The Beltway Sniper attacks disrupted an already unsettled community. The Terrorist attacks that took place on September 11th 2001 the area effected by the attacks more commonly by the locals as the DMV (District, Maryland and Virginia) area. Only a year after the events of 9/11 tragedy strikes in the form of two snipers the devastated the community. One cannot really understand the motive of these men without knowing a little about the two men and the crimes the committed. The older of the two men
The Beltway Snipers Three long weeks the Washington area was terrorized by a series of random sniper attacks. At first, the shootings seemed to be random, but were soon discovered to be coordinated attacks by John Allen Muhammad and his accomplice named Lee Boyd Malvo. The sniper’s claimed the lives of ten victims over the span of three weeks time, starting the second of October 2002 and ending around the 23 of October. Following leads, the police found a tree stump in their back yard that had been
Abstract This paper will try to explore two theories of the beltway sniper. The first is the conflict theory and the second is the psychological theory. There will be summarizing of the crime (dates, offenders, how they were caught if they were). The two theories will try to explore the crime. Each of the theory will shed light on the reasons for the crime. For this paper, I will provide evidence to which theory seems to be stronger. I will also show any evidence that will lead to the deviant path
The film Phone Booth is a morality thriller directed by Joel Schumacher who is also a screenwriter and film producer. The film was scheduled to be released on the 15th November 2002 however, due to the Beltway sniper attacks it was delayed to the 4th April 2003. The key actors of the film are Collin Farrell, who plays Stu Shepard, Kiefer Sutherland, who plays the caller, Forest Whitaker, who plays Captain Ed Ramey, Radha Mitchell, who plays Kelly Shepard and Katie Holmes, who plays Pamela McFadden
The D.C. Sniper Attacks were a group of attacks that took place between October 2 to October 24, 2002. The Perpetrators were John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. Ten people were shot and killed at the Beltway Attacks and three people were killed before that. Three people were also injured by the bullet, but were not killed. They asked for $10 Million Dollars to stop the attacks so that they could start a Utopian country in Canada for black children. John Allen Muhammad was born on December 31
D.C. Snipers Randall Pace Wiregrass Technical College Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to examine the lives of Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad. They are known as the D.C. Snipers who initiated a killing spree that lasted over 20 days and resulted in 10 deaths and 3 injuries. This paper gives insight into the manipulation and control of John Allen Muhammad over Lee Boyd Malvo who was child during this reign of terror. Information is given to aid in understanding the contributing
The beltway sniper was a shooting spree that occurred in different areas throughout Washington DC, the Metropolitan area, and Virginia, in October, 2002. It was a two men rampage committed by John Allen Muhammad, who was the leader of the attacks, and his accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo. An interesting fact is that Malvo was only 17 years old when he participated in the three week reign of terror. They did not have a specific objective because random civilians were shot and killed during three weeks. There
It was found that Blair committed plagiarism as well as fabrication virtually throughout most of his work at the Times. Macarena Hernandez wrote a story about Juanita Anguiano “a Texas woman whose enlisted son was the only American soldier still missing in action in Iraq” (101). Blair also wrote about the subject eight days later after Hernandez’s article was published, and his Los Fresnos’s story contained similar descriptions and several chunks that were completely similar to Hernandez’s story
In 2002 random snipers attack started to happen. No one knew where the shoots came from till a blue caprice kept appearing after each shooting which lead to the capture of two male shooters John Allen Muhammad(Williams) 42, Lee Boyd Malvo 17 were brought into custody at 3:15AM on October 24, 2002. Little background on the shooters. John Allen Williams was born on December 31, 1960 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana at 17 years old he joined the Louisiana nation guard. In 1985 he volunteered for active
“People who do Crazy Things are not Necessarily Crazy” Every human being faces at least one affliction in his or her life that leads him or her to behave in an unusual manner. While some people obtain support from others and learn how to handle situations correctly, others fight their battles alone and find themselves committing unthinkable acts. One taking a dispositional view would allegedly reach the conclusion that those who perform these unthinkable acts must suffer from insanity. With an opposing