John Allen Muhammad

Randall Pace Wiregrass Technical College Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to examine the lives of Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad. They are known as the D.C. Snipers who initiated a killing spree that lasted over 20 days and resulted in 10 deaths and 3 injuries. This paper gives insight into the manipulation and control of John Allen Muhammad over Lee Boyd Malvo who was child during this reign of terror. Information is given to aid in understanding the contributing factors

John Allen Muhammad, along with his partner Lee Boyd Malvo, carried out a series of murders in the Metropolitan D.C. area in October of 2002. Armed with a high powered sniper rifle, Muhammad and his underage accomplice murdered 10 people and wounded three others over the course of 20 days. Muhammad and Malvo targeted civilians going about their everyday lives in a series of seemingly random attacks. This included people filling their car up with gas, exiting gas stations, and mowing the lawn. With

back out of prison? John Allen Muhammad was arrested for shoplifting food from a store in 2002. Their was more than one person included in the D.C Sniper Case. .John Allen Williams(Muhammad) had an accomplice, John Lee Malvo. According to…., “Muhammad was arrested on October 24, 2002 following a three-week serial shooting spree that left 10 people dead. Serial killers represent a social problem because…. What is the background of John Allen Muhammad? According to….., John was born on” December

can be linked to the specific behaviors demonstrated by an offender that would classify them as a psychopath. Along with other research that looks into an individual’s genetics to see if that plays a role in defining or making a psychopath. John Allen Muhammad, also known as the D.C. sniper, was labeled as a psychopath when he terrorized D.C. for two weeks, taking thirteen victims and killing ten of them. This paper will go over the behaviors that constitute psychopathy, and the behaviors that

that took place between October 2 to October 24, 2002. The Perpetrators were John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. Ten people were shot and killed at the Beltway Attacks and three people were killed before that. Three people were also injured by the bullet, but were not killed. They asked for $10 Million Dollars to stop the attacks so that they could start a Utopian country in Canada for black children. John Allen Muhammad was born on December 31, 1960 and died on November 10, 2009. Lost his mother

without knowing a little about the two men and the crimes the committed. The older of the two men was named John Allen Muhammad formally John Allen Williams. Muhammad was born on December 31, 1960 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At the age of five he lost his mother who lost the battle against cancer and his father wasn’t present in his life so his grandparents raised him. In August of 1978 Muhammad joined the Louisiana Army National Guard and then transferred to the regular Army on Nov 6th , 1985. During

occurred in mall parking lots, near schools and gas stations, no one felt safe. People were staying indoors, walking in zig-zag patterns outdoors and filling their gas tanks from inside their vehicles. Two men, who are later identified as John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo , drove around in a 1990 Chevrolet Caprice, with a New Jersey license plate shooting people out of the trunk of their car. The car had a hole cut above the rear license plate and the back support cushion and metal support of the

snipers attack started to happen. No one knew where the shoots came from till a blue caprice kept appearing after each shooting which lead to the capture of two male shooters John Allen Muhammad(Williams) 42, Lee Boyd Malvo 17 were brought into custody at 3:15AM on October 24, 2002. Little background on the shooters. John Allen Williams was born on December 31, 1960 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at 17 years old he joined the Louisiana nation guard. In 1985 he volunteered for active duty in 1985. During

How proud we must all be to live in an era of unbiased judgment and true equality amongst all. In a time so prosperous and friendly as now, it's all we can do to not scoff at decades past for all the bigotry and prejudice existing back in those days of such ancient history. To think of a time when ethnic groups were discriminated against, or poorly represented would mean to be thinking of years before the mid/late 1900s, before the struggle for fair judgment was fought for and won. Or has equality

lead, saying the name John Allen Muhammed. On October 22 they searched for the criminal record database and found that Muhammad had registered a blue Chevy Caprice with the license plate of NDA-21Z in New Jersey (The Beltway Snipers, Pt. 1.). That depiction was given to the news media and shared which prompted to the catch of the two snipers. The case reached an end when John Allen Muhammed and Lee Boyd Malvo were found sleeping in their vehicle. Records uncovered that Muhammad was in possession of