Then there is the case's emerging impact on pop culture. There was coining of "BTK" as a verb last month on the WB's "The Gilmore Girls," as in "If you see me BTK'd, you'll know why." There was the commercial for new CBS lawyer show "Close to Home" that cast Rader alongside Scott Peterson and the Menendez brothers as killers next door. National radio host Phil Hendrie even did a wicked bit on "BTK clothing," as in big, tall kids.



It's easy to respond to the notoriety with indifference, as in whatever -- just as long as they spell Wichita right. This is, after all, a fascinating true story that found its finale at a time of feverish fascination with crime.



What's regrettable is that the pop culture retellings can't help but refresh the pain for Rader's victims and survivors.

The goal of catchBTK.com is to identify the serial killer calling himself BTK through the sharing of case-related information.

crosses some sort of fuzzy internet code-of-conduct boundary and puts him on slimy ground

Update

"The Stalker's Stalker is Really a Stalker,"

Right after Dennis Rader was arrested many people noticed Catch BTK website creator Tom Voight was nowhere to be found. That's because he was serving a jail sentence for stalking.



According to a state offender website, Voight was in the Multinomah County Jail in Portland, Oregon for stalking a woman. A clerk with the Multinomah County Courthouse says Voight was convicted for multiple violations of a protection from stalking order. On February 11, he was sentenced to six months in jail and five years probation. He was released on May 23rd.



Voight says the charges stem from an incident involving a former employer. He says the female car dealer he worked for as a webmaster owed him about $2,000. Voight says he made a number of calls and sent many e-mails using colorful language to collect the money, but he was never physical and never threatened violence.



Voight is now trying to put the incident behind him. He's moved and is currently engaged to be married. Voight has stopped updating his website, saying now that BTK is caught the case doesn't interest him anymore.