John Allen Muhammad
Military Person
1960 – 2009
Who was John Allen Muhammad?
John Allen Muhammad was an American convicted murderer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He, along with his seventeen-year-old partner, Lee Boyd Malvo, carried out the Beltway sniper attacks of October 2002, killing at least 10 people. Muhammad and Malvo were arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, following tips from alert citizens. 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.
Born as John Allen Williams, Muhammad joined the Nation of Islam in 1987 and later changed his surname to Muhammad. At Muhammad's trial, the prosecutor claimed that the rampage was part of a plot to kill his ex-wife and regain custody of his children, but the judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support this argument. His trial for one of the murders began in October 2003, and the following month he was found guilty of capital murder. Four months later he was sentenced to death.
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- Born
- Dec 31, 1960
New Orleans - Spouses
- Mildred Muhammad
( - 2009/11/10)
- Mildred Muhammad
- Religion
- Islam
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Nov 10, 2009
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on July 23, 2013
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