A note written by Druitt and addressed to his brother William was found in his room in Blackheath. It read "Since Friday I felt that I was going to be like mother, and the best thing for me was to die." (3 December 1888)
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Friday 22nd of December 1978 (-) — Victim of Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper Yelena Zakotnova is raped, stabbed and strangled by Andrei Chikatilo aka The Rostov Ripper. Zakotnova was Chikatilo's first victim. Other suspects for the murder were 25-year-old Alexander Kravchenko and 50-year-old Anatoly Grigoriev. On 8 January 1979 Grigoriev hanged himself. On 5 July 1983 Kravchenko was executed for the murder.