Malvo also described his struggles and issues while growing up in Jamaica as he was left by his father and his mother used to abuse him. But in 1999 as a teenager, he shifted to Antigua and met Muhammad, who became a father figure as well as his lover. The 41-year-old Gulf War veteran wanted to take revenge on the military, White people, and his own family as he had terrorized his wife and kids with murder and kidnapping threats. According to Malvo, he was also a victim of Muhammad, who used him to punish his âenemiesâ. âMuhammad was master puppeteer. I was an instrument,â he added.