john allen muhammad and lee boyd malvo were an unlikely pair joined by unlikely crcumstances. mohammed, age 41, was definitely the alpha. his devoted follower and more than willing accomplice, malvo, was just 17. one of the things that struck me was his devotion and commitment to john allen muhammad who he referred to as dad. muhammad, a father of three was an ex-army engineer who received the normal training in marksmanship. he saw action in the first gulf war but returned home a changed man. desert storm, the first iraq war, flipped a switch in john mohammed. to this day his ex-wife isn t sure what happened. it was like his spirit had been broken. he was a broken man.
muhammad who he referred to as dad. muhammad, a father of three was an ex-army engineer who received the normal training in marksmanship. he saw action in the first gulf war but returned home a changed man. desert storm flipped a switch in john muhammad to this day his ex-wife isn t sure what happened. i was like his spirit had been broken. he was a broken man. that s the man who befriended lee malvo in 2000. he met the teen while on a trip to where malvo s mother had all but abandoned him. muhammad brought malvo to taco ma, washington as his informal adopted son. his personality was a loving child. it is very important that one
the 6-year-old beauty pageant queen was found dead in her home the day before christmas. no one was ever charged in the case. we know back in 1999, a grand jury sought to indict her parents in her death. this morning i spoke to the former lead investigator on this case and he says he does not expect the case to ever be solved and isn t sure why the prosecutor never went after the couple. take a listen. i believe a strong look was warranted by investigating the family as a possibility. when you say investigating the family, do you mean specifically the parents or someone else in the family? there were three people in the home that evening. i think investigators neededed to look at all three of them. do you think boy, do you think this case will ever be solved and that we ll ever know? it s very unlikely unless there s a confession or someone else comes forward that has information that s been shared
received the normal training in marksmanship. he saw action in the first gulf war, but returned home a changed man. desert storm, the first iraq war, flipped a switch in john muhammad. to this day his ex-wife isn t sure what happened. it was like his spirit had been broken. he looked like just a broken man. that s the man who befriended lee malvo in 2000. mohammed met the teen while on a trip to antigua where malvo s mother had all but abandoned him. mohammed eventually brought malvo to tacoma, washington, as his informally adopted son. his true personality i think is a soft, warm, loving child. it is very, very important that one recognize that lee did not attach to a killer. he actually attached to a loving and caring father. at the time he was in a bitter custody battle for his own
dad. muhammad, a father of three, was an ex-army engineer who received the normal training in marksmanship. he saw action in the first gulf war, but returned home a changed man. desert storm, the first iraq war, flipped a switch in john muhammad. to this day his ex-wife isn t sure what happened. it was like his spirit had been broken. he looked like just a broken man. that s the man who befriended lee malvo in 2000. mohammed met the teen while on a trip to antigua where malvo s mother had all but abandoned him. mohammed eventually brought malvo to tacoma, washington, as his informally adopted son. his true personality i think is a soft, warm, loving child. it is very, very important that one recognize that lee did not