"On August 4th [1986], Ted wrote to me again in response
to the letter I'd sent him in March.

"I answered that letter and a month later, he answered me.

"I had asked him too if he was busy working on his case,
and he explained that he no longer concerned himself with
legal pursuits.  'I leave that all to my attorneys now.  I don't
find legal work to be a positive, uplifting experience for me
to say the least.  Now that I have attorneys who have the
ability and resources to handle the cases, I keep my
involvement to a minimum.  I have other things to do.'

"He did not say what those other things were."

Ann Rule
"The Stranger Beside Me"
1989 edition, p. 451-454