Randall Creek, left, goes over paperwork with Aaron Hawbaker, of the Black Hawk public defenders office, at a court appearance at the Black Hawk County Jail in Waterloo, Iowa, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2008. Creek, 41, a Kentucky sheriff's deputy is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, Debbie Rediess, 46, outside her home in Smiths Grove, Ky., on Sunday. (AP Photo, The Waterloo Courier/ Matthew Putney).

It will be nearly a week before Randall Creek is returned to Kentucky to face charges in the death of his former girlfriend.

Creek, 41, of 348 Pirates Cove in Bowling Green, admitted in a letter to the Daily News, law enforcement and others that he shot Debbie Rediess, 46. She was shot Sunday morning in the driveway of her home at 460 Hays Road North near Smiths Grove. Creek, a Simpson County Sheriff’s deputy who has since been fired, had also previously worked as a deputy jailer in Warren and Simpson counties.

Creek will be brought back to Kentucky on Tuesday from Iowa, where he was arrested Tuesday, said Chris Cohron, commonwealth’s attorney for Warren County. Creek waived extradition Tuesday in an Iowa court. Creek will appear in Warren District Court shortly after being returned to Kentucky. A court date has not been set.

Creek is charged with murder in connection with Rediess’ death. His bond was set at $1 million.

The week delay before bringing Creek back to Kentucky is simply a scheduling issue, said Trooper Todd Holder, spokesman for Kentucky State Police.

“We’re not in a big hurry to pick him up,” Holder said. “The most important thing right now is for him to be incarcerated in a facility that is safe for him and safe for us.”

When Creek is brought back to Kentucky he will be put in some type of protective custody, Holder said. Creek will not be taken to the Warren County Regional Jail after threatening to kill Jailer Jackie Strode in one of the e-mails.

“We have an idea of where he’ll be held, but we’re not announcing it because of security reasons,” he said.

Simpson County Sheriff Gene Starks said Creek was suspended as a deputy on Sunday by Capt. Mike Rigg after the office was made aware of the shooting. Creek was fired by the office once Starks said they received a full investigative report.

“We’re still trying to figure it all out,” Starks said.

Creek had a solid background and had been around law enforcement for years, Starks said. He was always working with children, he said, and the whole incident seemed completely out of character.

“But you can never tell what’s going on in someone’s head,” Starks said.

Creek was on the run for nearly two days after the shooting. He was taken into custody by deputies from the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office and the Evansdale Police Department in Iowa on the murder warrant at 12:11 a.m. Tuesday.

An officer from Evansdale spotted Creek’s vehicle outside a Days Inn. Creek was inside and arrested without incident, according to the sheriff’s office report.

Evansdale is about 670 miles from Bowling Green.

Creek sent three e-mails, the first about three hours before Rediess’ death.

In those e-mails, in addition to admitting to “assassinating” Rediess, he wrote about their troubled relationship.

Creek’s third e-mail included the threat against Strode. Creek ran for Warren County Jailer in 2002, losing to Strode. Creek threatened to kill Strode “with his bare hands” if he is held in the Warren County jail.

The e-mail blames Strode for ruining Creek’s life by firing him in 1999 and then “blackballing” him from several other law enforcement jobs, according to Creek’s e-mail.

In Creek’s second e-mail, he admitted to killing Rediess, writing “I want to say how sorry I am for what happened but what’s done is done,” and that he had “assassinated her in her driveway.”

Creek claimed that he and Rediess had remained intimate even after she left him and began a relationship with another man, according to his e-mail.

He wrote that the shooting occurred after he arrived at Rediess’ house and the other man was sleeping in her bed.

Creek also wrote that the Army had produced a “Desert Storm” killer and there would be more like him.

Creek’s first letter to the Daily News addressed his relationship with Rediess. He wrote that they had dated for five years and that she left him because he didn’t take the relationship seriously enough. He wrote he didn’t blame her for leaving.

At least one of the e-mails was sent when Creek stopped at a library while fleeing to Iowa, Holder said.

More charges could be filed against Creek, Holder said. Any additional charges will be decided by Cohron and the detective handling the case.