sample to have interpreted and gotten his tackle. He was fairly proud that he had put his tackle in and despatched it to legislation enforcement they usually had by no means caught on.”
Virden believes it is attainable the puzzle holds greater than what the unique BTK investigators knew to search for, and it may reveal much more victims and areas to the place their stays could also be discovered.
“He revealed to legislation enforcement on the time that he had hid his dwelling tackle as clues and that there have been clues inside this,” he mentioned.
Rader advised FOX23 Anchor Rick Maranon in a letter “hell no” when he wrote him and requested him if he had a hand in Kinney’s disappearance and presumed demise.
Nevertheless, Virden mentioned Rader likes to play video games. He mentioned the reality is on the market if we expect exterior the field and suppose like Rader thought whereas he was on the run from legislation enforcement.
OCSO additionally discovered a handwritten guidelines of all 50 states Rader visited earlier than he was arrested, and within the column indicating Oklahoma, there have been a number of X’s subsequent to a number of causes for journeys Rader made to Oklahoma all through his life.
BTK’s private journey guidelines displaying he was in Oklahoma a number of occasions
“It makes me see simply how way more clever and methodical that he was,” Virden mentioned.
You probably have any details about the disappearance of Cindy Kinney, you might be requested to name the Osage County Sheriff’s Workplace.
