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DC Sniper Lee Boyd Malvo Compares his Life to that of an Abused Woman
Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, who’s from Jamaica, recently gave a rare interview to “18Degrees North,” a TV program produced in Kingston and seen around the Caribbean. Malvo says he was emotionally vulnerable and in a controlling relationship.
18 Degrees North host Zahra Burton spoke with Malvo (right) on phone. (Photo: 18 Degrees North)
More than ten years ago, Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad terrorized the Washington, DC area with a series of random sniper shootings that killed ten people and wounded three others.
Recently, Malvo, who's from Jamaica, gave a rare interview to "18Degrees North," a TV program produced in Kingston and seen around the Caribbean. Malvo compared his situation to that of an abused woman. He says he was extremely vulnerable and couldn't leave his relationship with John Allen Muhammad.
We speak with the program's host, Zahra Burton, about the interview.