Lee Boyd Malvo : biography
Lee Boyd Malvo (born February 18, 1985), also known as John Lee Malvo, is a Jamaican-American convicted murderer who, along with John Allen Muhammad, committed murders in connection with the Beltway sniper attacks in the Washington Metropolitan Area over a three-week period in October 2002. Although the pairing’s actions were classified as psychopathy attributable to serial killer characteristics by the media, whether or not their psychopathy meets this classification or that of a spree killer is debated by researchers. In 2012, Malvo claimed that he was sexually abused by John Allen Muhammad.http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SNIPER_SHOOTINGS_INTERVIEW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-10-25-09-04-08
According to Malvo’s confession, he and Muhammad had planned to kill six white people a day for a month in order "to terrorize the nation." The beltway attacks turned out to be only the latest of a series of shootings across the United States connected to these individuals which began on the West Coast. Muhammad had befriended the juvenile Malvo, and had enlisted him in the murderous rampage. According to Craig Cooley, one of Malvo’s defense attorneys, Malvo believed Muhammad when he told him that the $10 million ransom sought from the US government to stop the sniper killings would be used to establish a Utopian society for one hundred and forty homeless black children on a Canadian compound.
Post-sentencing
As of 2011 Lee Boyd Malvo, Virginia Department of Corrections #1180834, Inmate #330873, is incarcerated at the Red Onion State Prison.
- On October 2, 2007, Malvo called a daughter of one of the victims, Cheryll Witz, to apologize for his role.
- Malvo reportedly sent a letter, dated February 21, 2010, to apologize to John C. Gaeta for shooting him. Malvo wrote: "I am truly sorry for the pain I caused you and your loved ones. I was relieved to hear that you suffered no paralyzing injuries and that you are alive."
- A Wise County, Virginia Circuit Judge denied Malvo’s request to change his name on July 29, 2011. Malvo petitioned the court for the name change on the basis that it would be safer if his fellow inmates did not know his real name, due to his notoriety.
- In September 2012 Malvo gave a lengthy interview to the Washington Post. In this interview, Malvo, now 27, stated that “I was a monster…If you look up the definition, that’s what a monster is. I was a ghoul. I was a thief. I stole people’s lives. I did someone else’s bidding just because they said so. . . . There is no rhyme or reason or sense.” In an interview with Matt Lauer on October 24, 2012, Malvo said that Muhammad sexually abused him throughout their relationship.Sager, Ian and Stump, Scott. Today. October 24, 2012.
Sniper attack victims
Listed in chronological order, these are the names of the victims who were murdered or wounded in the Beltway sniper attacks.
Name | Age | Status | Date of Attack | Location |
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James Martin | 55 | Killed | October 2, 2002, 6:04 PM | Wheaton, Maryland |
James Buchanan | 39 | Killed | October 3, 2002, 7:41 AM | Rockville, Maryland |
Premkumar Walekar | 54 | Killed | October 3, 2002, 8:12 AM | Aspen Hill, Maryland |
Sarah Ramos | 34 | Killed | October 3, 2002, 8:37 AM | Silver Spring, Maryland |
Pascal Charlot | 72 | Killed | October 3, 2002, 9:20 PM | Washington, D.C. |
Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera | 25 | Killed | October 3, 2002, 9:58 AM | Kensington, Maryland |
Caroline Seawell | 43 | Survived | October 4, 2002, 2:30 PM | Fredericksburg, Virginia |
Iran Brown | 13 | Survived | October 7, 2002, 8:09 AM | Bowie, Maryland |
Dean Harold Meyers | 53 | Killed | October 9, 2002, 8:18 PM | Manassas, Virginia |
Kenneth Bridges | 53 | Killed | October 11, 2002, 9:40 AM | Fredericksburg, Virginia |
Linda Franklin | 47 | Killed | October 14, 2002, 9:19 PM | Falls Church, Virginia |
Jeffrey Hopper | 37 | Survived | October 19, 2002, 8:00 PM | Ashland, Virginia |
Conrad Johnson | 35 | Killed | October 22, 2002, 5:55 AM | Aspen Hill, Maryland |