John Allen Williams/Mohammed update (corrections or additions appreciated):
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Mohammed was born in New Orleans. His parents dies when he was very young and he was raised by his aunt in Baton Rouge from age 3 til 18. He attened Scotlandville High School, an average student, ran track. He worked for a couple of years at a scrap metal facility and he had some training working with metal in the military.
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John Williams converted to Islam around 1984 after divorcing his first wife (Carol Williams, lives in Louisiana). She said she saw him for the first time in many years this past August, said he and Malvo were in town to visit his brother who is married to his ex-wife's sister. Muhammad’s second wife was Mildred Green (lives in Maryland), with whom he had three children. Mildred Muhammad filed a petition in March 2000, asking a Tacoma, Washington Superior Court judge to issue an order of protection barring John Muhammad from contacting his wife and the couple's three children (all with last name Muhammad on petition). They were divorced in 2000.
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Williams/Muhammed was a PFC mechanic and Gulf War veteran. He spent 10 years in the armed forces, stationed mainly at Fort Lewis, Wash., and Fort Ord., Calif. He also spent time with the military in Saudi Arabia and Germany, according to military records. Muhammad enlisted in the Army on Nov. 6, 1985, and was discharged at Fort Lewis on April 26, 1994. After leaving active duty he served in the Oregon National Guard until 1995. Before coming on active duty, he served in the Louisiana National Guard from 1978 to 1985. His highest ranking on active duty was sergeant.
Apparently, he was court marshalled. ABC news stated that Mohammed was dishonorably discharged for throwing a grenade into a tent with U.S. soldiers. They did not state where or when. FOX reporting that Muhammad WAS a trained expert marksman in the US Army. He rec'd the M16 marksmanship badge. Johnny Campbell of Atlanta said Muhammad was a perfectionist with a short temper, who harbored some resentment for his role in Desert Storm. "I did hear him say once or twice about the way the the government was sending us over there and using us as Guinea pigs and bring us back. He was kinda upset with the government for that."
Following his discharge in 1995, Muhammad stayed mostly in the Tacoma area, where he worked as a mechanic and got involved in a martial arts school, according to reports. The school closed in 1998.
Muhammed served as a bodyguard for The Reverend Louis Farakan during the Million Man March (Oct 1995).
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John Malvo not really John Muhammed son. Mohammed and Malvo met when they both were living in homeless shelter last year in the Sea/Tac area.
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John Lee Malvo (17) is Jamaican and an illegal. According to INS records, Malvo was arrested by Border Patrol agents in Bellingham, Wash., on December 19, 2001. Local police called the Border Patrol during an incident involving "some sort of custody dispute" between Malvo's mother, Uma Sceon James, and John Mohammed. James admitted that six months earlier, "she and her son were passengers on a cargo ship that was filled with 'illegal asians (sic).' They were all off loaded in the Miami, FL area where she immediately located work at the Red Lobster in Ft. Myers, FL." From there, Malvo and James traveled to Tacoma, Wash., and ended up in Bellingham. At the time of their arrest, INS records indicate, neither Malvo nor his mother had any documents proving their identities or allowing them "to be or remain in the United States legally." The Border Patrol agents concluded that because she had "no roots or close family ties in the United States, James was likely to abscond." The arresting officer noted that the mother-and-son illegal aliens, Malvo and James, would be "detained at the Seattle Detention facility in Seattle, Washington pending deportation charges." Malvo was released on Jan. 24, 2002 without a bond. He was ordered to return for a deportation hearing on November 20th. Malvo had been in custody for one month for immigration violations. He was released in the custody of his mother.
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Authorities on Thursday were investigating whether a fatal shooting in Montgomery, Ala., on Sept. 21 is linked to the sniper shootings in the Washington area. John Wilson, the police chief of Montgomery, Ala., said that a different caliber gun was used in the liquor store shootings, and authorities had not concluded the shootings were related to the sniper killings. Malvo's fingerprint was found on a piece of paper at the scene. It was traced back to his INS hearing in Washington state.
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MSNBC reporting Lookout for older Burgundy Chevy Caprice was put out Oct. 3rd after DC shooting of elderly black man. Oct. 8th....Baltimore Policeman finds John Muhammed sleeping in car and lets him go after taking car make and tags.
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Two men arrested early Oct 24 in western Maryland (I-70 and mile marker 42) in a car with New Jersey license plates (nda-217) obtained in Camden on the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Edmond Bonnette, agent at the state Motor Vehicles office at 2600 Mount Ephraim Ave. in Camden, said the car was registered at 8:52 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2002. "At 9 a.m., we had a bomb scare," Bonnette said. "The police said it was called in from a phone booth on Kaighn Avenue. We had to evacuate everyone." The Philly FBI are looking for a Nathanel O. Osbourne who was co-registered on the Caprice with Mohammad. His whereabouts are unkown, but they think he may either be in Camden or Trenton, NJ.
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The car had a trap door in it, back seat folded down, guy shot through the car. Gun found in car forensically linked to the crimes.
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