Howard Arthur Allen is a serial killer from Indianapolis, Indiana. He murdered three elderly people and also committed assault, burglary, and arson. On June 11, 1988, he was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murder of Ernestine Griffin. On August 30, 1988, he was placed on death row where he spent the next 25 years awaiting a ruling by a U.S. District Court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Two page handwritten letter. Letter is general content and is signed Howard. Original matching handwritten envelope is included.