I finally got a response from him. I have not replied yet, but have contacted the Postal Fraud investigator in charge of my case and forwarded the message. I have agreed to show up to court, but I have no further information or even a date estimate.

But hopefully this will help deter him from scamming people in the future. Also, if anyone sees him posting ads on Kingsnake or Craigslist, please let us know on here!
From:
[email protected]
Subject: Re: Message about: Boas -2010 to adults- for Ball Python Morphs
Date: August 2, 2011 2:33:48 PM EDT
To: Kelsey Wood <
[email protected]>
Kelsey this is david. Im sorry I haven't been able to contact you sooner, but I have had some issues come up that were beyond my control. In. no way am I trying to scam you or rip you off. I was waiting for the hot weather to break before sending the reptile to you, to insure that it wouldn't die. I had a friend of mine h the snake for me until it could be mailed out to you. He let the snake get sick. When I picked it up. It went downhill and I couldnt save it from passing away. I lost my job and had to move. So I had no computer access to my emails. I had to go you the library to get into my emails to sends this to you. I wants you to know that I promise you that as soon as I get another job, I will sends your money back to you.and I promise you that. Im just trying to get stable now. I will keep in. touch with you and def let you know.im sorry for all this. Donte think that im trying to rip you off or scam you.and that is not the case. I will get your $ back to you asap. Thanks so much. David.