
How We Caught the D.C. Beltway Snipers (Beltway Snipers, John Muhammad, Lee Malvo)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Public's Response to the Montgomery County Shootings
A witness told police he had seen a dark, older model four-door Chevrolet Caprice. Another witness described it as an American-made, big, police-looking car. But this tip would be almost entirely ignored and the public continued to look for a white-box truck. The guardian angels started maintaining a presence in public locations like gas stations. They even pumped gas for people so that customers could stay in their cars.
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A year after the 9/11 attacks, the Washington DC area was rocked by a series of random sniper attacks that left 10 people dead. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the shootings, the men behind them, how police caught them, and why they went on their murder spree
