Posted on 10/27/2006 10:01:40 PM PDT by SandRat
One of the Washington D.C. snipers confessed to killing a man on a Southeast Side golf course four years ago, Tucson police said Friday.
The confession from Lee Boyd Malvo on Thursday brings a sense of closure to Jerry Taylor's family, who for many years have believed that Malvo and fellow sniper John Allen Muhammad were behind the slaying on March 19, 2002.
Taylor's daughter, Cheryll Witz, said she was ready to forgive Malvo for his crime.
"I really do need to forgive him and I do believe he was brainwashed" by Muhammad, Witz said Friday.
For several years, Tucson Police have suspected that the infamous Washington D.C. snipers were linked to the March 2002 slaying of Taylor.
Malvo spent about two hours speaking with Tucson detectives Thursday where he admitted to shooting Taylor with the cooperation of Muhammad, police said. As part of the agreement to interview Malvo, Tucson Police offered him prosecutorial immunity.
The Pima County Attorney's Office would need further information to verify Malvo's statements before bringing charges against Muhammad, said David Berkman, the Pima County Attorney's Office chief criminal deputy.
Or...gasp...a "hate crime"?
I think they did the other shootings basically as target practice, preparing for DC. That's what I recall reading at the time, at least, when they mentioned or implied other shootings, but there wasn't enough information to be specific.
Only as long as you don't disagree with them.
This left wing fishwrap deserves to be used as a fire starter, nothing else.
We on FR chronicled their travels and pointed out possible victims in the weeks after their capture. The Tucson murder was one we thought might have been their doing...
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