PETER SUTCLIFFE - YORKSHIRE RIPPER - 5 PAGE LETTER SIGNED

Peter William Coonan (born Peter William Sutcliffe; 2 June 1946) is an English serial killer who was dubbed the "Yorkshire Ripper" by the press. In 1981, Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others.

Sutcliffe initially attacked women and girls in residential areas but seems to have moved to red light districts, because he was attracted by the vulnerability of prostitutes.^[1][2] Sutcliffe had allegedly regularly used the services of prostitutes in Leeds and Bradford. When interviewed by authorities, he claimed that the voice of God had sent him on a mission to kill prostitutes. Sutcliffe carried out murders over five years, during which time some members of the public were especially shocked by the murders of women who were not prostitutes.^[3] After his arrest for driving with false number plates in January 1981, the police questioned him about the killings, and he confessed to being the perpetrator.

At his trial in 1981, Sutcliffe pleaded not guilty to murder on grounds of diminished responsibility after a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, but his defence was rejected by a majority of the jury. He is serving 20 concurrent sentences of life imprisonment. Following his conviction, Sutcliffe began using his mother's maiden name and became known as Peter William Coonan.  (From Wikipedia)

This is a five page letter that SUTCLIFFE  has signed TWICE!  Once as "Peter" in the upper right hand corner of the first page, and then as "Pete" at the bottom of the fifth page.  Comes with the original mailing envelope, but it does not have his return address on it.    Ships in a protective sleeve with acid free backing board.