Send Neal Boortz to Gitmo

He apparently gets 'em to talk:

A man in custody in Texas called in to a radio talk show and told the show's producer that he killed a store clerk in Atlanta more than a decade ago, authorities said.

Authorities issued a warrant Thursday for Cheo Ash, 30, who had called the "Neal Boortz Show" on Wednesday from a pay phone in a state mental hospital in San Antonio, where he is awaiting a competency hearing in a burglary case.

Ash was not put on the air, but he told executive producer Belinda Skelton, who fielded the call, that he wanted to confess his sins.

Throughout the nationally syndicated show, Skelton was on one line with Ash and on another with a DeKalb County homicide detective.

Ash said he wants to apologize to the family of Naresh Amin, found shot several times in the bathroom of an Atlanta gas station after a February 1994 robbery, Skelton said.

"I get crazy people all the time, but this guy started rattling off all the details," said Skelton.

DeKalb police spokesman Herschel Grangent said authorities still may be skeptical of the claims because Ash is in the mental hospital. But police did issue an arrest warrant for Ash.

While not having Ash on the air, Boortz mentioned the behind-the-scenes intrigue once officers realized there could be something to Ash's claim. He had given them information on the killing that was not public knowledge, Skelton said.

"My biggest fear was for him to get agitated with me and hang up. Luckily, he was a willing participant," Skelton said. "Most people that call me don't confess to murders."