Wichita ? Donors will help pay for relatives of the BTK serial killer’s victims to attend his sentencing, but organizers of the fund worry they might not have enough to cover all the expenses.

“We’ve had pretty good success, but it’s going to go real fast,” said Kelli Cochran, an architectural firm worker who started the fund in early July. “We’re running out of time.”

So far, Cochran said, donors have raised about $4,000 for travel and lodging expenses and several restaurants have offered discounted meals – for which other businesses have offered to pay.

The sentencing hearing for Dennis Rader, a former code enforcement officer from the Wichita suburb of Park City, is scheduled to start Wednesday in Sedgwick County District Court. The process is expected to last three days.

Rader pleaded guilty in June to killing 10 people in and around Wichita from 1974 to 1991. His nickname, which he gave himself, stands for “Bind, Torture, Kill.”

At least 10 relatives of the victims are expected to travel to Wichita for the sentencing. If there is any money left over from the fund, it will be evenly distributed among those family members to help offset lost income.