Robert Lee Yates, Jr. is an American serial killer from Spokane, Washington. From 1996 to 1998, Yates is known to have murdered at least 13 women, all of whom were prostitutes working on Spokane's "Skid Row" on E. Sprague Avenue. Yates also confessed to two murders committed in Walla Walla in 1975 and a 1988 murder committed in Skagit County. In 2002, Yates was convicted of killing two women in Pierce County. In total, Yates had 16 victims.

Three page handwritten letter (6 counting front and back) from Yates.  Dated September 13,2007.  The letter has general content and he explains that he can barely keep up with his mail, but is appreciative of it.  He includes a lot of quotes, mostly religious ones. He signs the letter in full, Robert Yates.  Original mailing envelope included.