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TACOMA, Wash. Officials believe the deadly spree that culminated in the D.C. sniper shootings in the fall of 2002 began earlier in the year when John Allen Muhammad and accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo lived in Tacoma.
Malvo has admitted killing Keenya Cook on Feb. 16, 2002, in Tacoma, telling police and psychiatrists the shooting was Muhammad's way of testing him. Prosecutors decided not to charge Malvo, who is serving a life term.
The 21-year-old Cook was shot in the face when she opened the door at the home of her aunt, Isa Nichols. Nichols was friends with Muhammad's ex-wife, Mildred, and helped her regain custody of her children after a divorce.
Nichols told KING-TV she was invited by Virginia to witness Muhammad's execution and planned to attend.
Information from: KING-TV, http://www.king5.com/
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