D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear Page #6

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"If stopping the killing...

is more important | than catching us now...

then you will accept our demand... | 7.05 AM

which are non-negotiable."

"Us." "Our." | There's at least two of them.

"We will contact you at 6.00 a.m."

Son of a b*tch.

- Had to process the note, Lieutenant. | - Son of a b*tch!

We open at the scene, | we compromise prints, fibre evidence.

I know how to work a crime scene, | you arrogant prick!

- It happened. It's over. Move on. | - They have demands.

They're asking that 1 0 million | be placed in a bank account.

They want to start withdrawing money | from A.T.M.'s on a stolen card.

What do we do with that?

That's how we catch 'em. | We start a dialogue with them now.

It looks like we could have | started a dialogue days ago.

They say they've contacted | the Montgomery Police...

the F.B.I. task force, | the priest in Ashland.

- Uh, priest in Ashland? | - The Ponderosa was in Ashland.

- Yeah, I can run with that. | - There is a postscript.

- Chief! | - Chief!

You got any more, Chief?

Chief, what is the current | status of the victim in Ashland?

Do you plan to press charges | against the false witness?

I want to read a statement...

to the person | who left the letter in Ashland.

We've received your instructions.

Please phone again | at the number you left.

We want to talk to you.

ASHLAND, VIRGINIA

Not endured for our salvation.

His glorious resurrection and ascension | into heaven, and ready to greet him--

- Hello. | - You're late.

- I apologize. | - Have you transferred the money?

We're working on it, | but we're gonna need more time.

You don't have more time.

To the person who just called...

the transaction you requested...

is not possible electronically.

Please call us...

at the same number | you used before.

Hello.

They got the trace.

- Down on the ground, now! | - Hey! Qu pasa?

Get down! Get down! | Get down!

- Father Sullivan. | - Bill.

Lieutenant Jacobs, | Montgomery County.

Have you received any strange | phone calls in the last couple of days?

A man called me. | It was difficult to understand him...

- but I thought he said he was-- | - God.

- Yeah. I thought it was a prank. | - What else did he say?

He said to look into a liquor store | shooting in Montgomery.

- County? | - No, Alabama.

Chief. Detective Brooks | in Alabama.

Detective, Chief Moose.

I checked what you said, and yeah...

we had a robbery and homicide | on the 2 1st of September.

Two women were shot, one fatal...

but it don't sound like your guy.

- Tell us why. | - There were two perpetrators...

both male African-American.

What were they driving?

Uh, they fled the scene | in a late-model Chevy Caprice.

Chief?

You, uh, recover anything | at the scene?

We got a partial print | off a gun magazine.

Yeah, we ran it, | but our system's only statewide.

Uh, y'all wanna take a look?

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

All right. We gotta go find it.

DAY TWENTY:

- Quit smoking? | - Yeah, I'm tryin' to.

- How you doin', Elaine? | - Hi!

Get down!

Oh, my God!

The print belongs to Lee Boyd Malvo.

He's a kid, 1 7,Jamaican by birth. Held | by the I.N.S. on immigration charges.

Last known address puts him at | a homeless shelter in Washington state.

Jacobs.

- Chief, we have another shooting. | - Where?

Aspen Hill.

They left another note.

For you, Mr Police. Call me God.

"Can you hear us now?

Do not play these childish games.

Your incompetence has cost you...

another life."

They repeat the same threat | they made in the Ponderosa letter.

We should release it. | We owe it to the community.

We release, it rewards them, incites them. | They haven't acted on it yet.

No, they've acted on it. Of course. | On the seventh, they acted on it.

We can't incite them to do something | they've already done.

Put it out?

It's your call.

Today President Bush | addressed the nation's fear and anxiety.

It makes me sick to my stomach.

Uh, to think that there is a...

cold-blooded killer at home, | taking innocent life--

Uh, I-- I weep for those | who've lost their loved ones.

I have said before that | public safety is the priority.

We will not withhold information...

that might endanger the citizens...

of this community.

There was a postscript...

attached to the letter left | at the Ponderosa...

which I will now read.

"Your children...

are not safe...

anywhere...

at any time."

Goddam it.

Is there any reason why | you waited so long to tell us this?

I don't know.

Just keep 'em in the backyard and don't | let them ride their bikes on the street.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

I love you too, baby.

I'll call you later? Bye.

Yeah?

Say that again.

What the hell's | in Washington state?

BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON

LIGHTHOUSE MISSION | HOMELESS SHELTER

I rememberthe boy. | He had a gentle manner.

Does this have something to do | with his I.N.S. hearing?

Or does this have something to do | with John Muhammad?

We might be looking | at a two-man team.

I met John and John at the "Y."

We used to work out together.

His kid was nice, quiet.

He didn't say squat | without John's permission.

I personally found it refreshing-- | a kid today showing his old man respect.

John claimed Malvo was his son-- | or stepson.

It depended on who | he was talking to.

But that boy, | he never acted like a son.

He followed John like a zealot, | took orders like a soldier.

John Allen Williams, | also known as John Allen Muhammad.

Two years ago he was splitting with | his second wife, kidnapped his kids...

took them to Antigua.

We think that's where he met Malvo.

The boy followed him back | to the States?

- Followed him clear across the country. | - And back again.

John called the kid "Sniper," | like a nickname.

I mean, he was teaching him | how to shoot, and I thought--

He taught the kid how to do everything-- | how to work out, how to eat right.

The guy's a serial loser.

Two failed marriages, | two failed businesses we know about.

Only time he's distinguished himself | was in the army.

What did he do?

Qualified as an expert | on the rifle range.

He had these crazy ideas--

talked about blowing up oil tankers | on the highway...

killing cops | who showed up at the scene...

and blowing up the churches | during the cops' funerals.

Sick stuff. Crazy, right?

We got a hit.

Yeah, we got a-- It's a Chevy Caprice. | The colour's blue.

Sweet Mary.

That car's been red-flagged | in area one, two, three, four--

No less than 1 0 times.

Okay. Okay.

We gotta cast a wide net, | but we've gotta do it quiet.

We need every county, state and fed cop | looking for this car.

The team in Washington-- | where are they headed next?

After the shelter, they stayed with a friend | from Muhammad's Gulf War company.

- Where? | - Tacoma.

With an update on the sniper | story from Tacoma, Washington...

here isJohn Demeeta.

Authorities will | neither deny nor confirm...

that this recent activity here in Tacoma | has some connection...

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