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What is this that I can see, cold icy hands taking hold of me?

For death has come you all can see.

Hell has opened its gate to trick me. The death has come you all can see. Hell has opened its gate to trick me. Oh death, oh death,

can't you spare me over for another year? I'll stuff your jaws till you can't talk, I'll bind your legs till you can't walk, I'll tie your hands till you can't make a stand.

And finally, I'll close your eyes so you can't see.

I'll bring sexual death unto you for me.

I'll bring sexual death unto you for me. The poem arrived on Friday, February 10, 1978, two months after the murder of Nancy Fox.

It was delivered in an envelope addressed to the studio office of local Kansas News television station Cake TV.

Titled O Death to Nancy,

the poem was a twisted parody of the folk song O Death,

in which a man pleads with the grim reaper to spare his life.

Listed four times along the left margin were the letters BTK, each paired with a small hand-drawn hangman's noose. He had also included a highly detailed sketch of a partially

naked woman bound face down on a bed, depicting Nancy Fox's body with striking accuracy.

The scene was further brought to life in an accompanying two-page typewritten letter

marked by BTK's characteristic poor spelling and grammar.

It described the layout of Nancy's apartment, the clothes she was wearing, how her body was

positioned and restrained, and the condition of her belongings,

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