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Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004

A British crew is heading home, but they left behind information from an expert who has helped catch killers in the past. This international intrigue could shed new light on the case.

The crew brought its team of experts to investigate many locations of BTK’s victims. BTK has received plenty of attention in Wichita, since he began communications with the media and police, once again this year. But now the serial killer is getting global attention.

It’s a 30-year-old mystery that’s drawing attention to Wichita from around the world.

From message boards and websites to local and network coverage, the search for BTK has millions of people looking for answers. Now a British film crew not only wants to tell the BTK story, but offer police new insight into the case.

For nearly three months, the group has been researching Wichita’s most notorious serial killer.

Firecracker Films is an independent company that produces documentaries for television networks in England. The crew has been in Wichita for the last two weeks.

“I think we’ve worked hard to make a film here and at the same time managed to tell a story that I think needs to be told for the rest of the world,” says Firecracker Film Director Mark Soldinger.

To tell the BTK story, Soldinger and his crew interview a profiler and talk with victims’ family, including the Wagerly’s and Fox’s. But they’re also contributing to the investigation, with a psychic.

Soldinger says British networks were intrigued by the BTK crimes, but felt it was simply an American story. By bringing in a British psychic who had a hand in solving other murders, the networks agreed to back the project.

“A lot of people are skeptical about Dennis’ ability,” says Soldinger. “I have to admit that I’m a quite skeptical person, but I felt that this story could be told and Dennis was the way to tell this story.”

“I’ve never worked on a case like this before,” says Dennis McKenzie, a medium. Although he’s met with skeptics at every turn, he says his feelings and visions have produced results.

Just two years ago, Dennis helped British authorities solve the high-profileest double-homicide in recent history.

Two 10-year old girls, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, went missing in August 2002.

Frustrated parents came to McKenzie for help. He says he quickly felt that the girls were dead. Police were at a standstill when McKenzie provided the location of the naked and badly decomposed bodies, descriptions of the suspects and insight into how the girls died.

The information, led to the arrests and convictions of two individuals. Now McKenzie is offering guidance to Wichita police.

The film crew followed McKenzie and Bernie Drowatsky, former lead detective in the case, through almost all of the homes of the original crimes.

After more than a week in Wichita, Dennis has developed chilling information that he senses relates to BTK and the murders. He produced BTK’s signature and says he showed it to Wichita police. Dennis says authorities confirmed a match. Police wouldn’t comment. After sitting down with a sketch artist, Dennis has produced images of what he feels BTK looks like.

To aid in the investigation, this week Dennis hand-delivered a packet of information, including the sketches, to Wichita police.

The BTK documentary is set to air in the UK this February. The film crew is hoping to sell it to a network here in the United States in the near future.