Lawrence Bittaker signed 6"×8" photo 10/20/2010 DECEASED

This auction is for a signed photo of one of California's "Toolbox Killers" Lawrence Sigmund Bittaker (9/27/1940 - 12/13/2019). Lawrence Bittaker, also known was "Pliers," with accomplice Roy Lewis Norris, committed a series of abductions, rapes, and torture murders from June 24, 1979 to October 31, 1979, killing five teenage girls. The moniker of the Toolbox Killers came due to the vast majority of the items used to torture and murder their victims were pulled from a toolbox, kept in the van the two used to commit their crimes. The duo would be apprehended separately on November 20, 1979. In the plea arrangement Roy Norris would testify against Lawrence Bittaker in order to escape the death penalty and receive a 45 year to life prison sentence. During his trial, a homemade tape recording the two made of a woman being brutalized and raped was played for the jury. The victim would be identified as the fifth and final victim of both Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris. The jury found Lawrence Bittaker guilty of all five murders, five counts of kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder, and multiple counts of rape, forcible oral copulation, and forcible sodomy. On 3/24/1981 he was sentenced to death. Lawrence Bittaker died on 12/19/2019 of natural causes. He was 79.

ITEM DESCRIPTION: The photograph measures 6"×8", with the actual photo measuring 5"×7", dated 10/20/2010, and is signed, "Lawrence Sigmund Bittaker." This is a very high resolution print, suitable for framing. The photograph comes inside a protective magazine sleeve with an acid free board and has been stored flat. Message me with any questions you might have. Thanks for having a look-see.