It's Monday, the day of the week that I choose a cold case from somewhere that has been solved, despite all odds, to discuss with Terri Horman. Today, I have chosen the D.C. Sniper case. I know that this case only went on for several weeks before it was solved, and it didn't really become a cold case, per se, but it had a lot going against it in the way of getting solved. It started on October 2, 2002, and ended on October 24, 2002. I remember the whole thing rather well, because I lived in that area, at the time. The Sniper killed eleven people and wounded six, not counting prior criminal acts in other parts of the country.
Everyone thought it was just one person, not two; and no one ever guessed that one of the two would be a minor! Everyone also thought the Sniper was travelling in a white van. Wrong on both counts.......on the morning of October 24, I got out of my car in Frederick, Maryland, where I worked, and about five helicopters, flying really low, went by. "Hmmmm.........", I thought, "Wonder if they caught the Sniper?"
I was right. They caught the Sniper alright.........the sniperS! There were two of them. Wanna know how it happened, Terri? They stopped at a rest stop, on the interstate, in Frederick County, Maryland. Someone else happened to also be driving through there, and noticed what looked like a kid resting in the trunk of a car that had an unusual looking hole in the trunk. It wasn't a white van, though, it was a blue 1990 caprice. The trunk had, indeed, been altered, so that a person could see out of it, and actually aim a weapon from it. And there were two people, not just one. The man who noticed it called it in, and luckily, the police checked it out, even though the scenario did not quite fit the profile they had in mind. Then, the helicopters descended on them, and the rest is history.
Here they are, John Allen Mohammed and Lee Boyd Malvo. I was most disgusted because Malvo was only a kid, and really did not deserve to make the aquaintance of Mohammed in order too have his delinquency contributed to in such a serious fashion. Mohammed apparently had dated Malvo's mother at one time or another, and that's how they met. Ladies.......do NOT get your boyfriends at Kmart! Another reason I was disgusted was because all this was brought on by Mohammed's desire to murder his exwife! I mean......really.........(where's the eye-rolley when I need it?) this would have been a great time to just repress those angry feelings and go on with life! Oh well.....speaking of life, that's what Malvo is serving now. And John Allen Mohammed got the death penalty, and is no longer with us.
So you see, Terri? A chance encounter with an observant person possessed of both a telephone and a desire to do right can make all the difference in the world. Do you like helicopter rides?
Everyone thought it was just one person, not two; and no one ever guessed that one of the two would be a minor! Everyone also thought the Sniper was travelling in a white van. Wrong on both counts.......on the morning of October 24, I got out of my car in Frederick, Maryland, where I worked, and about five helicopters, flying really low, went by. "Hmmmm.........", I thought, "Wonder if they caught the Sniper?"
I was right. They caught the Sniper alright.........the sniperS! There were two of them. Wanna know how it happened, Terri? They stopped at a rest stop, on the interstate, in Frederick County, Maryland. Someone else happened to also be driving through there, and noticed what looked like a kid resting in the trunk of a car that had an unusual looking hole in the trunk. It wasn't a white van, though, it was a blue 1990 caprice. The trunk had, indeed, been altered, so that a person could see out of it, and actually aim a weapon from it. And there were two people, not just one. The man who noticed it called it in, and luckily, the police checked it out, even though the scenario did not quite fit the profile they had in mind. Then, the helicopters descended on them, and the rest is history.
Here they are, John Allen Mohammed and Lee Boyd Malvo. I was most disgusted because Malvo was only a kid, and really did not deserve to make the aquaintance of Mohammed in order too have his delinquency contributed to in such a serious fashion. Mohammed apparently had dated Malvo's mother at one time or another, and that's how they met. Ladies.......do NOT get your boyfriends at Kmart! Another reason I was disgusted was because all this was brought on by Mohammed's desire to murder his exwife! I mean......really.........(where's the eye-rolley when I need it?) this would have been a great time to just repress those angry feelings and go on with life! Oh well.....speaking of life, that's what Malvo is serving now. And John Allen Mohammed got the death penalty, and is no longer with us.
So you see, Terri? A chance encounter with an observant person possessed of both a telephone and a desire to do right can make all the difference in the world. Do you like helicopter rides?
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