11 September 2023
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — An Oklahoma district attorney says there is insufficient information at this point to pursue charges against serial killer BTK of Kansas in regard to an Osage County cold case.
District Attorney Mike Fisher covers Osage and Pawnee counties in Oklahoma. He held a news conference Monday morning at the Pawnee County Courthouse in Pawnee, Oklahoma.
Last month, Osage County authorities said Dennis Rader, the man convicted of being the BTK serial killer in Wichita, is “a prime suspect” in some unsolved missing persons cases, including Cynthia Dawn Kinney from Pawhuska.
Last week, the Osage County, Oklahoma, undersheriff said they have at least four “pretty strong connections” to cold case investigations linked to Rader that they feel could go to trial.
On Monday, Fisher said he is not at a point where he can press charges against Rader.
“As of this date, the information that has been shared is insufficient to file criminal charges against Dennis Rader,” he said. “Given the interest that this information has garnered, I have asked that the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation open a formal investigation into the disappearance of Cynthia Dawn Kinney.”
Rader, 78, has been in the El Dorado Correctional Facility since his sentencing in 2005.