'My health and spirit are doing fine': Chilling Dylann Roof jailhouse letter revealed (and it's already up for sale in 'murderabilia' auction)
- The Charleston church massacre suspect appears cool and calm in the letter in which he asks for books instead of money
- The white supremacist asked the man who reached out about the national origin of his last name
- The original writer Andrew is a collector of murderabilia and does not share Roof's ideology. 'It's just a fascination,' Andrew said
A letter written by Charleston church massacre suspect Dylann Roof has been put up for auction on a site dedicated to selling memorabilia related to serial killers and other murderers.
The handwritten first glimpse into Roof's mind as he sits in protected custody had a top bid of $550 on the 'murderabilia' site True Crime Auction House as of Monday evening.
In it, the white supremacist professes a desire for books, a curiosity about the origin of the recipient's surname and shows a cool-headed demeanor fit for cold-blooded mass killer.
Accused of slaying nine in a racially motivated attack June 17, Roof's tone is chillingly calm and opens: 'My health and spirit are doing fine.'
Inside his mind: A letter written by Charleston church massacre suspect Dylann Roof has been put up for auction on a site dedicated to selling memorabilia related to serial killers and other murderers
The letter was written to Andrew, the proprietor of True Crime Auction House, himself a 'murderabilia' collector.
Andrew, who spoke with DailyMail.com on the condition his last name and location not be revealed, said he reached out to the alleged killer not because he shares Roof's skinhead ideology but out of curiosity.
'It's just a fascination,' Andrew said. 'I'm one hundred percent against [his ideology.]'
Andrew wrote to Roof the same day the 21-year-old was arrested after cops say he fled from Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church after slaying nine black churchgoers.
'Your letter is dated 6/18 and to be honest its surprising you could write me a letter so quickly,' wrote Roof. 'Most people probably would be too scared to send me a letter.'
But instead of being scared, Andrew and his fellow murderabilia collectors are fascinated with what motivates killers to carry out atrocities.
'Murderabilia': The letter had a top bid of over $500 on Monday, not long after it was posted on True Crime Auction House, a 'murderabilia' site
'Dylann Storm Roof': Roof expresses a desire to be sent books and to know the nation of origin of the original sender's last name
Prefers to be sent books: For Roof--as with the other inmates he contacts--Andrew offered cash to help pay for stamps, pencils and paper, an offer in which Roof appeared to have little interest
For Roof--as with the other inmates he contacts--Andrew offered cash to help pay for stamps, pencils and paper, an offer in which Roof appeared to have little interest.
'To be honest, I don’t think I need 30 dollars right now. I’d rather you send me a book,' Roof wrote.
Roof then detailed the how to send a book to a prisoner like himself, something Andrew said he's unlikely to do.
'I wouldn't send a book,' said Andrew, who nonetheless expressed a desire to continue to contact Roof and killers like him, both for his personal interest in their twisted psychology and his own, albeit small, financial gain.
Andrew also stressed his intentions find a charity set up for murder victims' families to which he will donate 10 percent of the profits from his one-month-old auction site.
Also in the letter, which has a 'buy now' price of about $1,000, Roof showcases his preoccupation with race and national origin. 'Is [redacted] an English surname? Or is it anglicized (?) name of a different origin?' he wrote.
Andrew said Roof meant nothing less than 'to see if I was a white man.'
'It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together,' Andrew said.
Accused of slaying nine in a racially motivated attack June 17, Roof's tone is chillingly calm and opens: 'My health and spirit are doing fine'
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