In the space of 3 weeks in October 2002, Washington D.C was terrorised by a pair of spree killers carrying out a spate of deadly sniper-style attacks. They killed 10 people and injured 3 others.
Their choice of victims was shockingly random; they crossed racial, gender, age and socioeconomic lines - ensuring that everyone was absolutely terrified.
And when the pair were finally apprehended, authorities realised that they had been wrong about almost
everything from motive to profile…
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Sources:
Book: The Making of Lee Boyd Malvo: The D.C. Sniper - Albarus, Carmeta
https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2019/11/07/a-collective-timeline-of-the-dc-sniper-case-from-2002-to-2019/
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-09-na-suspects9-story.html
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