Police: BTK Planned To Kill Again

Questions Abound Over Rader's Possible Link To More Murders

(AP) 
It is uncertain whether Rader will spend the rest of his life at El Dorado. He'll undergo a two-week screening to determine if he is best fit to remain there or be transferred to one of the state's other maximum-security prisons.

"Public safety is our primary mission," said Ray Roberts, the El Dorado warden.

Rader will be held in an 80-square-foot cell with a concrete slab bunk, metal shelving and chair, a sink and a plastic trash can. He'll be issued a brown jumpsuit and blue slip-on shoes.

At least initially, Rader will have no television or radio and limited access to reading materials, except his own legal documents. His meals will be delivered through an opening in his cell door.

He will be allowed three brief showers and five one-hour recreation periods each week. During the free time, he'll be kept in restraints and escorted to a 10-foot-by-10-foot outdoor pen surrounded on the sides and top by chain link.

More restrictions could be placed on Rader; they are the subject of a hearing likely to be held in about a month.

Sedgwick County District Attorney Nola Foulston recommended the killer be barred from seeing or listening to news reports regarding his murders, prohibited from possessing anything with which he could draw or write about his sexual fantasies, and disallowed from making audio or visual recordings other than for law enforcement purposes.

All the requested restrictions come from a prosecution desire to take away anything that could help Rader relive his crimes.

Defense attorney Steve Osburn said he was surprised by the request and said it brought up First Amendment issues.

During his nearly six-month stay at the Sedgwick County jail while awaiting trial, Rader received 436 letters, with another 34 items of mail returned because of contraband such as cash or stamps. He also got 66 media requests. Steed said he would not characterize any of the letters as fan mail.

Rader sent out more than 300 letters to 43 cities in 12 states and the Netherlands.