Lee Boyd Malvo
“Boyd Lee Malvo’’
“Beltway Sniper”
“D.C. Snipers”
Information researched and summarized by
Leah Speck, Brandy Stover, Elisa Sugden, and Joseph Yost
Department of Psychology
Radford University
Radford, VA 24142-6946
Date
Age
02-18-85
1990
1992
1993
No
Specific
Time
No
Specific
Time
0
5
7
8
1999
14
19992000
15
20002001
15-16
Life Event
Lee Boyd Malvo was born in Kingston, Jamaica to Una James and Leslie Malvo
Una James moved Malvo to safer neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica
Malvo witnessed a man killed by assailants while walking to school
Malvo’s father left for good to find work in the United States
After Malvo’s father left, the child started transient placements.
Mother often left him unattended and he was subjected to live with friends.
Malvo attended high school for a brief time in Jamaica
Malvo moved to Antigua to live with his Mother.
They lived in a shack with no electricity or plumbing
Mother abandoned him for roughly eight months and Malvo had to fend for himself
Mother befriended (John Allen) Muhammad.
Una James left again to go to Fort Myers, Florida using false documents.
Malvo and John Muhammad were to follow shortly after.
Malvo and Muhammad went and stayed with Una James for a short period of time.
No
Specific
Time
Muhammad began teaching Malvo his version of the Nation of Islam. Eventually
Eventually Malvo participated in survival training expeditions that would last for
several hours in the woods.
2001
15
2002
16
February
18, 2002
Summer
of 2002
October 2
2002
James Lee Buchanan, 39, while cutting grass at a Maryland auto dealership
Prem Kumar Walekar, 54, at a Maryland gas station
Sarah Ramos, 34, outside Maryland post offce
Pascal Charlot, 72, while standing on a street in Washington DC
Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera, 25, while vacuuming her van at a Maryland gas station
October
3, 2002
October
4, 2002
October
7, 2002
33 year old woman wounded in a Michael’s parking lot in Fredericksburg, MD
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Ian Brown, 13, in Bowie, MD is shot outside his school, but survives.
Dean Harold, 53, is shot dead at a gas station in Manassas, VA
Newspaper reveals there was a tarot death card found at scene of Bowie, MD
shooting. The card reads, “Dear Policeman, I am God.”
Kenneth Bridges, 53, shot dead while pumping gas at an Exxon station in
Massaponax, VA
Linda Franklin, 47, outside a Home Depot store in Falls Church, VA
She and her husband were loading their car at a Home Depot parking lot.
37 old man is shot and critically wounded while leaving a Ponderosa steak house in
Ashland, Va.
35 year old Conrad Johnson, driver is shot, and wounded, while on a parked
commuter bus in Montgomery County, MD. He later dies in the hospital
Reports say a note was found at the Ponderosa Steak House that demanded ten
million dollars and warned that if they do not receive it, the killings would continue
3:19am the sniper task force arrests Muhammad and Malvo while they were asleep in
a car off I-70 in Frederick, MD
Charged with six counts of first-degree murder. More murder charges are expected to
be filed in Virginia and District of Columbia. Also charged with a killing-robbery in
Alabama
October
9, 2002
October
11, 2002
October
14, 2002
October
19, 2002
October
22. 2002
October
24, 2002
October
27, 2002
October
30, 2003
October
31, 2003December
15, 2003
December
16, 2003
December
17, 2003
Malvo shoplifted an assault rifle- Bushmaster XM15
Malvo moved to Bellingham, Washington with Muhammad.
They lived in a homeless shelter for a period of time.
Malvo was briefly enrolled in a high school using John Muhammad as his father.
On 17th birthday, to show loyalty, Malvo killed 21 year old Keenya Cook in Tacoma,
Washington
The two males were spotted in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Malvo’s fingerprints were found at a murder scene at a liquor store in Montgomery,
Alabama.
The “twenty-three days of terror” began. Malvo and Muhammad begin their killing
spree throughout Northern Virginia and Maryland.
James D. Martin, 55, was killed outside a Shoppers Food Warehouse in Silverspring,
MD
Lee Boyd Malvo’s case begins
Defense and Prosecution begin jury selection and the proceed to begin the trial.
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Defense and Prosecution present closing arguments
Judge ruled in sentencing trial that victims’ families may testify
December
18, 2003
December
19, 2003
December
23, 2003
March 10,
2004
Malvo found guilty of capital murder, terrorism, and use of a firearm in the
commission of a felony in Franklin’s death
18
Sentencing trial begins, Relatives of the victims testify
Jurors begin deliberation on Malvo’s sentencing
19
The jurors sentence Malvo to life in prison
General Information
Sex
Race
Number of victims
Country where killing occurred
States where killing occurred
Type of killer
Height
Male
African-American
13, 5 wounded
United States
Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana, and Washington
Disorganized
Not specified
Childhood Information
Date of birth
Location
Birth order
Number of siblings
XYY?
Raised by
Birth category
Parent’s marital status
Family event
Age of family event
Problems in school?
Teased while in school?
Physically attractive?
Physical defect?
Speech defect?
Head injury?
Physically abused?
Psychologically abused?
Sexually abused?
Father’s occupation
Age of first sexual experience
Age when first had intercourse
Mother’s occupation
Father abused drugs/alcohol
Mother abused drugs/alcohol
Cognitive Ability
Highest grade in school
Highest degree
Grades in school
IQ
Work History
Served in the military?
Branch
February 18, 1985
Kingston, Jamaica
2nd
One half brother
Not mentioned
Mother (Una James), family and friends, and John Muhammad
youngest
Not married
Father left and mother was in and out of the picture
8 when father left, mother was in and out of the picture all his
life
Good student but did not make any friends
No
Yes
No
A Jamaican accent
None
Yes, mother would beat him with a belt, switches, etc.
No parental stability, brainwashed by John Allen Muhammed
No
Building Contractor in U.S.
Not specified
Not specified
Seamstress and other jobs not specified
No
No
10
None
Good grades- not specified
Not specified
No
No
Type of discharge
Saw combat duty
Killed enemy during service?
Applied for job as a cop?
Worked in law enforcement?
Fired from jobs?
Types of jobs worked
Employment status during series
Relationships
Sexual preference
Marital status
Number of children
Lives with his children
Living with
No
No
No
No
No
No
None
None
Heterosexual
None
None
No
Mother, friends and family, and during killings lived with John
Muhammad
Triad
Animal torture
Fire setting
Bed wetting
No
No
No
Killer Psychological Information
Abused drugs?
Abused alcohol?
Been to a psychologist?
Time in forensic hospital?
Diagnosis
No
No
Yes, before trial
Not specified
Brainwashing by John Muhammad
Killer Criminal History
Committed previous crimes?
Spend time in jail?
Spend time in prison?
Killed prior to series? Age?
Yes, fingerprints found at a crime scene in Montgomery
Alabama, and Killed Keenya Cook in Tacoma, Washington
No
No
Yes, age 17
Serial Killing
Number of victims
Victim type
Killer age at start of series
Gender of victims
Race of victims
Age of victims
Method of killing
Type of serial killer
How close did killer live?
Killing occurred in home of victim?
Killing occurred in home of killer?
Weapon
Behavior During Crimes
Rape?
Tortured victims?
Stalked victims?
Overkill?
Quick & efficient?
13 dead, 5 wounded
Random
17
Male and female
Various races
Various ages
Shooting and use Bushmaster BX`15
Organized-power killer
Lived in a car
No
No
Killer brought with him
No
No
No
No
Yes
Used blindfold?
Bound the victims?
After Death Behavior
Sex with the body?
Mutilated body?
Ate part of the body?
Drank victim’s blood?
Posed the body?
Took totem – body part
Took totem – personal item
Robbed victim or location
Disposal of Body
Left at scene, no attempt to hide
Left at scene, hidden
Left at scene, buried
Moved, no attempt to hide
Moved, buried
Cut-op and disposed of
Moved, too home
Sentencing
Date killer arrested
Date convicted
Sentence
Killer executed?
Did killer plead NGRI?
Was the NGRI plea successful?
Name and state of prison
Killer committed suicide?
Killer killed in prison?
Date of death
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
October 24, 2002
March 10, 2004
Life imprisonment without parole
No
No
No
Virginia’s Maximum Security Red Onion State Prison in Wise
County Virginia
No
No
Not dead
References
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/39/23/13
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3178504.stm
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/10/28/sproject.sniper.malvo.profile/
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-03-10-malvo_x.htm
www.crimeweek.com/oldarticles/malvo-trial.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/lee-boyd-malvo
Roanoke Times- dates- October 30, 2003
October 31, 2003
December 15, 2003
December 16, 2003
December 17, 2003
December 18, 2003
December 19, 2003
December 23, 2003