muhammad at that point had enrolled his children in school and was living at this homeless shelter. but he aroused the suspicion of the police, because in applying for government aid and getting his children in school, a very smart police officer put it together that, wow, this sounds like the man who took his children, kidnapped them a couple years ago and disappeared. and he put it together, figured it out, contacted mildred muhammad and the case went to court. to get the children back, mildred must face the man who threatened her life. the custody hearing was september 4th, 2001. i was shaking. i was so scared, i was shaking like a leaf. i m like this man can snap my neck and what s anybody going to do? i m dead. in the end, the judge awards mildred full custody of the children, stripping john
in their haste, they had dropped a magazine. on that magazine was a fingerprint. that fingerprint traced back to the state of washington in tacoma, bellingham area. another look at calls from washington state. uncovers an unexplored lead from a man named robert holmes. robert holmes, john s friend, said he called the fbi in the middle of the shootings and said i don t know anything about your investigation, but you may want to look at john allen muhammad. his ex-wife is in the area and he may be there to harm her. when muhammad lost his children and started hanging around with lee malvo, he stayed with robert holmes a couple of times, and robert holmes knew john muhammad was angry, bitter toward this country, angry toward mildred muhammad who
together that, wow, this sounds like the man who took his children, kidnapped them a couple years ago and disappeared. and he put it together, figured it out, contacted mildred muhammad and the case went to court. to get the children back, mildred must face the man who threatened her life. the custody hearing was september 4th, 2001. i was shaking. i was so scared, i was shaking like a leaf. i m like this man can snap my neck and what s anybody going to do? i m dead. in the end, the judge awards mildred full custody of the children, stripping john muhammad of the right to see them. as they leave, muhammad makes a final threat. we look back, john acts like he s going to the courtroom door, puts his hand on the door, looks at me and says, gotcha.
i felt if i had moved or if he had known that i knew he was there, then i would have been killed. mildred worries john is a threat to her safety. but has no legal right to keep him from his children. and no reason to believe he would hurt them. he s very good with children. he s very good with children. he picked them up on the 23rd, i think, which was a friday. monday morning, no children. i called the school thinking maybe he took them to school for me.
wonder who would be bold enough to murder an innocent man in broad daylight. [ gunshot ] at 23 years old, john allen muhammad, then named john williams, meets mildred green. my impression of john was for the first time i met a man, because he said what he meant and he meant what he said. he was charming. he was a strong man. i knew i needed to be with him. we got married march 10th, 1988. i was feeling really good about my life with him. i knew that we would be together forever, i just knew that it would be a till death do us part.