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Sniper Suspect Back in Court Today
Aired January 15, 2003 - 07:10 ET
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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Seventeen-year-old sniper suspect, John Lee Malvo, back in court in a few hours again today, the second day of the hearing, to try and determine whether or not he should be tried as an adult for capital murder. If he is tried as an adult and then convicted, Malvo would face the death penalty.
More on the hearing today, here is Patty Davis live in Fairfax, Virginia.
Patty -- good morning.
PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Bill, prosecutors say they can connect John Lee Malvo to four of the sniper shootings here in the Washington, D.C. area. He is charged with one of those here in Fairfax County, and that is Linda Franklin, the 47-year-old FBI analyst who was shot in the head as she came out of a Home Depot and was packing her car on October 14 in Falls Church, Virginia.
Her husband, William, the first to testify yesterday, tearfully at times, describing his wife's shooting, saying that they were loading their car. They were trying to get a heavy shelf in there, maneuvering it in. He bent over into the car, heard a loud bang like a piece of lumber hitting the ground, turned around, saw that his wife had been shot, bent over and held her until police came, later realizing that the spray that he had felt on his face was indeed his wife's blood.
Now, prosecutors also say that they have John Lee Malvo's fingerprints on the murder weapon, also his fingerprints on a bag of raisins left at one of the scenes, and his fingerprints and that of his alleged accomplice, John Muhammad, also on a map left at the scene of the murder of Dean Meyers at a Sunoco gas station in Prince William County, Virginia.
Now, at least 10 more prosecution witnesses expected today. Most of the witnesses besides Franklin's husband yesterday were police witnesses, and they were detailing the evidence and how it was handled -- Bill.
HEMMER: Patty, have you been able to observe much reaction from Malvo through all of this? What has he said or done?
DAVIS: Well, he's been listening intently, watching. He at one point putting his head on the table on his hands. But his guardian is saying that Malvo knows what he is up against.
Now, his lawyers have been listening very carefully as well to what prosecutors are putting on, hoping that they can glean something to help them keep their client off of death row -- Bill.
HEMMER: Patty Davis on the scene in Fairfax, Virginia.
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Aired January 15, 2003 - 07:10 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Seventeen-year-old sniper suspect, John Lee Malvo, back in court in a few hours again today, the second day of the hearing, to try and determine whether or not he should be tried as an adult for capital murder. If he is tried as an adult and then convicted, Malvo would face the death penalty.
More on the hearing today, here is Patty Davis live in Fairfax, Virginia.
Patty -- good morning.
PATTY DAVIS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Bill, prosecutors say they can connect John Lee Malvo to four of the sniper shootings here in the Washington, D.C. area. He is charged with one of those here in Fairfax County, and that is Linda Franklin, the 47-year-old FBI analyst who was shot in the head as she came out of a Home Depot and was packing her car on October 14 in Falls Church, Virginia.
Her husband, William, the first to testify yesterday, tearfully at times, describing his wife's shooting, saying that they were loading their car. They were trying to get a heavy shelf in there, maneuvering it in. He bent over into the car, heard a loud bang like a piece of lumber hitting the ground, turned around, saw that his wife had been shot, bent over and held her until police came, later realizing that the spray that he had felt on his face was indeed his wife's blood.
Now, prosecutors also say that they have John Lee Malvo's fingerprints on the murder weapon, also his fingerprints on a bag of raisins left at one of the scenes, and his fingerprints and that of his alleged accomplice, John Muhammad, also on a map left at the scene of the murder of Dean Meyers at a Sunoco gas station in Prince William County, Virginia.
Now, at least 10 more prosecution witnesses expected today. Most of the witnesses besides Franklin's husband yesterday were police witnesses, and they were detailing the evidence and how it was handled -- Bill.
HEMMER: Patty, have you been able to observe much reaction from Malvo through all of this? What has he said or done?
DAVIS: Well, he's been listening intently, watching. He at one point putting his head on the table on his hands. But his guardian is saying that Malvo knows what he is up against.
Now, his lawyers have been listening very carefully as well to what prosecutors are putting on, hoping that they can glean something to help them keep their client off of death row -- Bill.
HEMMER: Patty Davis on the scene in Fairfax, Virginia.
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