1. JOHN ALLEN MUHAMMAD AND
LEE BOYD MALVO
The D.C. Snipers

2. CHILDHOOD
 John’s mother died when he was five.
 When his mother died, his dad left him to be raised by a grandma and
aunt.
 Lee Boyd Malvo was born in Jamaica and grew up with his mother.
 Lee met John when he was about 15.

3. ADULTHOOD
 John joined Louisiana Army National Guard in 1979 and was in active duty
for seven years.
 Also married Carol Kaglear in 1979, they had one kid and were later
divorced in 1985.
 Joined The Nation of Islam in 1987 and joined US army.
 John remarried to a Mildred Green in 1987, they had three kids.
 In 1999 Mildred filed for divorce and a restraining order from John. He
responded by fleeing with their three children to Antigua where he met
Lee.

4. MOTIVES
 John later claimed he was hoping to shoot and kill his ex-wife Mildred in
hopes of regaining custody of his three children. This however did not
hold up in court.
 Lee claimed that John told him the ten million dollar ransom for their acts
was going to be used to support 140 black homeless children.

5. KILLING METHODS
 John and Lee built a sniper nest in the trunk of John’s car and used it to
snipe, at random, people on the street.

6. VICTIM PROFILE
 There was no common characteristics of the victims, John and Lee showed
no methods of deciding the victim and appeared to shoot at random.

7. GETTING CAUGHT
 The police received a tip from a priest that was informed anonymously that
he should tip the police about a liquor store robbery/murder in
Montgomery. At this crime scene they found a fingerprint of Lee John
Malvo, and this lead them to investigate John Allen Muhammad because of
their known association. A lookout broadcast spotted them in a rest stop
in Maryland.

8. CHARGED AND SENTENCED
 John was charged with murder, terrorism, conspiracy, and illegal use of a
firearm. He was found guilty of all four charges and sentenced to death
 Lee was charged with murder and illegal use of a firearm. He was found
guilty of both charges and sentenced to life in prison without an
opportunity for parole.

9. WHY SERIAL KILLERS ARE SO
DIFFICULT TO SPOT
 Serial killers are so difficult to spot because they show no signs of
insanity. They dress no different than any other person.

10. CRIME SCENES
 Organized Crime Scene- Planned offense, transports body, body hidden,
controlled conversation, demands submissive victim, missing weapon or
evidence, victim is a targeted stranger, personalizes victim, crime scene
reflects control, restraints used, and aggressive acts done before death
 Disorganized Crime Scenes- Body left at death scene, spontaneous offense,
evidence or weapon present at scene, victim or location known, body left
in view, depersonalizes victim, sexual acts after death, minimal
conversation, minimal use of restraints, crime scene sloppy, and sudden
violence to victim
 Mixed Crime Scene- Combination of both organized and disorganized
crime scene. May indicate more than one offender, that the offender
planned but then was disrupted, or the disorganization of scene was
planned.
 Atypical Crime Scene- Crime scene can’t be classified by available data.
Decomposed remains would fall under this category.

11. REFERENCES
 http://www.biography.com/people/john-allen-muhammad-236029
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Allen_Muhammad#Criminal_case
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Boyd_Malvo#Criminal_prosecutions
 http://serialkillr.tripod.com/SerialKillersExposed/crimescenes.html
 http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/tick/1b.html