John Muhammad, the Washington Sniper of 2002
The man behind the 2002 sniper attacks in and near Washington DC is executed after a final appeal was thrown out.
Motive remains a mystery
"He showed no remorse at all that I've been able to see, from his arrest through the court proceedings. And I've had no reports at all of remorse in prison"
"I'm certain he would be back to killing people again if he had the opportunity."
Muhammad's former wife, Mildred, told BBC News that while he had been a soldier serving in Saudi Arabia, before the first Gulf War, his personality had undergone a powerful change.
"When he returned from Saudi Arabia… he was confused, puzzled, unsure of himself or his ability to do anything," she said. "And he was absolutely quiet."
Mildred added that she believed her ex-husband had intended to kill her as punishment for the break-up of their marriage and his estrangement from their children.
The other shootings, Mildred believes, were intended to disguise her murder, to make it appear random.
She said she had once heard John talk of the ability of an individual to terrorise a city.
"We were watching a movie, and he said, 'I could take a small city, terrorise it, they would think it was a group of people, but it would only be me'.
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