Wichita ? The man who for years tantalized local media with cryptic messages from the BTK serial killer will be allowed to receive letters from the media and talk to a woman who is writing a book about his life’s story.

David Passante watches live television coverage of the Dennis Rader plea on Monday at a store in Hays.

In an order issued Friday, District Judge Gregory Waller rescinded his earlier orders barring such contacts. The request by BTK killer Dennis Rader to lift those orders had been set for a Friday hearing following initial resistance from prosecutors.

That court proceeding was canceled after both sides agreed to Rader’s requests, said Georgia Cole, spokeswoman for the district attorney’s office.

Rader, 60, pleaded guilty Monday to killing 10 people in the Wichita area from 1974 to 1991 to satisfy his sexual fantasies. Sentencing for the former code inspector and church president is set for Aug. 17.

BTK – a self-styled moniker for “Bind, Torture, Kill” – taunted media and police with cryptic messages that became increasingly frequent in the months before his capture.

Since his arrest, Rader’s mail from media outlets had been rerouted to his court-appointed attorneys. In the motion, his attorneys argued that Rader’s guilty plea made the previous order no longer necessary.

The motion also sought to allow him contact with Kristin Casarona, a Topeka woman who visited Rader in jail about 10 times and plans to write to a book about his life. It contended contact should be allowed because Rader’s guilty plea means Casarona is no longer a potential witness in the BTK case.