Lee Boyd Malvo

Lee Boyd Malvo (alias John Lee Malvo) (born February 18, 1985), along with John Allen Muhammad, was arrested on October 24, 2002 in connection with the Beltway sniper attacks. A jury convicted Malvo of capital murder on December 18, 2003, and recommended a sentence of life imprisonment without parole on December 23, 2003, which a judge formally agreed with on March 10, 2004. He has since plead guilty to another murder, and is facing additional charges in several states. He was held at Red Onion State Prison, located in Wise County, one of Virginia's two supermax prisons, prior to his extradition to Maryland in May, 2005.

Joining John Allen Muhammad

Una and Lee first met John Allen Muhammad in Antigua around 1999. Although Una and Muhammad were not intimately involved, they developed a strong friendship. Later, Una left Antigua for Fort Myers, Florida, using false documents. She left Lee with Muhammad, planning to have him follow her a few months later. Lee did join his mother for a short time in 2001. In 2002, Lee traveled to Bellingham, Washington, where he lived in a homeless shelter with Muhammad and enrolled in high school with Muhammad listed as his father. Classmates have said he was good in school, polite, well-dressed, and willing to state his opinions, but that he did not make any friends. While in the Tacoma, Washington area, according to his statements to investigators, Malvo shoplifted the Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle from Bull's Eye Shooter Supply, a dealer for Bushmaster Firearms, Inc., manufacturer and distributor based in Windham, Maine. About the same time, his partner Muhammad, practiced his marksmanship on Bull's Eye firing range. Under federal laws, neither was legally allowed to purchase guns.

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1999 - Fort Myers, Florida - 2001 - 2002 - Bellingham, Washington - High school - Friends - Tacoma, Washington - Bushmaster XM-15 - Bull's Eye Shooter Supply - Bushmaster Firearms, Inc. - Windham, Maine

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