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Nikolas Cruz Letters Provide Look Into Mind Of Confessed Parkland Killer

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – In the fall of 2018 confessed Parkland killer Nikolas Cruz wrote a series of letters — a number of on a daily basis — to a woman living in the United Kingdom.

He professed his love for her, asked her to marry him and told her he wanted at least 3 children and he wanted to name them after guns.

We learn these details from the letters which were released by the Broward State Attorney's Office on Monday.

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Photo of a letter written by Nikolas Cruz. (Source: Broward State Attorney's Office)

A source tells CBS4 News that the letters written by Cruz were seized from his cell by authorities after his run-in with a detention deputy last year.

Child-like drawings, simple language and misspellings mark the letters as do the sometimes rambling nature of the topics.

It's clear that Cruz is trying to impress the woman as he tells her stories from his life, like the time a friend accidentally shot him in the stomach with a pellet gun.

He also asks her questions in typical high school fashion about her interests, likes and desires.

On a few occasions Cruz explored his feelings. He spoke about the death penalty saying, "…a part of me is wishing to end. End with the death pentale. Letting someone inject me with long last sleep its kind of what I want but I'm unsure of myself so I'm just letting people save me from myself, saving me form something that I can never return from."

Cruz admitted that he was a bad kid in school. "When I was thirteen I started acting out more often in school," he wrote. "I used to pull the fire alarms, bully teachers and break stuff like I kicked in a window because the kids wouldn't let (me) in and I poured ice cream all over the floors in 7th grade on my teacher's birthday it was funny…"

He talked about his mother and how he felt lonely and isolated with her. "I loved my mom don't get my wrong she bought me my first pellet gun when I was 15 and bought me video games when I was young," he wrote.

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Photo of a letter written by Nikolas Cruz. (Source: Broward State Attorney's Office)

Cruz never discussed the violence and death he inflicted on the Parkland community in February 2018. Instead, he asks the woman he's writing to marry him.

And he also asks her, "Do you want children? I really want children I want 3 boys and girls, maybe more lol. The boys names will be Kalashnikov, Markov, Remington."

Those are makes and models of guns, although it appears he meant Makarov not Markov. Cruz rambles through many topics and stories but also appears lucid and to know right from wrong.

He talks numerous times about life in jail and his weight gain. He called jail "boring" and said "it's really easy to gain weight in here."

He also said he cannot sleep more than a few hours each night because the guards wake him up every few hours.

Cruz appeared resigned to the fact that he's going to spend his life in jail. But he does dream of getting out one day.

He said he'd live outdoors and he asked the woman he's writing to if she would allow him to have a weapon.

"Would you be ok with me getting a crossbow if I lived with you?" he asked. "It will only be used for sporting and hunting that's all."

Cruz's attorneys have said he will plead guilty to the charges in exchange for a life sentence. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against him.

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