Sniper's wife tells of threats
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She said John Muhammad also said in early 2000, the year they divorced, that he wouldn't let her raise their three children. He took the children with him to the Caribbean shortly afterward, though Mildred Muhammad regained custody the following. year. After that court hearing, in Washington state, Mildred Muhammad said her ex-husband stormed after her.
"I ran down the hall because of the way he was coming toward me. For me, I knew it was hostile. I knew he was coming for me," she said.
She left with the children for her home that night and said she didn't see her ex-husband again until Wednesday's hearing.
John Muhammad was convicted Monday of capital murder in the sniper shooting of Dean Harold Meyers, one of the 10 people shot to death during three weeks of attacks that terrorized the Washington area last fall.
Prosecutors have said one of Muhammad's motives for the sniper killings may have been revenge against his ex-wife and that she might have been the ultimate target, with the other attacks meant to make her shooting appear the work of a random sniper so Muhammad could gain custody of their children. The judge, however, barred prosecutors from making that argument at trial, saying they lacked evidence.
The jury is now hearing evidence on which sentence
- life without parole or the death penalty - to recommend.
