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Here's a look at the life of convicted DC-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo.
Birthdate: February 18, 1985
Place of birth: Kingston, Jamaica
Birth name: Lee Boyd Malvo
Father: Leslie Malvo
Mother: Una James
Marriage: Wife's name is not publicly available (2020-present)
He is currently in prison awaiting resentencing on multiple charges stemming from a multi-state shooting in 2002 that left ten people dead.
At the Fairfax County, Virginia, trial, Malvo used an insanity defense, claiming that John Allen Muhammad had brainwashed him into committing murder.
He originally claimed to be the shooter in all of the shootings, but later said that Muhammad was the shooter in all but the last one. Muhammad was executed by lethal injection on November 10, 2009.
2000 or 2001 – Malvo reunites with his mother, Una James, in Antigua, where he met Muhammad. However, soon she leaves for Florida to look for work, and Malvo and Muhammad leave for Bellingham, Washington.
2001 – Malvo attends high school in both Bellingham, Washington and Fort Myers, Florida, alternating between his mother and Muhammad, who tells people that Malvo is his son.
Early 2000s – Malvo travels with Muhammad, stopping in Alabama, Louisiana and Washington.
October 2002 – Ten people are killed and three wounded in sniper-style shootings in the Mid-Atlantic/Washington area.
October 24, 2002 – Malvo and Muhammad are arrested. They are found sleeping in a 1990 Chevy Caprice at a rest stop in Frederick County, Maryland.
October 25, 2002 – He is charged with six counts of first-degree murder in Montgomery County, Maryland.
October 25, 2002 – He is charged in Alabama with capital murder for the Sept. 21, 2002, slaying of liquor store owner Claudine Parker.
October 28, 2002 – Malvo is charged – with the same charges as Muhammad – in juvenile court in Spotsylvania and Hanover counties in Virginia.
October 31, 2002 – He is charged with armed robbery and first-degree murder in the death of Hong Im Ballenger in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
November 6, 2002 – He is charged with capital murder in Fairfax County, Virginia.
January 15, 2003 – Fairfax County, Virginia, Juvenile Court Judge Charles Maxfield rules that Malvo will be tried as an adult for the Oct. 14 shooting death of FBI analyst Linda Franklin. This decision will make him eligible for the death penalty if he is found guilty.
May 6, 2003 – Fairfax County, Virginia Circuit Judge Jane Marum Roush rules that the most damaging parts of an alleged confession by Malvo can be presented during his trial.
July 2, 2003 – The trial moves to Chesapeake, Virginia.
September 17, 2003 – Judge Roush rules that Malvo may face the death penalty if convicted.
October 22, 2003 – Malvo is brought into court during Muhammad's trial in Prince William County, Virginia, so that he can be identified by witnesses to the shootings in Alabama and Maryland to which the couple is believed to be connected.
November 10, 2003 – Jury selection begins in the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia.
December 15, 2003 – The defense rests.
December 16, 2003 – Jury deliberations begin.
December 18, 2003 – Malvo is convicted of terrorism, capital murder and use of a firearm during the commission of the murder of Linda Franklin on October 14, 2002.
March 10, 2004 – He is sentenced to life in prison without parole after being found guilty of terrorism, capital murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a murder.
October 26, 2004 – As part of a plea agreement in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, court, he pleads guilty and is sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of Kenneth Bridges (October 11, 2002) and the shooting of Caroline Seawell (4 October 2002).
March 1, 2005 – As the U.S. Supreme Court bans the death penalty for anyone under 18, Prince William County Prosecutor Paul Ebert announces he will not prosecute Malvo for another murder in Virginia.
May 7, 2005 – Charges are dropped in Hanover County, Virginia, because the victim, Jeffrey Hopper, refuses to testify.
May 23, 2006 – Malvo takes the stand in Muhammad's murder trial after agreeing to plead guilty to Montgomery County, Maryland, murder charges and testify for the prosecution. He had refused to testify at Muhammad's trial in Virginia, invoking his constitutional right not to incriminate himself.
October 10, 2006 – He formally pleads guilty and confesses to committing six shootings in Montgomery County, Maryland.
October 27, 2006 – Police in Tucson, Arizona, announce that Malvo has confessed to the 2002 murder of Jerry Taylor at a local golf course.
November 8, 2006 – He is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the six shootings in Montgomery County, Maryland.
July 29, 2010 – In a phone interview for the A&E show, “Confessions of the DC Sniper with William Shatner: An Aftermath Special,” Malvo claims to have killed more than 40 people nationwide and that other accomplices were involved. Police cannot confirm or refute Malvo's claim of additional victims as Malvo refuses to cooperate with authorities after the interview.
September 30, 2012 – The Washington Post publishes three hours of interviews with Malvo where he recounts his actions and feelings during the 21 days of massacre and the decade that followed. Malvo calls himself a monster.
June 2013 – Malvo's attorneys are asking federal courts in Maryland and Virginia to vacate his life sentences.
June 2014 – A federal judge in Virginia rejects the claim that the sentence of life in prison without parole imposed on Malvo violates the constitution.
July 2014 – Malvo's lawyers present an appeal brief.
May 26, 2017 – A federal judge vacates the two life sentences imposed on Malvo and sends his case back to state courts in Chesapeake and Spotsylvania County in Virginia for resentencing.
June 21, 2018 – A federal appeals court agrees that the four life sentences imposed on Malvo in Virginia should be overturned based on a 2012 Supreme Court decision that it is unconstitutional for juveniles to receive mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole.
March 18, 2019 – The Supreme Court agrees to consider whether Malvo can challenge his life sentence.
February 26, 2020 – The Supreme Court dismisses the pending case about Malvo in a single ruling. The order comes two days after Virginia's governor signed a bill making juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison eligible for parole after serving 20 years.
March 2020 – Malvo gets married in a ceremony at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia.
August 26, 2022 – A Maryland appeals court rules that Malvo should receive a new sentence.
August 30, 2022 – The Virginia Parole Board denies Malvo's request for parole.
August 17, 2023 – Malvo files a federal lawsuit alleging that prison officials are endangering his life and as a result his constitutional rights are being violated.
